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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | A Comparison of Developmental Outcomes in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu-Kalaiyarasan A

A Comparison of Developmental Outcomes in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu-Kalaiyarasan A

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published Published on Apr 5, 2014   modified Modified on Apr 5, 2014
-Economic and Political Weekly

 

The long-standing debate on growth and development has been renewed in recent works of Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen. This paper intervenes in this debate with evidence from Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu, which, unlike Kerala, did not have initial advantages over Gujarat, outperforms the latter on nearly every development indicator at the level of indicators as well as in the rate of change. This is despite Gujarat having a slightly higher economic growth rate. Tamil Nadu's relative success is the result of state intervention in providing essential public services. Further, the history of social mobilisation in the state has been crucial in ensuring the formulation and efficient execution of social welfare measures.

Kalaiyarasan A (kalaijnu@gmail.com) is doing his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

The ideas for the paper emerged from conversations with M S S Pandian. Comments by Atul Sood, Santosh Mehrotra, and Vijaya Baskar on an earlier draft were most useful in recasting my arguments. While Manoj Jatav and Pankaj Vashisht were generous in sharing various data sources, Vanessa Chishti took time off to edit the draft paper. I am thankful to all of them. I am also grateful for the constructive suggestions received from an anonymous referee of the EPW.

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Economic and Political Weekly, Vol-XLIX, No. 15, April 12, 2014, http://www.epw.in/special-articles/comparison-developmental-outcomes-gujarat-and-tamil-nadu.html


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