Kerala′s Economy: Performance, Problems, Prospects - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803991614 ISBN 13: 9780803991613

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Twenty-two leading economists discuss a number of crucial issues such as the decline in the growth rate of the state′s economy, the alarming rise in unemployment, the repatriation of Gulf migrants, agriculture stagnation, industrial backwardness, and the financial crisis presently afflicting Kerala. Kerala′s Economy begins with an overview of broad trends in Kerala′s economy and continues with demographic trends, the changing structure of the workforce, poverty, and migration. The contributors also cover the agricultural and allied sectors including marine fisheries, small-scale and heavy industry, power sectors, trade unionism, educational development, and Kerala′s external economy. The book concludes with recent trends in the state′s finances. "This volume of essays is a welcome addition to the existing literature on Kerala′s economy." --Economic and Political Weekly "It is surprising there are so few publications that provide a comprehensive picture of the state′s economy . . . This gap has largely been filled by [this book] . . . Its canvas is much wider than just the state′s development model and will, therefore, be of considerable benefit to those studying the state′s economic development." -The Economic Times

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About the Author:

B. A. Prakash is Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram. Earlier he was a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Calicut, where he had been teaching since 1976. After retirement from the university, he was appointed as Chairman of Kerala Public Expenditure Review Committee for three years. The latest official position held by him is Chairman, Fifth State Finance Commission, Kerala. Professor Prakash has been conducting research on different topics relating to Kerala’s economic development during the last four decades and has published a number of papers in leading journals, research reports and monographs. He has also edited six books on India’s and Kerala’s economy. SAGE had previously published three of his edited books, namely, Kerala’s Economy: Performance, Problems and Prospects (1994); Kerala’s Economic Development: Issues and Problems (1999); and Kerala’s Economic Development: Performance and Problems in the Post-Liberalisation Period (2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0803991614
• ISBN 13: 9780803991613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Prakash B A