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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