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India is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, high economic growth is accompanied by social stratification and widening economic disparity between states. This book illustrates some important aspects of underdevelopment and the process by which the underclass is left behind by focusing on the country´s most neglected regions.

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Introduction; Yuko Tsujita 1. How Agriculture in Bihar Lagged Behind: Implications for Future Development; Koichi Fujita 2. An Analysis of Rural Household Electrification: The Case of Bihar; Hisaya Oda 3. Caste, Land, and Migration: Analysis of a Village Survey in an Underdeveloped State in India; Yuko Tsujita and Hisaya Oda 4. Education and Labour Market Outcomes: A Study of Delhi Slum Dwellers; Yuko Tsujita 5. Poverty and Inequality under Democratic Competition: Dalit Policy in Bihar; Kazuya Nakamizo 6. The Burden of Public Inaction: Agrarian Impasse in Growing Bihar; Kazuki Minato 7. Transformation of Field Development Bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh: Indigenisation and the Senses of Bureaucratic Discretion and Satisfaction; Norio Kondo

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"This book presents a series of empirical analyses of different aspects of development in North India, mainly the state of Bihar ... . These surveys are often combined with analysis of secondary data in an effort to provide a broader picture of each of the issues examined. ... the volume does contribute to ongoing debates on a number of important aspects of inclusive development in Bihar, and as such is a useful complement to the existing literature." (Gerry Rodgers, Developing Economies, Vol. 53 (4), December, 2015)

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Yuko Tsujita, IDE-JETRO, Japan Koichi Fujita, Kyoto University, Japan Hisaya Oda, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Kazuya Nakamizo, Kyoto University, Japan Kazuki Minato, IDE-JETRO, Japan Norio Kondo, IDE-JETRO, Japan

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