The Broken Ladder: The Paradox and Potential of India's One-Billion
Cambridge University Press, 8/7/2017
EAN 9781108415927, ISBN10: 110841592X
Hardcover, 314 pages, 24 x 16.6 x 2.4 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Despite becoming a global economic force, why does India win so few Olympic medals and have so many people living in poverty? Why have opportunities not become available more broadly? How can growing individuals assist with the task of building a growing economy? Krishna presents a refreshingly unusual perspective of emergent realities, drawing on the stories of everyday lives, of people like you and me and those less privileged. Through decades-long investigations, living in villages and slum communities, the author presents eye-opening details of missed opportunities and immense untapped talent that can be harnessed, with tremendous consequences for equity and growth. Offering possible solutions for inequality and those in need, The Broken Ladder is a comprehensive and fascinating account of development strategies in a fast-growing, yet largely agrarian, developing economy.
1. Dollar economy and rupee economy
2. Beyond 5-km villages
3. Blue-polygon slums
4. Preventing future poverty
5. Plumbing a deep talent pool
6. Attitudes, experiences, and information
7. Democracy at the doorstep
8. Looking ahead
growing the economy and developing individuals
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.