This book presents a natural search on the quantum of employment and its opportunity in the informal sector: the oldest mode of economic operation, this globe is still experiencing with. Owing to the crisis of the worldwide unemployment, this sector deserves an enquiry in to its employment potential capacity, which has been successfully enlightened in this book.

The reforms have been exactly a decade old. At this juncture it is crucial not to rest on our achievement but to continuously strive further. The basic fundamentals of the economy are certainly stable compared to June 1991. Jayanta Das, economist and columnist has complied in this book a series of his comments and views he had over this period on the reforming economy. The book not only provides us a focus on the unattended issues but also brings forth lessons that need to be emulated in spearheading the second generation of reforms. The present decade is vital from India's viewpoint in consolidating its strength, learning from the mistakes committed and further overcoming the lapses that were witnessed in the first decade of reforms.

Discourses on development have increasingly shifted their attention from being purely economic to a more holistic one that encompasses quality of life, equitable distribution and sustainable development. Actualisation of this holistic model of human development requires a collaborative and coordinated action between State and mediation institution, like NGOs, community groups, etc.

Carrying forward this inter-relationship between State and Civil Society Institutions in furthering change and development, the book has taken one component of development: "Total Literacy Campaign". The study highlights the complementarily of State and Civil Society institutions and simultaneously it emphasis the need of a vibrant community organisation for the success of State sponsored public policies and implementation. The work is pioneering empirical attempt to highlight the linkage between state and individual through the meditating institutions like NGOs.

A very well written Encyclopaedia of Economics terms, definitions, different aspects, various fields, etc. Terms are easy to find and the definitions are exact and to the point and where needed are explained in detail. Whether a complete beginner, a college student, or a seasoned professional, this book will fill the gaps in background knowledge and make economics easy to understand for everyone. Considerable number of terms have been included form the subject-areas bordering on economics. Various fields of economics such as Principles, Applied economics, Microeconomics, macroeconomics, Agricultural Economics, comparative Economics systems, Development Economics, Econometrics, Economics of gender and much more covered exhaustively.