The Promise and Default of the “Kerala Model”

Blessy Mathew Savu () and Maria Caracota Dimitriu ()
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Blessy Mathew Savu: Business and Economics Department, Mark Twain International School, Romania
Maria Caracota Dimitriu: Academy of Economic Studies, Romania

Romanian Economic Journal, 2012, vol. 15, issue 45, 171-188

Abstract: Kerala, a southern state in India has consistently outdone other states with regards to human development indicators, with greater welfare and development standards than in the rest of India. Much of this development is fuelled from remittances sent home from Gulf countries. This paper looks into the Kerala Model which shows economic development without economic growth, by alligning migration and development theories to ground-level statistics and critically analyzing both. The paper concludes with remarks on the sustainability of the Kerala Model.

Keywords: development; migration; unemployment; remittances; sustainable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O12 O15 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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