The Economy of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Edited by B. N. Ghosh PhD. (), PhD. (Australia), M.CIM (UK), GFCR (Harvard) Professor of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, and Director (Hon.), Centre for the Study of Human Development, Leeds (UK) & Padmaja D. Namboodiri M.A., M. Phil, PhD. (Kerala) Head, Department of Economics, S.D. College, Alleppey (Kerala)

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Preface vii List of Contributors ix An Introduction to the Economy of Kerala: 1 A Synoptic View B. N. GHOSH & PADMAJA NAMBOODIRI

PART-ONE Economic Growth and Structural Changes 1. Kerala's Trajectory of Economic Growth- 17 A Macro Perspective PADMAJA D. NAMBOODIRI 2. Occupation Structure in Kerala: Some Obiter Dicta 41 B. N. GHOSH 3. An Overview of Kerala's Power Sector 59 N. MADHAVA MENON 4. Decentralized Planning in Kerala: 75 Performance and Problems G. GOPIKUTTAN

PART-TWO Transforming Traditional Agriculture 5. Kerala Agriculture in the Pre-and 95 Post-liberalization Periods M. LATHIKA vi The Economy of Kerala: Yes terday, Today and Tomorrow

6. Land Use and Cropping Pattern in Kerala 117 P. RAJENDRAN

PART-THREE Dimensions of Human Development 7. Rural and Urban in Kerala- 145 Structure and Trends P. KUMARI LATHA DEVI 8. Some Aspects of Poverty In Kerala 164 P. KRISHNAKUMAR 9. -Basic Features, Progress, Problems and Policies 175 ANITHA S. RAMACHANDRAN 10. Health Services in Kerala Features, 191 Problems and Policies K. GANGADHARAN 11. The of Public Health System: 218 Yesterday and Today B. N. GHOSH

PART-FOUR The Influential Externalities 12. Migration from Kerala to the Gulf Countries- 243 Pattern, Problem and Policies L. R. USHA 13. : Past and Present 259 BAIJU K. C. 14. The Environmental Status of Kerala 275 JOSE J. NADUTHOTTY Index 295