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1 GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Edited by ANIL KUMAR THAKUR and DALIP KUMAR On behalf of INDIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION IDE DEEP & DEEP PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. F-159, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi

2 Contents Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction ix xi xvii xxiii SECTION I GENDER: CURRENT STATUS 1. Ratna M. Sudarshan Gender and Economics in India 3 2. Harvinder Kaur Status of Women in Selected Countries Md. Tarique and Zafar Ahmad Sultan Status of Women in SAARC Countries: A Comparative Analysis S.K. Mishra and P.K. Pandey Economic and Gender Development in India: Differentials and Determinants D. Krishnamoorthy Gender Disparities in India: Some Evidences Shamim Akhtar and Moh. Azher Khan Theory of Gendered Approach to Development in the Third World Perspective Biswajit Guha Gender Related Development and Disparity: An Empirical Study 98

3 vi Gender Empowerment and Development SECTION II GENDER: SOME ISSUES 8. Kalpana Singh Conceptual and Critical Issues Relating to Gender and Development An Analysis M.K. Sukumaran Nair Gender and Economic Inequality in Botswana M. Mohsin Khan and Sathish Kumar Women Entrepreneurial Development in India: Problems and Prospects Manish Dev Gender Equality: An Analysis of Status of Women in India K.B. Padamdeo and Umesh Prasad Gender Equity and Rights of Women Kuldip Kaur and Paramjit Kaur Dhindsa Health Policies and Gender Issues in Punjab Sailabala Debt Is Investment in Women's Education Profitable? Mona Khare Fertility and Female Literacy in Madhya Pradesh: Threshold Effect R.S. Solunke and G.B. Gazoande Women Literacy and Empowerment in India Md. Abdus Salam and Navendu Shekher Gender Disparity in Literacy Rate of India: A Review R.N. Thakur and Shree Niwas Pandey Education and Gender Justice in Bihar 275 SECTION HI POLICIES TOWARDS GENDER EMPOWERMENT 19. Kiran Mor and Rajender Kumar Women Empowerment Policies in India An Overview 291

4 Contents vii 20. Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Niraj Kumar and Chandra P. Singh Gender Inequality: Some Issues Anil Kumar Thakur, Kamini Jha and Vipin Prasad Singh Need of Women Empowerment in India Syed Noman Ahmad and Mohd. Izhar Ahmad Issues in Gender Discrimination and Empowerment in India Debendra Narayan Bhattacharyya The Role of Personal Capital and Traits in Measurement of Gender Discrimination Kapil Deo Prasad Singh and Jayant K. Sinha Policy for Empowerment of Women M.P. Goswami and Suneeta Chopra Gender Empowerment Policies in India S.S.P. Sharma, Shiv Shankar and Yoginder P. Singh Gender Empowerment, Poverty and Environment in India Dilip Kumar Ghosh and Bhawana Jha Political Empowerment of Women Bikrama Singh and Nripender Kumar Empowerment of Women and Property Rights Niraj Kumar Gender Empowerment in India Shambhu Deo Mishra and Masood Alam Empowering Women in India Japan Kumar Shandilya and Bipin Kumar Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women: Promise and Performance Krishnanand Yadav, Satyendra Narayan Singh & Sliambhu Shah Empowerment of Women in India: Challenges and Perspectives 529

5 viii Gender Empowerment and Development SECTION IV GENDER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 33. S. Ramachandran Female Labour Force Participation and Structure of Wages in Thanjavur Agriculture: A Historical Perspective A.R. Kulkarni Gender, Poverty and Depletion of Common Property Resources: A Study of Selected Villages in Dharwad District Arvind Awasthi and Divya Agarwal Gender Disparities in Rural Workforce Participation Rate: State Level Analysis 604 ^ SECTION V GENDER: SELECT INTERVENTIONS FOR GENDER DEVELOPMENT 36. Anju Kohli Gender Composition and Development: An Interstate Analysis Shakun Palharya Gender Budgeting in Madhya Pradesh A Case Study of Public Expenditure on Women and Child Development Sandhyarani Das and R.P. Sarma Quality of Life in Orissa A Critical Gender Analysis R. Kumar Role of SHGs in Gender Development of. Tamil Nadu Falendra K. Sudan Livelihood Diversification and Women Empowerment Through Self-Help Micro-Credit Programme: Evidence from Jammu and Kashmir Subodh Kumar Sinha and Shivperson Sharma Bihar PRI Model for Women Empowerment 713 Index 718

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