This book addresses health and healthcare issues in India with a special focus on the Northeast region. Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, it highlights key issues in health and healthcare and outlines the actions needed to achieve the desired results in these areas as laid out in the UN...

This book reviews the fulfillment of two Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely poverty and inequality, in the Indian subcontinent. It examines the complex interplay among development, inequality and poverty in relation to corruption, environmental resource management, agricultural...

1. The knowledge lacuna and implications -- 2. Existing knowledge of strategic thinking -- 3. Language and thinking : the root of difference -- 4. Idiosyncrasies of the Chinese strategic mind -- 5. Chinese stratagem culture -- 6. The Chinese strategic mind at work : the case of Mao Zedong -- 7....

1. BRICS and coexistence / Cedric de Coning -- 2. Brazil as a rising power : coexistence through universalism / Adriana Erthal Abdenur -- 3. Russia, BRICS and peaceful coexistence : between idealism and instrumentalism / Flemming Splidsboel Hansen and Alexander Sergunin -- 4. Indian foreign...

The book focuses on analyzing the turbulent situation in the Indian Ocean from the political, economic and security perspectives. It discusses topics ranging from the major powers’ great game in the Indo-Pacific and China’s countermeasures, to China and India’s reciprocal demands and...

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...

Chapter 1: Challenges and Opportunities of Sri Lanka’s Post Conflict Economic Development – Overview -- Part I: Policies, regulations, and governance for smart growth -- Chapter 2: Incentives, efficiency and competitiveness for balanced growth -- Chapter 3: Governance, institutions, and...