"Nearly all urban data used for the purpose of economic analysis, urban policymaking, and investment decision-making are aggregated data. Urban systems, however, are heterogeneous and complex, which requires more nuanced responses. This handbook reprocesses NSS household-level schedules to...

Part 1. The Setting. Decentralized governance and development in India : An introduction -- Seeing PRIs in India and their History from a Gandhian perspective -- The evolution of devolution -- Part 2. Dimensions of Decentralization. Political decentralization : Role of political parties from...