An Interview with Policy Edge which discusses details regarding the Intersectoral, Intergenerational Interventions which can transform the poorest base pyramid population from as subsistence state to production state within a generation.
The stakes for India’s development are high, as without sustained improvement in health and nutrition, our immediate and future demographic dividend risks becoming a liability. Targeted intergenerational investment, by contrast, is associated with stronger learning outcomes, higher skills and productivity, and long-term gains in GDP and per capita income – shaping the conditions under which India can move beyond a developing-nation trajectory. The alternative is a grim scenario of demographic dependencia.