Development, Distribution, and Markets

Kaushik Basu, Professor, Professor of Economics at Cornell University,Eric Verhoogen, Professor, Department of Economics and School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University,Sudipto Mundle, Professor, Distinguished Fellow, National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi , India,Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science,Kenneth Kletzer, Professor, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Kaushik Basu is Carl Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University.
Eric Verhoogen is Professor, Department of Economics and School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
Sudipto Mundle is Distinguished Fellow at National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi .
Maitreesh Ghatak is Professor of Economics and Director, Development Economics Programme, STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Kenneth Kletzer is Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Introduction
Part A: Anti-Poverty Policies
1. Anti-Poverty Programs in India: Past, Present, and Future
Dilip Mookherjee
2. Is a Decentralized Right-to-Work Policy Feasible?
Martin Ravallion
3. When Are Cash Transfers Transformative?
Bruce Wydick
4. Improving Health Care Delivery in India
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
5. The India Fund
Parikshit Ghosh and Debraj Ray
Part B: Labour, Land, and Financial Markets
6. A Note on Evaluating Growth Processes
Bhaskar Dutta
7. Employer Power, Labour Saving Technical Change, and Inequality
Nancy H. Chau and Ravi Kanbur
8. Property Rights and Productivity of Resource Allocation in Developing Countries
Maitreesh Ghatak
9. Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues, and Policies for India
Nirvikar Singh
Part C: Political Regimes and Economic Development
10. Aggregation, Ideology, and the Social Ordering of Caste
Rohini Somanathan
11. Enlightened Autocrats: Lessons from Bold Experiments in the Lands of Islam
Jean-Philippe Platteau
12. China's Belt and Road Initiative: Hopes and Bumps along the Road
Gerard Roland
References
About the Editors and Contributors