Development Policy Making: Challenges And Concerns [Hardcover]

ABOUT THE BOOK Development policies are sine qua non for development aiming at reduction of poverty and inequality, implementation of fundamental rights and promotion of sustainable development. In 2015, the United Nations has adopted the Agenda- 2030 for realising sustainable development goals aiming at the eradication of extreme poverty and ensuring overall wellbeing in an environmentally sustainable manner. In order to achieve these goals governments need to formulate necessary policies. One of the important features of a sound development policy is that it should be amenable to periodic reviews to judge its appropriateness in achieving desired goal. This edited volume includes sixteen papers selected from the papers presented at the conferences organised by the Department of Economics and Politics of Visva-Bharati (A Central University) under its UGC Special Assistance Programme in 2019 and 2020. These papers critically analyse different policy issues pertaining to environment and sustainability, macroeconomics, agriculture and rural development and finally, health, education and basic services. While majority of the papers analyse policies concerning Indian economy, there are case studies of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and Nigeria. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay is Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics & Politics and Coordinator of the Departmental Research Scheme, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. He was a Visiting Chair Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has also taught at University of Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and S R Lahiri Mahavidyalaya, Majdia (University of Kalyani). He has worked extensively on various development issues such as poverty and income distribution, gender, WTO, sustainable agriculture, rural development, etc., and has published several research articles in various national and international peer-reviewed journals in Economics as well as edited quite a few books. Soumyadip Chattopadhyay teaches at the Department of Economics and Politics, Visva Bharati University. He holds a PhD from University of Calcutta. He was associated with Graduate School of Geography Clark University as a C V Raman Fellow and Department of Urban Studies and Planning University of Sheffield as a Commonwealth Academic Fellow. His research interests lie in the field of development studies and more specifically focuses on urban finance, urban inequality and ongoing transformations in urban governance in Indian cities. He has worked with Institute of Rural Management Anand and Government of West Bengal as a researcher or consultant on various developmental issues. His research works have been published in the Progress in Development Studies, Development in Practice, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, Journal ofInfrastructure Development, South Asian Survey, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Economics, Urban India, Local Government Quarterly, Journal of Rural Development, International Journal of Regulation and Governance and Journal of Development Policy and Practice, as well as in other Journals and edited volumes. He has written several short articles in international media/web portals such as The Diplomat, URBANET, Medium, Ideas for India and Urban Planning International and in national media/web portals such as The Pioneer, Observer Research Foundation, Mainstream Weekly, Counterview, Delhi Post and Ei Samay (Bengali Daily of Times of India Group). He is currently serving as one of the Associate Editors of International Journal of Rural Management. CONTENTS Preface .7 Acknowledgements .9 List of Contributors .11 1. Development Policy Making: Challenges and Concerns— An Introduction .13 Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay, Soumyadip Chattopadhyay Part - I Environment and Sustainability 2. Himalayan Sensitivity, Environment and Development: Chipko Experiences .23 Chandi Prasad Bhatt 3. Is the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach towards Development Interventions Truly Sustainable? An Assessment .35 Anup Sinha, Runa Sarkar 4. Dependency on Natural Resources and Sustainable Resource Management: A Study of Bankura District .55 Nilendu Chatterjee, Dipak Kundu and Debabrata Dey Part - II Macroeconomic Policies 5. Corona Calls for Revival of Globalisation vs. Deglobalisation Debate – Relevance of Atmanirbhar Bharat .77 Biswajit Mandal, Nilanjan Ghosh and Saswati Chaudhuri 6. India’s Response to COVID-19 and Atmanirbhar Package: A Critical Annotation .89 Seemantini Chattopadhyay 7. Empirical Analysis of Long-Run and Short-Run Dynamic Effects of Deposit Rate, Inflation Rate and GDP on Bank Deposit: A Vector Error Correction Model Approach .103 Solomon Kebede Menza 8. Impact of E-banking on the Performance of Commercial Banks in Bangladesh: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis .123 Bhishan Chandra Barman and Md. Abdul Wadud Part-III Agriculture and Rural Development 9. Agricultural Credit Growth and Credit Policy in India: A Critical Appraisal .151 Abhijit Pathak and Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay 10. Looking into the Efficiency and Productivity of Major Irrigation Projects in West Bengal, India with Special Reference to the DVC Irrigation Project .173 Raj Kumar Kundu and Apurba Kumar Chattopadhyay 11. Living Money-less: A Study of Nyishi Households in Arunachal Pradesh, India .185 Bhaskar Majumder Part - IV Health, Education and Basic Services 12. Financing Amenities for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities in India: Challenges and Prospects.209 Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun Kumar 13. Education Production Function: Does Health Matter? .239 Muktar Bala 14. Gender Bias in Education Expenditure among Religious and Social Groups: A Case Study for Below Class 10 Level in West Bengal .251 Chayanika Mitra 15. Social Determinants and Inequality in Immunisation in India .265 Nit Ranjan 16. Crime and Socio-Economic Condition in India during 1990-2017: An Empirical Analysis .293 Poulomi Khasnobis, Soumyanada Dinda Index . 309 The Title 'Development Policy Making: Challenges And Concerns written/authored/edited by Apurba Kumar Chattopadhayay, Soumyadip Chattopadhyay', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121220149 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 321 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Economics. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-