Labor market and social insurance policy in India : a case of losing on both competitiveness and caring (English)

This paper examines social development in India over the last fifty years, stipulating it has suffered from three fatal flaws in the Nehruvian vision that set the tone for policies in this period. These were: 1) reliance on the Soviet model of heavy industry-oriented, and inward-looking development policy; 2) adoption of the Anglo-American concept of the "welfare state"; and, 3) the Indian/colonial feudal tradition of creating, and maintaining distance...

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Agarwala,Ramgopal;

Dad Khan, Zafar;
Document Date
2001/01/31
Document Type
Departmental Working Paper
Report Number
22718
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Labor market and social insurance policy in India : a case of losing on both competitiveness and caring
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Agarwala,Ramgopal; Dad Khan, Zafar.

Labor market and social insurance policy in India : a case of losing on both competitiveness and caring (English). WBI working paper series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/463721468771598687

Labor market and social insurance policy in India : a case of losing on both competitiveness and caring (English)

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