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Question of development

The three books under review deal with important questions using development economics as the focus.

Elementary steps

Examining the challenges and recent initiatives in providing universal elementary education.

Learning, language and literacy

An examination of the role of literacy in the study of language and the learning process, and in the development and democratisation of societies.

For growth beyond all barriers

The book makes a strong case for economics that encourages growth with income transfer in favour of the poor.

A decade of WTO

WTO AT TEN: Looking Back to Look Beyond - Volume I: Development through Trade & Volume II: Issues at Stake edited by Bibek Debroy and Mohammed Saquib;

Tamil Nadu's Dalit saga

DALITS - for long considered and treated as outcastes in a strictly caste-based social order, later attempted to be glorified as Harijans or people of

Anti-majoritarian, pro-globalisation

Deepening Democracy - Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India by Madhu Purnima Kishwar; Oxford University Press, 2005; pages 334, Rs.595.

Insights into rural economy

Rural Transformation in India - The Role of the Non-Farm Sector, edited by Rohini Nayyar and Alakh N. Sharma; Institute for Human Development, New Del

The idea of India

India Studies in the History of an Idea, edited by Irfan Habib; Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, 2005; pages 270, Rs.500.

Politics of globalisation

The Geopolitics of Globalisation: The Consequences for Development by Baldev Raj Nayar; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005; pages 301; Rs.595. T

The politics of economics

Economic Policy in Sri Lanka - Issues and Debates,edited by Saman Kelegama; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2004; pages 522, Rs.995.

History for people

Mauryan India: A People's History of India - 4, edited by Irfan Habib and Vivekanand Jha; Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2004; pages 189, Rs.350.