Lessons from Kerala How to Do Less with More

with More?
Samuel Paul THE state of Kerala attracted considerable international attention in the seventies with its success story in literacy and health care. The set of articles on Kerala's economic performance published in EPW (September 1-8 and 15) has provided an interesting sequel to this story, one that is bound to arouse the curiosity of all those interested in the state's progress. The analysis of economic performance and the attribution of the factors underlying the outcomes, is admittedly a daunting task. The authors of the recent EPW articles on Kerala therefore deserve to be commended for their contributions.