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Small Towns and Decentralisation in India
This book examines the impact that decentralisation reforms, initiated in the early 1990s, have had on small towns in India. It specifically focuses on small towns in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most densely populated and poorest states in India. Although considered home to one of the oldest urban civilisations, India remains one of the least urbanised regions in the world. At the same time, the country has many million-strong metropolises that are among the world’s largest megacities, as well as a multitude of small and medium-sized towns and cities. This paradoxical urbanisation, against a backdrop of reforms, has interested the scientific community to gain a more nuanced understanding of ...
District Administration
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Rural Development
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Urban Development
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Gender Equality and Economic Development
Highlights the struggle for gender equality, led mostly by women, but by a growing number of men. Considers issues of human progress in the areas of social, economic and political life. Appends a short version of the recommendations of the National Perspective Plan for Women and the 1974 report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India.
