tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post5750078072804867605..comments2024-03-27T15:57:09.192+05:30Comments on Urbanomics: India's growth dilemma in a graphicUrbanomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-36785815500989507092011-12-16T22:14:28.260+05:302011-12-16T22:14:28.260+05:30Dear Gulzar,
Could you provide some hard statisti...Dear Gulzar,<br /><br />Could you provide some hard statistics. <br /><br />On a per capita basis - it appears that the skew in spending is rational - but whether it is efficient may be the question.<br /><br />Since welfare funding is about long term externalities - education / health / sanitation etc., are not really productive in the typical sense.<br /><br />Since the 65% in rural areas are also consumers - they represent a market too, albeit limited by their lower earning / skewed incomes / and a preference that may not be similar to their urban counterparts (cultural).<br /><br />Since cities by default - through a combination of history / location / weather etc., are clearly agglomerations based on contribution to a supply chain based productivity- we will either see more cities or larger cities.<br /><br />I am assuming that people staying in villages do so - for reasons to do with agriculture ( land owning) / a cultural preference / or due to the absence of any specific skill sets that allow them to migrate to a better quality ( relatively and mostly measured by earning) of life in the city.<br /><br />Is it the case that most of the problems in the city areas are essentially due to a shortage of resources - due the current prioritization of spending - and not necessarily due to poor planning and deployment of resources at hand.<br /><br />regards,KP.KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553866275918658507noreply@blogger.com