Fertility trends in India exhibit much spatial variation, with some regions reaching total fertility rates below 2 … that have promoted or retarded declines in fertility. There is, however, a tendency to regard development and diffusion as … and social development and treat diffusion as an inherent process. This paper is an attempt to enlarge the focus to look …

Service standards in the provision of health and education in the states in India are low on average and also … is important not only to improve the average levels of provisions of health and education services, but also to reduce … disparities across states, the Twelfth Finance Commission has recommended special grants for health and education to selected …

set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by … inquiry that reveals that education plays a major role in accessing more remunerative nonfarm employment. Other household …