The politics of human development in India and China: It pays to invest in women and children

• Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: China; Children; Democracy; Human Development; Ideology; India; Politics; State Capacity; Women; Asian Studies; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2422; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3679/viewcontent/The_Politics_of_Human_Development_in_India_and_China__It_Pays_to.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article explores the attainments of China and India on measures of basic human development as ingredients of a long-term economic development strategy. It proposes that major differences in ideology and state capacity explain in part why India has fallen behind China. The analysis suggests that...