India - Jharkhand : Addressing the Challenges of Inclusive Development

This study on Jharkhand in India addresses the challenges faced by that new state of India (founded in November 2000) to surmount adverse initial conditions of low average income, very high incidence of poverty, and little social development. In addition, initial health and education indicators in Jharkhand were also markedly unfavorable in comparison to both the all-India average and the major Indian states. The paper points out that in order to put its fiscal house in order, the state needs to introduce reforms for improving resource mobilization, increasing cost effectiveness of expenditure and rationalizing the budgetary processes. Improvement of infrastructure is critically important, and once this has occurred, this will lead to favorable pro-poor changes in the labor market as well. Two opposite views of the development debate are represented by the different degrees of importance given to mining and agriculture. One view contends that the development of the mining sector can usher in a new decade of development in Jharkhand. The second view is that the potential risks associated with the mining sector are high and that agriculture has shown great potential through impressive growth in recent years contributing significantly to poverty reduction and human resource development. Given the strengths and weaknesses of the two options, the present study suggests a middle path, aiming at an inter-temporal balance between the two strategies. The paper stresses that social inclusion and effective citizenship for all are desirable outcomes everywhere, especially in Jharkhand with its sharp social and regional divide. It concludes that political commitment is needed to "make development happen" in the shortest possible time.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2007-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, ANTE-NATAL CARE, ANTI-POVERTY, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BIRTH RATE, BUS, CASH TRANSFERS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH CARE, CHILD NUTRITION, CITIZEN, CITIZENSHIP, CLINICS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, DRIP IRRIGATION, DROUGHT, DRUGS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EGS, ELDERLY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FARM GROWTH, FARM SECTOR, FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE LITERACY, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREST COVER, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER PARITY, GENDER PARITY INDEX, GRAIN PRODUCTION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO, GROUNDWATER, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH CENTRE, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH SECTOR, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HUMAN ASSETS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HYGIENE, ILLNESS, IMMUNIZATION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMED CONSENT, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSURANCE, IRON, IRRIGATION, ISOLATION, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LAND ASSETS, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND SIZE, LAND TENURE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LEGISLATORS, LEPROSY, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY, LIVE BIRTHS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL ECONOMY, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKETING, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MEASLES, MIDWIFE, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MODERNIZATION, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NURSE, OLD AGE, PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PHARMACIES, PIERS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CONTROL, POOR, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEAD, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY PROGRAMS, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, PURCHASING POWER, QUALITY ASSURANCE, REMOTE AREAS, REMOTE DISTRICTS, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, RESPECT, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROUTE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ASSETS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL EMPLOYMENT, RURAL FARM, RURAL HEALTH, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL POOR, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROADS, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL SECTORS, RURAL URBAN POVERTY, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SKILLED ATTENDANTS, SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, SOCIAL PROGRESS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL SECTOR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TARGETING, TAX, TEACHER RATIO, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRUE, TUBERCULOSIS, UNMET DEMAND, URBAN AREAS, VACCINATION, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, WATER RESOURCES, WORKERS, WORKFORCE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/9489695/india-jharkhand-addressing-challenges-inclusive-development https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7739
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