By Peter Lanjouw, Nicholas Stern
This publication offers an account of financial improvement in Palanpur, a village in rural North India, in response to 5 particular surveys of the village over the interval 1957 to 1993. The authors tie within the historical past problems with the evolution of poverty and inequality and mobility through the years with causal components reminiscent of technological growth, demographic and sectoral alterations, the operation of markets, and the position of public motion.
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This is partly because social norms permit only limited association between adult men and women in this part of India, and partly because gender issues were not an important focus of our study at that time. We tried to correct this bias later on, as opportunities for open discussion with adult women developed. 10 We did not, however, interact to any significant degree with young married women of the Thakur caste, who are bound by fairly strict rules of seclusion. g. residents of neighbouring villages, government officials, urban employers, and bank managers.
G. literacy levels, or the size of the population), the reference year will be 1993, whenever the relevant data are available for that year, and otherwise 1983–4. The 1983–4 survey was the most detailed of the five household surveys, and is the basis of many of the quantitative analyses presented in other parts of the book. When we use the present tense, we refer (unless otherwise indicated) either to the way things were at the end of the survey period (late 1993), or to features of Palanpur that have been fairly stable over that period.
42 The consistently peaceful character of Hindu-Muslim relations in Palanpur may seem to contrast with the supposedly growing incidence of ‘communal’ conflicts in many parts of India, including Uttar Pradesh. These conflicts, however, have usually erupted in urban areas, and many of them have been linked with political manipulation, property speculation, police corruption, and gang rivalries. The fact that rural areas have, once again, remained relatively peaceful is significant. Palanpur's own experience is consistent with the common observation that Hindus and Muslims in rural India have a strong tradition of peaceful coexistence.