Kerala, 1956 to the Present: India’s Miracle State
Kerala has India's best social indicators on modest income, and this is the short explanation why.
Tirthankar Roy and K. Ravi Raman examine the state’s distinctive combination of high literacy, long life expectancy and comparatively low growth, and place it in a longer regional history of trade, migration and remittances rather than treating it as a purely political achievement. Short, and the clearest account of what makes Kerala unusual.
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Tyler Cowen
Tirthankar Roy and K. Ravi Raman, Kerala: 1956 to the Present. Short, nonetheless the best book I have read on why Kerala is (somewhat) special in the Indian context. Stresses Kerala as part of a larger set of positive South Indian developments.
Source · January 2025
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