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Chargement... An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictionspar Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  RajivC | May 15, 2023 |   Drèze and Sen focus largely on government efforts, which they criticize as insufficient and largely badly organized, though they highlight regional successes such as Tamil Nadu. They are critical of pushes to see the private sector as a solution to the needs of India's poorest and advocate vigorous efforts in the public sector. Despite this, anyone who wishes to characterize their approach as Marxist (for better or for worse) is overstating the case and probably hasn't read Sen very much. The focus is on government as a driver of progress for basic improvements in education, health, and welfare. They acknowledge that the private sector has a role to play. They are passionate about the role of government, but strongly critical of how it has operated in the past and present. There is attention paid to social factors, particularly the role of women in anti-poverty work, as well as caste and regional variation within India. The only weakness of the book is that it does not look at how the private sector--which the authors, based on previous writings and which they imply here, believe has a large role to play in India--does fit in in the larger scheme. While I agree that the private sector will not solve the problem of inadequate primary education, the question of how economic development will be harnessed for the benefit of larger numbers of Indians is not addressed. In addition (a minor point), I would have liked to see them address some of the other economic criticisms of direct food aid, such as potential market distortion, which they advocate with reservations rather than cash transfers. The material may not be (probably is not) revolutionary to people who are well read in the field, but it was informative and readable for the non-expert. (  ) arosoff | Jul 11, 2021 | India is compared with a few other countries and it is appalling to know some sub-saharan countries fare better, on some metrics, than those in India. Education and primary healthcare are discussed at length. The studies show success of a few states in implementing norms that have definitely helped people living there. The data collection for all these studies is exhaustive and the statistical analysis is very detailed. This makes the book very convincing for the common reader. If you like this book, you should definitely have a look at Rebooting India. This book discusses solutions for many of the problems mentioned in Sen's book. ( ) nmarun | Feb 5, 2016 |  LOM-Lausanne | May 1, 2020 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the economic stagnation of the Raj. The growth of the Indian economy quickened further over the last three decades and became the second fastest among large economies. Despite a recent dip, it is still one of the highest in the world. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth remains an important and achievable goal for India. In An Uncertain Glory, two of India's leading economists argue that the country's main problems lie in the lack of attention paid to the essential needs of the people, especially of the poor, and often of women. There have been major failures both to foster participatory growth and to make good use of the public resources generated by economic growth to enhance people's living conditions. There is also a continued inadequacy of social services such as schooling and medical care as well as of physical services such as safe water, electricity, drainage, transportation, and sanitation. In the long run, even the feasibility of high economic growth is threatened by the underdevelopment of social and physical infrastructure and the neglect of human capabilities, in contrast with the Asian approach of simultaneous pursuit of economic growth and human development, as pioneered by Japan, South Korea, and China. In a democratic system, which India has great reason to value, addressing these failures requires not only significant policy rethinking by the government, but also a clearer public understanding of the abysmal extent of social and economic deprivations in the country. The deep inequalities in Indian society tend to constrict public discussion, confining it largely to the lives and concerns of the relatively affluent. Drèze and Sen present a powerful analysis of these deprivations and inequalities as well as the possibility of change through democratic practice. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Yet, unless everyone participates in economic and social growth, the engine will sputter and die.
In this book, Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen have done an admirable job in analysing India's 'uncertain glory' as they call it.
Our under-investment in public hygiene, public health and education is appalling and alarming.
The authors have managed to walk the tightrope with admirable felicity. They point out the good and the bad. And they do so in a balanced manner, with the proper use of data.
What are their recommendations? I miss this. Barring this omission, the book is excellent. What is sad, is that the book remains relevant even now, years after it was published. (