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Regional Disparity and Convergence in Human Development in India

In: Development Disparities in India

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  • Arpita Banerjee

    (MUC Women’s College)

  • Pravat Kumar Kuri

    (University of Burdwan)

Abstract

India has been characterized by wide regional variation in the level of human development across states. By constructing a human development index (HDI) using Euclidean distance, this chapter makes an attempt to evaluate the trend and level of inequality in human development across the states of India with respect to 11 socioeconomic indicators. The test of convergence of composite human development index (CHDI) as well as its indicators reveals that the Indian states are converging in terms of the level of human development. Interestingly, polarization in the level of human development shows a tendency to increase along with reducing trend in inequality especially during the period 1981–2001. It is expected that a targeted level of human development can reduce the extent of polarization and thus, can bring out a balanced human development in Indian states.

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  • Arpita Banerjee & Pravat Kumar Kuri, 2015. "Regional Disparity and Convergence in Human Development in India," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Development Disparities in India, edition 127, chapter 5, pages 69-99, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-81-322-2331-3_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2331-3_5
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    1. Hadi Rahmani Fazli & Abbas Arabmazar, 2018. "A Mathematical Programing Model of Budget Allocation for Development Disparities Reduction among Iran Provinces," Iranian Economic Review (IER), Faculty of Economics,University of Tehran.Tehran,Iran, vol. 22(1), pages 235-251, Winter.

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