Inter-District Disparities in Meghalaya: A Human Development Approach

Growth and Human Development in North-East India, pp. 201-216, P. Nayak, ed., Oxford University Press, 2009

17 Pages Posted: 7 Jan 2008 Last revised: 8 Jun 2017

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Purusottam Nayak

North-Eastern Hill University

Santanu Ray

North Eastern Hill University

Date Written: January 1, 2008

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to highlight the magnitude and the problems of unbalanced human development in the state of Meghalaya using data collected for a Major Research Project of UGC. The study reveals widespread variations in human development across all the seven districts and disparities between rural and urban areas and between male and female groups of population within the state. There exists a significant level of disparity both in income consumption and in non-income attainments over the districts. The inequality in economic attainment happens to be very high. However, both measures of variation and inequality index suggest that few non-income indicators such as intensity of formal education and infant mortality rate have disparities over economic indicators which are indeed a cause of considerable concern. In addition, economic inequality is much higher than the overall HDI inequality. With an evidence of a huge shortfall in HDI the existing level of variation and disabilities calls for a need to redesign the public policies that directly affect the welfare of the people.

Keywords: Human development, disparities

JEL Classification: O1, O4

Suggested Citation

Nayak, Purusottam and Ray, Santanu, Inter-District Disparities in Meghalaya: A Human Development Approach (January 1, 2008). Growth and Human Development in North-East India, pp. 201-216, P. Nayak, ed., Oxford University Press, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1081281

Purusottam Nayak (Contact Author)

North-Eastern Hill University ( email )

Department of Economics
Shillong, Meghalaya 793022
India
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HOME PAGE: http://pnayak.webs.com/

Santanu Ray

North Eastern Hill University ( email )

Umshing-Mawkynroh
Shillong
Meghalaya, 793022
India

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