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Samapti Guha is Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

Chirodip Majumdar is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Rabindra Mahavidyalaya, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.

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This book addresses global development issues in the local context. It explains the different developmental issues related to Financial Inclusion, Women Empowerment, Human Behaviour and its influence on environmental policies, Urban Governance and Political System, Food System, Development of the Disadvantaged Communities and Socio-Economic and Political aspects of Energy and the Environment.

Written in honour of Prof. Gautam Gupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, this volume explains concepts and theories from development economics, behavioural economics and environmental economics to analyse issues related to intergenerational sustainable development in an interdisciplinary way. It deals with several questions related to the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, and explains how the phenomenon of development is aligned with SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

This volume will be useful to undergraduate and post graduate students, researchers, teachers of development studies, economics, sociology, political science, environment studies, behavioural science and public administration. It will also appeal to administrative officials of the state and central government dealing with developmental issues, planners, policy makers, and people working in NGOs and corporate sector functionaries dealing with corporate social responsibilities, especially those handling developmental issues and challenges.

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New Dimensions and Measurements of Development: An Introductory Remark Part I - Finance and Development 1. Digital Technology Adoption in Informal Credit Market During Covid -19 Pandemic: A Case of Mumbai Slums 2. Multidimensional Financial Inclusion Index of Indian States: Impact on Sustainable Development 3. Do the Banks' Mergers and Acquisitions Reduce Non Performing Asset in India? Part II - Society, Human Behaviour and Planning 4. Role of Mass Media in Immunisation Decisions 5. Measuring Subject Fairness: An Alternative Experimental Approach 6. Status, Gender or Expected Benefit: What Matters in Deception? 7. Organisational Favouritism: A Critical Survey Part III - Market, Development and Governance 8. Look Who Contests! 9. Globalisation and Unequal Development: Toward an Explanatory Framework 10. Positive Assortative Matching and Default Rates in Microfinance Institutions of India: The Moderating Role of Institutional Governance 11. Nurturing Local Food Systems: Elevating Food and Nutrition Security in Low and Middle-Income Countries Part IV - Development and Disadvantaged Communities 12. Taking Geography Seriously: Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity in Determining Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Maharashtra 13. Tribal Rights over Forest Resources: A Critical Appraisal of the Legal Verdicts in India 14. Women's Economic Empowerment and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the Indian State of Kerala Part V - Energy, Environment and Development 15. The Human, Political and Economic Aspects of Global Energy Transition and their Role in Development 16. Influencing Human Environmental Behaviour through Behavioural Policy 17. Economic Valuation of Clean Water: An Application of Life Satisfaction Approach in India