The chapters in this volume provide theoretical perspectives and empirical insights from a range of disciplines including history, economics, water management, food and nutrition security, agriculture, rural management, public health, urbanization, gender studies and development of the marginalized.

Introduction.- Summoning the Collective Will and Courage to Seek Economic Justice.- Economic Justice in Post-Covid India: A Macroeconomic Perspective.- Labour Reforms and Economic Justice: Inequality, Pandemic and Regionalism.- Women, Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Paving the Path Forward.- Whither Adivasi Livelihoods? A Longitudinal Study of a Bhil Village in Gujarat.- Degrowth, Diversity and Decentralization: Building Sustainable Food Systems for Food and Nutrition Security.- Impact of Covid-19, Lockdowns and Economic Slowdown on Food and Nutrition Security in India.- Principles for Water Governance in a Post-Covid World: Water Sector Needs to be Embedded in Environmental Justice.- Water Management Priorities in a Post-Covid World.- Seeing Water Differently: Transforming the Narrative around Water Crises in India.- Reclaiming their Place in the City: Narratives of Street Food Vendors of Bengaluru during the Covid Crisis.- Whose Knowledge Makes a City Smart? Exploring Conceptions ofthe Role of Knowledge in Urban Policy in Indore, India.- Transforming India’s Agrarian Society in a Post-Covid World: Prospects and Challenges.- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Domestic Workers in an Urban setting.- Youth Unemployment, Education and Job Training – An Analysis of PLFS data in India.

“This volume of sixteen erudite essays is a robust response to the fundamental questions thrown up by the pandemic in conjunction with the ongoing technological turbulence and expanding globalisation. We need fresh rethinking on India’s development paradigm not only to meet the material aspirations of its population but also to enrich the spiritual, social and cultural dimensions of their lives.”

--Rajiv Kumar, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and Chancellor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

This book explores the second-order effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on social and economic development in India. The chapters in this volume provide theoretical perspectives and empirical insights from a range of disciplines including history, economics, water management, food and nutrition security, agriculture, rural management, public health, urbanization, gender studies and development of the marginalized. It discusses the pressing questions that have been raised by the disruption caused by the pandemic and proposes insights and interventions to build a more just, sustainable and united post-COVID India.

Arash Fazli is Assistant Professor and Head of the Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development at Devi Ahilya University, Indore. Prior to this, he worked as a Principal Researcher with the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity and as a journalist with The Hindu and The Times of India.

Amitabh Kundu is Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. He was Professor and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University and a member of the National Statistical Commission. He chaired the Post Sachar Evaluation Committee and that for estimating Urban Housing Shortage. He was Regional Adviser on Poverty at UNESCWA, Beirut and Consultant to Sri Lankan Government on Population Census.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of vulnerabilities in our economic system and the policies that underpin it. …Reimagining Prosperity does an excellent job of not only identifying such vulnerabilities but also suggesting sensible, practical solutions that are highly relevant for India and other countries in the developing world facing some of the same challenges. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to development economists and policymakers everywhere; it is timely, intellectually stimulating and inspiring.” (--Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum and Former Chief Economist, World Economic Forum)

“As this volume reveals, the COVID-19 crisis and its intersection with other economic and environmental crises was a source of danger and suffering that revealed many of the weaknesses of Indian society but also permitted identification of opportunities to act on multiple fronts to create a more just, cohesive, effective and resilient India.” (--Michael Dunford, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex, UK)

“Many believe that the smart recovery of the Indian economy from the Covid-induced shocks indicates that it was only a passing nightmare. Nothing could be further from the truth.  As this book shows in great depth and detail, there have been fundamental structural changes in the economy across a wide range of sectors.” (--Pronab Sen, Former Chairman, National Statistical Commission, and Principal Economic Adviser, Planning Commission, New Delhi)

“This stimulating volume provides astute insights into the profound shock of the pandemic on Indian society and economy, and makes a compelling case for broadening the dominant approach to development and the role players involved.” (--Ivan Turok, Research Chair in City-Region Economies, University of Free State, South Africa)

Explores second-order effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on social and economic development in India Provides theoretical insights on addressing pressing issues of justice and sustainability Reflects the perspectives and learning of development practice and activism

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