Human Development Capability Poverty

Book Description:
The book is the outcome of comprehensive research on “Capability Poverty: An Assessment and Establishing its Relationship with Income Poverty” funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. This book presents the current position pertaining to human capability in Tonk district of Rajasthan disaggregated by gender and place of residence. The main objective of the present study is to undertake a situation analysis of the variables of capability poverty. The three main variables employed in the study to measure capability poverty cover substantial ground of social sector. The proportion of underweight children indicates the state of health and nutrition for the population as a whole. Access to reproductive health and general services has been provided by the variable of unattended births. Female adult illiteracy has been taken to assess basic educational attainment plus information on gender inequality.
Authors Details:
Dr. R.K. Jain
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Jain has a doctoral degree in Economic Administration and Financial Management from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He possesses a vast experience of teaching to students of undergraduate and postgraduate level in various Government colleges. He has extensive research experience and published research papers in reputed journal of National level. He has participated and presented papers in many national level seminar. He has also worked on the research project “Human Deprivation: Measurement and Analysis” funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi and also guiding research at M.Phil. and Ph. D. level. At present he is working as a Lecturer in Government College.
Dr. B. Jain
Dr. Bharti Jain obtained her B.Sc. Home Science and M.Sc. Honours Foods and Nutrition from College of Home Science, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. She did her Ph.D from Banasthali Vidhyapith (Rajasthan), an institution of National eminence with deemed to be University Status and worked there for eight years as a lecturer in the department of Foods and Nutrition, Faculty of Home science. For the present she is working as a Reader in the P.G. Department of Foods and Nutrition, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. She has been teaching Advanced Human Nutrition, Food Science, Clinical and Community Nutrition to post Graduates for more then 21 Years. During her long career she actively participated and presented papers at workshops and seminars on Nutrition. Dr. Jain has published a book entitled Fluorosis. A Study and many Research Papers in the journal of National and International reputes. She is also working as a Principal Investigator of Major Research Project funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi and guiding Research at Post Graduate, M. Phil and Ph.D. level.
Table Content:
I. Introduction: Capability Poverty and Human Development
II. Objectives and Methodology of the study
III. Results — 1. Underweight children and their Determinants
2. Reproductive Health and its Measures
3. Female Adult illiteracy
4. Capability Poverty Measures
5. Relationship between Income poverty and Capability poverty
IV. Eradication of Capability Poverty : A Critical Evaluation
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