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The Broken Ladder

The Broken Ladder

The Paradox and The Potential of India’s One Billion

Anirudh Krishna
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Krishna presents a ground-up view of emergent realities, delving into the lives of ordinary individuals. Through decades-long investigations, while living in villages and slum communities, he reveals the eye-opening details of missed opportunities and the immense untapped talent that can be honed to enable tremendous consequences for growth and equity.
From presenting possible solutions to the problems of neediness and inequity to considering ways of fixing inequalities of opportunity, The Broken Ladder is a comprehensive account of development strategies in a fast-growing economy.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Apr/2018

ISBN: 9780143442738

Length : 400 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

The Broken Ladder

The Paradox and The Potential of India’s One Billion

Anirudh Krishna

Krishna presents a ground-up view of emergent realities, delving into the lives of ordinary individuals. Through decades-long investigations, while living in villages and slum communities, he reveals the eye-opening details of missed opportunities and the immense untapped talent that can be honed to enable tremendous consequences for growth and equity.
From presenting possible solutions to the problems of neediness and inequity to considering ways of fixing inequalities of opportunity, The Broken Ladder is a comprehensive account of development strategies in a fast-growing economy.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

Anirudh Krishna

Anirudh Krishna is the Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy and professor of political science at Duke University, USA. Before taking up academic life, he spent fifteen years in the Indian Administrative Service. Krishna has made a home in a village in central India, to which he returns for a few months every year.

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