abstract: 'The case of Gujarat is often highlighted in the literature for the

  glaring mismatch between growth and human development (HD) outcomes.

  This paper makes a critical assessment of the growth and development

  scenario and their linkages with human development outcomes with

  particular focus on the important HD factors across the districts. The

  objectives of the paper are to: (i) analyse the broad trends in the

  major economic sectors, viz. agriculture, industries and employment and

  delineate the differences in the growth scenario across districts and

  (ii) examine the `inclusive growth outcomes'' across districts in the

  state based on the district-level HD indices and delineate the

  differences in the major HD factors. The broad trends in the growth of

  the major economic sectors reveal some disquieting aspects of growth of

  the state, characterised by stark differences in literacy and

  educational attainments across gender and districts, the decline in

  farming population coincided with marginalisation of farm holdings

  amidst growth of commercial agriculture, declining rural work

  participation, especially women work participation, and concentration of

  industrial growth confining to few districts. The analysis of

  district-level HDIs brings out disparate trends of the status of HDI,

  reflecting stark differences in the status of development of the

  critical components, viz. standard of living, availability of health

  infrastructure and educational attainments. Based on the analysis, we

  argue that Gujarat needs to strengthen and reorient its development

  priorities by accelerating public spending more on critical areas of

  public health infrastructure, provision of better healthcare services,

  nutritional security, education and skill development, women

  empowerment, etc., which are critical aspects of human development and

  inclusive growth.'
affiliation: 'Viswanathan, PK (Corresponding Author), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
  Dept Management, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India.

  Viswanathan, P. K., Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Dept Management, Kochi 682041, Kerala,
  India.

  Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar, Indian Inst Technol Tirupati, Dept Humanities \& Social
  Sci, Yerpedu 517619, India.'
author: Viswanathan, P. K. and Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar
author-email: 'pk\_viswanathan@asb.kochi.amrita.edu

  csbahinipati@iittp.ac.in'
author_list:
- family: Viswanathan
  given: P. K.
- family: Bahinipati
  given: Chandra Sekhar
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s40847-020-00144-8
eissn: 2199-6873
files: []
issn: 0972-5792
journal: JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
keywords: 'Inclusive growth; Human development index; Regional disparity; Public

  policy; Gujarat'
language: English
month: JUN
number: 1, SI
number-of-cited-references: '43'
orcid-numbers: 'Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar/0000-0002-4013-8915

  Pozhamkandath, Viswanathan/0000-0002-1064-5051'
pages: 25-47
papis_id: 7804b795c00f24bcca2ec95fe360c2ee
ref: Viswanathan2021growthhuman
researcherid-numbers: 'Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar/H-8627-2019

  '
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Growth and human development in the regional economy of Gujarat, India: an
  analysis of missed linkages'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000649262800003
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '23'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2021'