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(1) Subaltern Urbanisation and Development Impasse in Bihar, India (2) Growth, Inequality and Poverty in India
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(Ajiken
Power
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workshop
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including
IDE
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visiting
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IDEAS
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outside
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and
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students.
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provides
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for
presentation
of
any
work
in
progress
where
we
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discuss
in
either
English
or
Japanese.
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Date&time:
June 8, 2015. (Monday) 12：30-14：30
Venue:
Theme:
(1) Subaltern Urbanisation and Development Impasse in Bihar, India (2) Growth, Inequality and Poverty in India
(1) Subaltern Urbanisation and Development Impasse in Bihar, India
Abstract
The
study
is
an
attempt
towards
understanding
of
the
subaltern
urbanisation
of
Bihar,
where
the
development
reflects
cultural
milieu,
social
disparities
and
mixed
economy.
The
state
is
one
of
the
backward
states
of
India
where
the
development
impasse
cannot
be
entirely
discarded.
The
concept
of
subaltern
urbanisation
refers
to
the
growth
of
settlement
agglomerations,
whether
denoted
urban
by
the
Census
of
India
or
not,
that
are
independent
of
the
metropolis
and
autonomous
in
their
interactions
with
other
settlements,
local
and
global
(Denis
et
al.
2012).
The
main
objective
the
paper
is
to
investigate
variation
in
the
development
of
urban
and
peri-urban
areas
in
Bihar.
It
uses
both
primary
and
secondary
to
data
to
measure
dynamics
of
development.
The
paper
depicts
macro
picture
of
urbanisation
in
Bihar
and
India
at
first.
Regional
disparity
in
the
level
of
urbanisation
the
state
has
been
also
discussed
in
the
paper.
Peri-urban
character
around
two
cities
of
North
Bihar
Plain
namely
Muzaffarpur
and
Hajipur
has
been
elaborated
with
respect
to
economic
and
socio-ecological
aspects.
(2) Growth, Inequality and Poverty in India
Abstract
In
this
paper,
we
examine
the
impact
of
growth
on
level
and
changes
of
inequality
and
poverty
in
India.
The
motivation
for
this
paper
is
the
changed
structure
of
the
growth
that
has
mainly
come
from
growth
in
the
non-primary
sector
activities
after
the
changes
in
the
economic
policies
that
encouraged
investment
in
some
sectors
first
since
the
early
1980s.
Subsequent significant changes in economic policies have accelerated the growth during 1990s and 2000s. The paper covers the period 1983-2012, arguably the highest growth phase of the Indian economy. Given the heterogeneous sociocultural and religious structure of the Indian society, in this paper we examine how different populations groups have benefited from the growth. Paper also delves into the impact of growth on reduction of poverty across different geographical domains. We find that the growth rate achieved in recent times has been both more poverty reducing and inclusive. However, at the sub-national level the different socio-religious groups have not benefited equally from the higher growth.
Speaker：
(1) Dr. Rajnish Kumar (Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi),
(2) Dr. Amaresh Dubey (Professor and Chairperson Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD) School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Chair:
Hajime SATO
Languages:
English
Soukknilanh Keola E-mail：Souknilanh_Keola
