Beschreibung:
This monograph conceptualizes development, consisting of eight dimensions - material prosperity, education, health, economic security among others. The authors implement this concept to design not only an overall index of development (DI) for Indian states but also three sub indices, human development (HD), security (SEC) and voice and confidence (
1. Introduction 2. Evolving concepts of development 3. Measuring development: international approaches 4. Measuring development: studies on India 5. From conceptualization to implementation: designing a composite measure of development for Indian states 6. Where are the Indian states? 7. Concluding remarks