Poor But Spirited in Karimnagar: Field Notes of a Civil Servant - Softcover

Sumita Dawra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350291509 ISBN 13: 9789350291504

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2012

Synopsis

The difficulty of finding solutions After six decades of policy-making and planning that appear perfect on paper, vast pockets of poverty persist across the country, accompanied by low human development indices. In Poor but Spirited in Karimnagar, Sumita Dawra recounts her experiences as collector in the district of Karimnagar in Andhra Pradesh, and grapples with the question of why even with crores of rupees of government funding, well-meaning implementing agencies and constructive action, this wide gap between intention and results continues.

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About the Author

Sumita Dawra heads the economic wing in the Embassy of India, Beijing, and is on a three-year posting. Her other publications include 'Eradication of Child Labour: Convergence Strategies' (2007), a manual written for the International Labour Organisation, besides several write-ups published over the years on issues such as micro credit, urban governance, self-help groups and participative rural appraisal techniques. This is her first book, written after years of meticulous research. She currently lives in Beijing, China, with her teenage daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350291509
• ISBN 13: 9789350291504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280