This volume covers a broad selection of Guhan's academic writings on various development issues such as measurement of poverty, rural poverty alleviation, social security for the unorganized sector, health issues and centre-state relations. This book is intended for researchers of development economics, policy-makers and practitioners.
List of Tables ix Introduction 1(14) Economy, Society, and Polity Rural Poverty Alleviation in India 15(32) Apples, Oranges, and the Measurement of Poverty 47(3) Social Security for the Poor in the Unorganized Sector 50(36) Health in India During a Period of Structural Adjustment 86(17) Social Expenditures in the Union Budget: 1991-6 103(22) Centre and the States in the Reform Process 125(46) Adjustment: To What End? 171(32) Social Discrimination and Caste Reservations 203(6) Comprehending Equalities 209(18) Dark Forebodings 227(18) Corruption in India 245(19) Thinking About Governance 264(18) Outside the Curriculum Balas Sringara 282(2) Eight Poems of Thayumanavar 284(5) The Cat and the Mahatma 289(4) Policy, as it has been Laid Down in the Mundaka Upanishad 293(2) Memories of an Uncle 295(66) RECOLLECTIONS OF GUHAN I called him Guhan Sahib 327(2) Granville Austin S. Guhan: An Appreciation 329(3) Robert Cassen S. Guhan: In Memory 332(5) Ashoke Chatterjee Remembering Guhan 337(6) Gopal Krishna Gandhi The Ferryman 343(4) Barbara Harris-White Recollections of Guhan 347(4) Jonathan Moore My Life and Crimes with Mr S. Guhan 351(5) B. K. Nehru Guhan: A Charmer and An Activist 356(2) I. G. Patel S. Guhan: A Memoir 358(3) Manu Shroff A Bibliography of Guhans Works 361
