List of Tables and Figures; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1.Introduction; Pulin B. Nayak, Santosh C. Panda, and Prasanta K. Pattanaik; Part I. Agriculture; 2.Emerging trends in cropping pattern, crop diversification, and agricultural productivity; Kailas Sarap and Partha P. Sahu; 3.Land ownership and tenancy; Sarthak Gaurav and Srijit Mishra; 4.Rural unemployment and agricultural wages: Analysis of major trends and policy options; Raj Kishore Panda; Part II. Industries, mining, transportation, and power; 5.Industry: Evolution, policy, and performance; Adwait Mohanty; 6.Mining and Odishas economy; Amarendra Das and Satyananda Acharya; 7.Transportation and power; Satya P. Das; PART III. Forests, water, and natural disasters; 8.Water and forest resources in economic development; Padmaja Mishra; 9.Economics of natural disasters; Saudamini Das; Part IV. Education, health, and poverty; 10.Educational outcomes: Trends and issues; Narayan Chandra Nayak, Sharmita Dhar, and Pratap Kumar Mahakur; 11.Health and healthcare; Himanshu Sekhar Rout and Abhash Kumar Hota; 12.Dimensions of poverty and prospects of economic change; Baidyanath Misra; 13.Malnutrition and food insecurity; Manoj Panda; 14.Tribal movements and livelihoods: Recent developments; Sakti Padhi and Nilakantha Panigrahi; Part V. State finances and the planning strategy of the state government; 15.The impact of fiscal adjustments in Odisha; Tapas K. Sen and Sarit Kumar Rout; 16.A perspective on Odishas recent development paradigm; Prabhat Patnaik; 17.Some Political Constraints on Economic Development; Pulin B. Nayak, Santosh C. Panda, and Prasanta K. Pattanaik; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

One of very few books that provide a deeply comprehensive account of the economy of Odisha Contains contributions from academic researchers having decades of experience in the field Covers all major aspects of the economy of Odisha, and provides a framework for policymaking

Pulin B. Nayak: Retired Professor, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi Santosh C. Panda: Professor and Dean, Faculty of Economics, South Asian University, New Delhi Prasanta K. Pattanaik: Professor emeritus and professor of the graduate division, University of California, Riverside, USA

One of very few books that provide a deeply comprehensive account of the economy of Odisha Contains contributions from academic researchers having decades of experience in the field Covers all major aspects of the economy of Odisha, and provides a framework for policymaking