Open AccessB. A. Prakash (ed.). Kerala’s Economic Development: Issues and Problems. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1999. 392 pages. Hardbound. Indian Rs 495.00.
Author(s) -
Haseeb Ahmad Bhatti
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v39i2pp.181-184
Subject(s) - life expectancy , new delhi , unemployment , per capita , per capita income , economic growth , literacy , leasehold estate , geography , development economics , socioeconomics , economics , demography , political science , sociology , population , archaeology , metropolitan area , law
The distinctive development experience of Kerala, which hascome to be known as the ‘Kerala Model’, has attracted widespreadresearch interest. Successive state governments have pursued a number ofobjectives that included increase in per capita income at least to thenational level, attaining self-reliance in food, terminating the tenancysystem, solving unemployment problems, reducing regional inequalities,and protecting the vulnerable sections of society, particularly theScheduled Castes and Tribes. The improvements continued till the firsthalf of the 1990s, taking Kerala ahead of India by 25 years indemographic transition. Life expectancy and literacy rates are high,while the birth, death, and infant mortality rates are the lowest in allof India.