This book discusses how to measure the level of development of an economy, particularly, the task of ranking economies in terms of their development. In this context, development is defined as an increase in people's level of wellbeing. The book emphasises that wellbeing is a multidimensional...

Introduction: puzzle of divergent development trajectories within a debated (non)-developmental state -- State of art : governance and comparative political economy -- Theoretical framework -- Elite agency and development in Andhra Pradesh (I) : confrontation and populism in the age of tollywood...