Equity in the Time of Recession: Mumbai Youth Struggle to Bridge Yawning Opportunity Gap

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Abstract: Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, a large highly industrialised, progressive state that until a decade ago, reported remarkable progress on social and economic indices. Today, it is still a leading state, but its social indices have deteriorated. This is evidence of its poor performance on creating equality of opportunity for vulnerable sections such as poor/lower middle class youth. We present a report of Mumbai incorporating the perceptions of youth obtained in a survey and discussions conducted in the city in 2009.

Keywords: Mumbai; youth; urban divide; India; Mumbai Metropolitan Area; Conurbation; social indices; economic indices; Bhiwandi; Kalyan; Thane; and Ulhasnagar; Economic Inclusion; equality; per capita income; industries; workers; urban planning; manufacturing sector; employment; textile mills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-11
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