03589nam a22005175i 4500 978-981-97-5846-3 DE-He213 20251030112657.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240729s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819758463 978-981-97-5846-3 10.1007/978-981-97-5846-3 doi GF RGC bicssc SOC015000 bisacsh RGC thema Singh, Utsav Kumar. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 81487 Regional Dimensions of Human Development in India and South Africa [electronic resource] : Through Sustainable Development Goals / by Utsav Kumar Singh. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXX, 196 p. 41 illus., 40 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, 2198-3550 Human Development in Paradigm of Sustainable Development Goals -- Sustainable Development Goals in India: Progress and Challenges -- Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa: Progress and Challenges -- Impact of UN's Sustainable Development Goals on Human Development in India and South Africa -- Conclusion and Way forward. This book offers a comparative study of the progress made by two regional economies with many similarities--India and South Africa-- in pursuit of human development by applying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this effort, book traverses the stages in public policy from planning to implementation, and from reach to range, in pursuit of inclusive growth and well-being for all. The book includes cross-national qualitative as well as quantitative studies and deeper analyses of India, and South Africa in respect of long-term development goals. This book attempted to solve the following puzzle: despite the stupendous growth rate, why is India's performance lower than South Africa's in terms of human development indicators? This book addresses this puzzle by drawing attention to welfare approaches. These two countries have unique federal structures that uphold the unbalanced states together, and this book argues that uneven development challenges need asymmetric strategies, contrary to the axiom that the SDGs are indivisible. Further advancement of India and South Africa depends on transforming their quantity (large youth population) into quality (human capital). Both countries are also striving to create platforms to unleash human potential, which is critically examined. Human geography. 58506 Sustainability. 57661 Human Geography. 58506 Sustainability. 57661 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819758456 Printed edition: 9789819758470 Printed edition: 9789819758487 Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, 2198-3550 74433 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5846-3 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 62019 62019