Economics of Development : Looking Through Environmental and Behavioural Lens

This book addresses global development issues in the local context. It explains the different developmental issues related to Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment, Human Behaviour and its influence on environmental policies, Urban Governance and Political System, Food System, Development of the Disadvantaged Communities and Socio-Economic and Political aspects of Energy and the Environment.

Written in honour of Prof. Gautam Gupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, this volume explains concepts and theories from development economics, behavioural economics and environmental economics to analyse issues related to intergenerational sustainable development in an interdisciplinary way. It deals with several questions related to the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals and explains how the phenomenon of development is aligned with SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

This volume will be useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and teachers of development studies, economics, sociology, political science, environment studies, behavioural science and public administration. It will also appeal to administrative officials of the state and central government dealing with developmental issues, planners, policy makers and people working in NGOs and corporate sector functionaries dealing with corporate social responsibilities, especially those handling developmental issues and challenges.

Samapti Guha is Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

Chirodip Majumdar is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.