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Demanding Development Search within full text Crossref Citations This book has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by CrossRef. Lewis, Janet I. 2020. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print publication year: 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108649377 Demanding Development Your name * Who would you like to send this to * Optional message Book description India's urban slums exhibit dramatic variation in their access to local public goods and services - paved roads, piped water, trash removal, sewers, and streetlights. Why are som...

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‘Kochi has high levels of service delivery’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A survey of 15 Indian cities held by a group of academics from the U.S. has found that Kochi has very high levels of service delivery and associational life. “Kochi, one of our case studies, does well. But there are still gaps in the quality-of-service delivery, particularly sanitation,” said Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology, International Studies and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University, U.S. The professor revealed details of the survey led by him during his talks at the “Decentralis...

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp xx + 295, ₹ 895. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp xxiv + 577, price not indicated. Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology Over 50 Years by Asian Development Bank,  Manila: ADB, 2020 (ebook), http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS190290.   The transformation of Asia from its status as the most impoverished region to the growth locomotive of the world economy within five decades is unprecedented and nothing short of a miracle. The achievement seems all the more profound when juxtaposed with a very pessimistic outlook o...