List of Tables, Figures and Appendices . 7 Preface .. 11 Overview S. MAHENDRA DEV AND K.S. BABU13 Social Issues-Higher Education, Human Development and Governance 1. Universities as Public Institutions ANDRE BETEILLE .. 3 1 2. Minimal Visible Inequality is Human Development BHANOJI RAO 4 7 3. Governance and Growth JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN 59 Comparison of India and China Development Paths 4. China and India: A Comparison of Recent Development Trajectories JAYATI GHOSH91 Comparison of Indian Fiscal Federalism 5. Fiscal Federalism in India: Emerging Challenges M. GOVINDA RAO 101 Employment, Poverty and Social Dimension 6. Trends in Employment, Unemployment and Wages in India since the Early Seventies T.N. SRINIVASAN .117 7. Protecting the Poor against Risk through Anti-poverty Programmes: International Experience K. SUBBARAO 189 8. Lumbering Elephant or Running Tiger? Independent India, Half A Century Later DEEPAK NAYYAR .213 9. A Stronger Social Dimension for Globalisation GERRY RODGERS .237 Some Recent Issues in Agriculture 10. From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution: How will the Poor Fare PRABHU PINGALI AND TERRY RANEY 257 11. Fragmenting Bottom and Consolidating Top: India's Changing Food System and Implications for Small Holders ASHOK GULATI ..275 Editors/Contributors .. 301 Index .. 309