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Charaiveti

An Academic's Global Journey

By: Pranab Bardhan

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Charaiveti

An Academic's Global Journey

By: Pranab Bardhan

The word 'charaiveti', from an ancient Sanskrit hymn, means 'keep moving', in search of self-realization. The leading Indian economist and public intellectual Pranab Bardhan invokes this in his moving narrative of a personal and professional journey. From his beginnings in a poor neighbourhood in Kolkata and the idyllic days in Santiniketan, from being home-schooled by his father followed by a vigorous student life at Presidency College, Kolkata and in Cambridge, England, Bardhan rose to being among the foremost development economists in the world. After serving on the faculty of MIT, Indian Statistical Institute and Delhi School of Economics, he finally settled at the University of California, Berkeley. In the process he interacted closely interacted with the likes of James Meade, Joan Robinson, Paul Samuelson, Robert Solow, James Mirrlees, Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof, Jerry Cohen, Jon Elster, Amartya Sen, T.N. Srinivasan, K.N. Raj, Ashok Rudra, Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Ashis Nandy and Romila Thapar. In his memoir he provides a fascinating account of his richly varied and widely-travelled life, interwoven with thoughtful comments on politics and society both in India and abroad and on some major strands of international intellectual debates. These accounts are enlivened by a profusion of stories, anecdotes and amusing incidents, and draw copiously from his interests in literature and films. Witty, wise and perceptive, Charaiveti is more than just a memoir-it is a sharp-eyed look at where we have been and where we may be headed, as seen through the lens of a remarkable life.

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Harper Collins

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9356995753

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9789356995758

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

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Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, this text offers a non-technical discussion of current thinking on these issues from the viewpoint of poor countries.

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Mit Press

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0262524295

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9780262524292

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India

By: Pranab Bardhan

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Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India

By: Pranab Bardhan

The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention. Yet, many of the views regarding their market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter-century. Exploring the challenges that both countries must overcome to become true leaders in the international economy, Pranab Bardhan looks beyond short-run macroeconomic issues to examine structures, and current general performance. Full of valuable insights, Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay provides a nuanced picture of China and India's complex political economy at a time of startling global reconfiguration and change.

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Princeton University Press

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0691156409

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9780691156408

A World of Insecurity

Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries

By: Pranab Bardhan

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A World of Insecurity

Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries

By: Pranab Bardhan

An ambitious account of the corrosion of liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike, arguing that antidemocratic sentiment reflects fear of material and cultural loss, not a critique of liberalism’s failure to deliver equality, and suggesting possible ways out. The retreat of liberal democracy in the twenty-first century has been impossible to ignore. From Wisconsin to Warsaw, Budapest to Bangalore, the public is turning against pluralism and liberal institutions and instead professing unapologetic nationalism and majoritarianism. Critics of inequality argue that this is a predictable response to failures of capitalism and liberalism, but Pranab Bardhan, a development economist, sees things differently. The problem is not inequality but insecurity—financial and cultural. Bardhan notes that antidemocratic movements have taken root globally in a wide range of demographic and socioeconomic groups. In the United States, older, less-educated, rural populations have withdrawn from democracy. But in India, the prevailing Hindu Nationalists enjoy the support of educated, aspirational urban youth. And in Europe, antidemocratic populists firmly back the welfare state (but for nonimmigrants). What is consistent among antidemocrats is fear of losing what they have. That could be money but is most often national pride and culture and the comfort of tradition. A World of Insecurity argues for context-sensitive responses. Some, like universal basic income schemes, are better suited to poor countries. Others, like worker empowerment and international coordination, have broader appeal. But improving material security won’t be enough to sustain democracy. Nor, Bardhan writes, should we be tempted by the ultimately hollow lure of China’s authoritarian model. He urges liberals to adopt at least a grudging respect for fellow citizens’ local attachments. By affirming civic forms of community pride, we might hope to temper cultural anxieties before they become pathological.

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Harvard University Press

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0674287584

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9780674287587

Development Microeconomics

By: Pranab Bardhan,Christopher Udry

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Development Microeconomics

By: Pranab Bardhan,Christopher Udry

Traditional development economics has recently been revolutionized by the application of new economic tools and concepts. Development Microeconomics is the first in a series of books which will look at the entire spectrum of development economics issues, combining the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the effects this has on the the behaviour of economic agents. This helps to explain why perfect competition models rarely have success when dealing with developing economies. The authors also stress the necessity of balance in dealing with many of the classic problems in development studiesthe importance of both the individual as economic agent and cultural norms as the framework of social behaviour; the dual relationship between equity and efficiency in economic policy-making; the importance of market rivalry and the potential of market breakdown. Designed specifically for graduate students, this book analyses the key microeconomic problems facing the very poorest sectors of developing economies. It utilises simple theoretical models, and is presented in a compact and analytical form. High technical sophistication is avoided, and the only pre-requisite is some familiarity with the tools of general microecomic theory at a first-year graduate or advanced undergraduate level.

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OUP Oxford

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0191525030

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Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

By: Pranab Bardhan

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Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

By: Pranab Bardhan

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively nontechnical discussion of current thinking on these issues from the viewpoint of poor countries, synthesizing recent research and reflecting on where we stand today. The institutional framework of an economy defines and constrains the opportunities of individuals, determines the business climate, and shapes the incentives and organizations for collective action on the part of communities; Pranab Bardhan finds the institutional framework to be relatively weak in many poor countries. Institutional failures, weak accountability mechanisms, and missed opportunities for cooperative problem-solving become the themes of the book, with the role of distributive conflicts in the persistence of dysfunctional institutions as a common thread. Special issues taken up include the institutions for securing property rights and resolving coordination failures; the structural basis of power; commitment devices and political accountability; the complex relationship between democracy and poverty (with examples from India, where both have been durable); decentralization and devolution of power; persistence of corruption; ethnic conflicts; and impediments to collective action. Formal models are largely avoided, except in two chapters where Bardhan briefly introduces new models to elucidate currently under-researched areas. Other chapters review existing models, emphasizing the essential ideas rather than the formal details. Thus the book will be valuable not only for economists but also for social scientists and policymakers.

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MIT Press

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0262261812

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Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

By: Pranab Bardhan

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Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development

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Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

Essays in Development Economics

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

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Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

Essays in Development Economics

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

Textbook on land economics, rural workers, agricultural credit, production relations and rural area poverty, with reference to India - examines peasant farmer labour supply, labour force participation of woman workers, measurement of unemployment, labour demand of agricultural workers, wages, labour-tying, and bonded labour, sharecropping and tenancy issues, social stratification and children mortality; discusses land ownership as an obstacle to irrigation-based agricultural development. Graphs, references, statistical tables.

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Columbia University Press

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0231053894

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A World of Insecurity

Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries

By: Pranab Bardhan

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A World of Insecurity

Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries

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A development economist with roots in India and the United States offers a short but deep and ambitious account of the corrosive effects of economic and cultural insecurity on liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike. His diagnosis: the problem is not inequality or capitalism, but snowballing fear of material and cultural loss"--

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Harvard University Press

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Poverty, Agrarian Structure, and Political Economy in India

Selected Essays

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

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Poverty, Agrarian Structure, and Political Economy in India

Selected Essays

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

This is a compendium of sixteen of Bardhan's well known works in the area of poverty and the political economy of India.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195661176

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Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

The City Corporation

By: Pranab Kumar Panday

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Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

The City Corporation

By: Pranab Kumar Panday

This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates. Along with a discussion of the scale and magnitude of urbanization, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the reform agendas of CCs including their functional assignments, local political leadership, local control over administration and service delivery, local fiscal autonomy and local financial management, and local participation and accountability mechanisms. Very few efforts have been taken to analyze the comprehensive reform agenda required to make the CCs effectively discharge their duties and responsibilities in the context of Bangladesh. This book therefore not only fills this gap in the literature, but also provides recommendations on each reform agenda.

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Springer

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Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India

By: Pranab Bardhan

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Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India

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Princeton University Press

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Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

Essays in Development Economics

By: Pranab K. Bardhan

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Essays in Development Economics

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Charaiveti

Charaiveti

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

A World of Insecurity

A World of Insecurity

Development Microeconomics

Development Microeconomics

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation

Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

A World of Insecurity

A World of Insecurity

Poverty, Agrarian Structure, and Political Economy in India

Poverty, Agrarian Structure, and Political Economy in India

Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

Reforming Urban Governance in Bangladesh

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

Land, Labor, and Rural Poverty

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