Economics of development : looking through environmental and behavioural lens / edited by Samapti Guha, Chirodip Majumdar.


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This book addresses global development issues in the local context. It explains concepts and theories from development economics, behavioural economics and environmental economics to analyse issues related to intergenerational sustainable development in an interdisciplinary way.

New Dimensions and Measurements of Development: An Introductory Remark Part I - Finance and Development 1. Digital Technology Adoption in Informal Credit Market During Covid -19 Pandemic: A Case of Mumbai Slums 2. Multidimensional Financial Inclusion Index of Indian States: Impact on Sustainable Development 3. Do the Banks' Mergers and Acquisitions Reduce Non Performing Asset in India? Part II - Society, Human Behaviour and Planning 4. Role of Mass Media in Immunisation Decisions 5. Measuring Subject Fairness: An Alternative Experimental Approach 6. Status, Gender or Expected Benefit: What Matters in Deception? 7. Organisational Favouritism: A Critical Survey Part III - Market, Development and Governance 8. Look Who Contests! 9. Globalisation and Unequal Development: Toward an Explanatory Framework 10. Positive Assortative Matching and Default Rates in Microfinance Institutions of India: The Moderating Role of Institutional Governance 11. Nurturing Local Food Systems: Elevating Food and Nutrition Security in Low and Middle-Income Countries Part IV - Development and Disadvantaged Communities 12. Taking Geography Seriously: Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity in Determining Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Maharashtra 13. Tribal Rights over Forest Resources: A Critical Appraisal of the Legal Verdicts in India 14. Women's Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Indian State of Kerala Part V - Energy, Environment and Development 15. The Human, Political and Economic Aspects of Global Energy Transition and their Role in Development 16. Influencing Human Environmental Behaviour through Behavioural Policy 17. Economic Valuation of Clean Water: An Application of Life Satisfaction Approach in India.