Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The Indian Narrative
1. Interplay Between Individual and Shared Identities of Women Entrepreneurs in Manipur / Bisoya Loitongbam and Priyatam Anurag
2. The Complex Hues of Entrepreneurial Identity Amongst Women Owning Accounting Firms / Sujana Adapa and Alison Sheridan
3. Intrinsic Rewards of the Transition from Home-Maker to Entrepreneur / P. Meenakshi
4. Do Women Turn to Entrepreneurship to Maintain a Better WorkLife Balance? / R. Bala Subramanian and Sachin Kumar
5. Entrepreneurship Among Rural Indian Women: Empowerment Through Enterprise / Ambika Prasad
6. Leadership Style of Indian Women in the Context of the GLOBE Cultural Framework / Louise Kelly
Part II The Diaspora Narrative
7. Understanding the Gendered Identity Role of Skilled Female Entrepreneurs Amongst the Indian Diaspora in Europe / Neha Chatwani
8. The Gender, Racio-Ethnic and Professional Work Identity of an Indian Woman Entrepreneur in South Africa / Nasima Mohamed Hoosen Carrim
Part III Case Studies
9. Case Study 1: Entrepreneurship as a Vehicle to Prove My Worth / Prathibha Sastry
10. Case Study 2: How Working in a Collective Boosts Self-Esteem and Choice-Making Propensity in Women / Simran Anand
11. Case Study 3: It's My Business: Personal Evolution and Assertion of Identity / Sonavi Desai

This book examines various facets of the development process such as aid, poverty, caste networks, corruption, and judicial activism. It explores the efficiency of and distributional issues related to agriculture, and the roles of macro models and financial markets, with a special emphasis on bubbles, liquidity traps and experimental markets. The importance of finite changes in trade and development, as well as that of information technology and issues related to energy and ecosystems, including sustainability and vulnerability, are analyzed.
The book presents papers that were commissioned for the Silver Jubilee celebrations at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). The individual contributions address related development problems, ensuring a homogeneous reading experience and providing a thorough synthesis and understanding of the authors' research areas. The reader will be introduced to various aspects of development thought by leading and contemporary researchers. As such, the book represents an important addition to the literature on economic thought by leading scholars, and will be of great value to graduate students and researchers in the fields of development studies, political economy and economics in general.