State, Markets and Inequalities fills a major gap in the study of human development in India by addressing the role of social sector planning in alleviating deprivation. It highlights the extent of deprivation across states and amongst social groups. It also analyses the causes-inadequate allocations, wrong prioritisation, bad targeting, unimaginative design and insensitive delivery. Is there a mismatch between supply and demand? Is there an unexpressed latent demand or is there a problem of choice amongst various suppliers such as public, private and civil society. About Author : Abusaleh Shariff is Chief Economist at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. Maithreyi Krishnaraj is currently honorary Senior Fellow at the Research Centre for Women Studies, S.N.D.T. University, Mumbai. Contents :* List of Figures* List of Tables* Preface* Notes on Contributors* Introduction* Indexing Human Development in India: Indicators, Scaling, and Composition* Rural Non-Farm Employment and Poverty Impact* Dichotomy or Continuum: An Analysis of the Impact* Determinants of Unemployment* Determinants of Household Expenditure on Education* Private Schooling in Rural India* Child Schooling and Child Work* Births, Infants, and Children: An Econometric Portrait of Women and Children in India* Returning a Favour: Reciprocity between Female Education and Fertility in India* Health Status and Curative Care in Rural India* Choosing between Private, Public and No Care* Maternal Mortality in India: An Update* Maternal Health Care Utilisation* Health Care Expenditure* Human Development Differentials among Social Groups* Earnings and Education among Social Groups* A Case for Empowerment of Muslims* Differential Returns to Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh* Index