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Title
DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
Preface
List of Tables
List of Charts
List of Appendices
Abbreviations
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Problem
1.3 The Objectives
1.4 The Methodology
1.5 A Brief Review of Literature
1.6 Importance of the Study
1.7 Limitations of the Study
1.8 Presentation of the Thesis
2 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPT AND QUANTIFICATION
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Evolution of the Concept and Quantification of Development Progress
2.3 The Human Development Approach
2.3.1 Meaning
2.3.2 Measurement
2.3.3 Limitations
2.3.3.1 Issues of Indexing
2.3.3.2 Selection of Indicators
2.3.3.3 Interpreting Development Performance in terms of HDI
2.4 Improving Human Development Measurement: Some Suggestions
2.4.1 Suggestions for Improving Existing Indices
2.4.2 Supplementary Indices of Human Development: The Child Development Index
3 KERALA: A UNIQUE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL IN INDIA?
3.1 Introduction
Table – 3.1: HDI Ranks of Major Indian States in Different Studies
3.2 The Demographic Dimension
Table – 3.2: General Demographic Features of Indian States (2001)
Chart 3.1 Decadal Growth of Population, 1901 to 2001: India, Bihar and Kerala 1961-71 1971-81 1981-91 1991-01 1971 1981 1991 2001
Chart 3.2 Sex Ratio (Females/1000 Males), 1901-2001: India, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
3.3 The Health Dimension
Table – 3.3: Comparison of Important Health Indicators of Major Indian States
3.4 The Knowledge Dimension
Table – 3.4: Comparison of Educational Performance of Major Indian States
3.5 The Standard of Living Dimension
Table – 3.5: Performance of Major States in Selected Standard of Living Indicators
3.6 The Gender Dimension
Table – 3.6: Gender Differences in Basic Human Development Indicators of Major States
Table – 3.7: Rank Correlation Coefficients of Gender Disparity Ranks
3.7 The Rural-Urban Dimension
Table – 3.8: Rural-Urban Disparity in Basic Human Development Indicators of Major States
3.8 The Non-Conventional Dimension
Table – 3.9: Comparison of Selected Non-conventional Indicators across Major States
3.9 The Synthesis
Table – 3.10: Borda Ranking of States with respect to 26 Human Development Indicators
4 DISPARITIES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN KERALA: THE CONVENTIONAL INDICATORS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Regional Divisions
4.3 Analysis in terms of Secondary Data
4.3.1 The Demographic Dimension
Table – 4.1: Inter Regional Comparison of Selected Demographic Indicators of Kerala, 1991-2001
4.3.2 The Health Dimension
Table – 4.2: Inter Regional Comparison of Selected Health Indicators of Kerala (2000-01)
4.3.3 The Knowledge Dimension
Table – 4.3: Inter Regional Comparison of Selected Knowledge Indicators of Kerala, 2001
4.3.4 The Standard of Living Dimension
Table – 4.4: Inter Regional Comparison of Selected Standard of Living Indicators of Kerala
Chart - 4.1 Sectoral Shares in NDP: Kerala Districts (2000-01)
Chart - 4.2 Sectoral Shares in NDP: Malabar, Cochin and Travancore Regions (2000-01)
4.3.5 The Intra-regional Dimensions
4.3.5.1 The Rural-Urban Dimension
4.3.5.2 The Gender Dimension
4.3.5.3 The Caste Dimension
Table - 4.5: Intra-regional Variations in Human Development Indicators, Kerala
4.3.6 The Development Indices
Table - 4.6: Ranking of Kerala Regions with respect to HDI, GDI, HPI and Borda Score (Conventional Indicators)
4.4 Analysis in terms of Sample Data
4.4.1 The Achievement Perspective
Table - 4.7: Individual and Average Indices of Human Development (Sample Data)
4.4.2 Deprivation Perspective
Table - 4.8: Human Poverty Indices of Low, Mid and High Land Samples
4.4.3 The Ethnic Perspective
Table 4.9: HDIs of SC/ST and Non-SC/ST Populations
Chart 4.3: Ethnic Disparities in Human Development (Sample Study)
4.4.4 The Gender Perspective
Table - 4.10: The GEMs for the Low, Mid and High Land Samples
5 DISPARITIES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN KERALA: THE NON-CONVENTIONAL INDICATORS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Analysis in terms of Secondary Data
5.2.1 Personal Disabilities
Table - 5.1: Disabled persons per lakh population in Kerala Regions (2001)
5.2.2 Morbidity
Table 5.2: Morbidity Statistics of Kerala Regions
5.2.3 Crimes
Table - 5.3: Incidence of Cognisable Crimes under IPC (Annual Average for the period 1996-2000)
Table - 5.4: Disparities in the incidence of crimes (Comparison of means and standard deviations of different categories of Kerala Districts)
5.2.4 Injustice towards Women
Table - 5.5: Cases registered with the Kerala Women’s Commission (Annual Average for the Period 1996-2000)
5.2.5 Suicides
5.2.6 Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Table - 5.6: Suicides and Medical Termination of Pregnancy in Kerala Regions
5.2.7 Borda Ranking
Table - 5.7: Borda Ranking of Non-Conventional Indicators (Secondary Data)
5.3 Analysis in terms of Sample Study
5.3.1 Disability and Morbidity
Table - 5.8: Disability and Morbidity Rates of Low, Mid and High Land samples
5.3.2 Crimes
5.3.3 Experiences and Expectations
Chart 5.1: Change in Households Level of Well-being over the Last 5-year Period
Chart 5.2: Households Expectation about Future Prospects
5.3.4 Borda Ranking
6 SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Synthesis
6.2.1 Secondary Data
Table - 6.1: Overall Borda Scores, Borda Ranks and HDI Ranks (Secondary Data)
Table - 6.2: Rank Correlation Matrix (Secondary Data)
6.2.2 Sample Data
Table 6.3: Overall Borda Scores, Borda Ranks and HDI Ranks (Sample Data)
6.3 Findings of the Study
6.4 Recommendations
6.5 Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX I Construction of Human Development Indices: The UNDP Methodology
APPENDIX II Deviations from the UNDP Methodology by the Author
APPENDIX III Survey on Regional Disparties in Human Development in Kerala
APPENDIX IV Summary of Component Indicator Ranks of Borda Scores of Major Indian States
APPENDIX V Summary of Conventional Indicator Components of Borda Score, Kerala Regions (Secondary Data)
APPENDIX VI Summary of Non-conventional Indicator Components of Borda Score, Kerala Regions (Secondary Data)
APPENDIX VII Summary of Conventional Indicator Components of Borda Score (Sample Data)
APPENDIX VIII Summary of Non-conventional Indicator Components of Borda Score
Index