This book discusses critical policy issues that need to be addressed if India wishes to achieve the SDG 1 based elusive goal of ending poverty in the country. In its nine chapters, it takes the readers through trends and estimates of poverty in India, explains changes in the way it has been...

1. Introduction / Amita Shah and Jharna Pathak -- 2. Poverty and livelihood among tribals : status, opportunities and strategies / Amita Shah and Sajitha O.G. -- 3. Employment and income generation amond the tribal population : some critical issues / Indira Hirway -- 4. Schooling of tribal...

Chapter 1. Ecological Economics: At the interface of nature, economy, and society -- Chapter 2. Nature, Economy and Society: Of values, valuation and policy-making in an unequal world -- Chapter 3. Social metabolism and environmental conflicts in India -- Chapter 4. Current status of...

The paper examines livelihood conditions and explores policy options for mitigating poverty among tribal communities in Gujarat state, which is experiencing rapid economic growth and widening disparities where tribals are the most poor and deprived. While labour force diversification and...

Product-specific clusters of small industrial units in advanced economies have demonstrated the efficacy of industrial clustering for economic development. Suggesting that this approach may be of relevance to developing countries such as India as well, the authors here focus on the industrial...