Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Mohan Rao -- 2. The Political Economy of Structural Adjustment: A Note / Prabhat Patnaik -- 3. The Gentle Leviathan: Welfare and the Indian State / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- 4. The World Development Report 1993: The Brave New World of Primary Health Care / Imrana Qadeer -- 5. Gender Implications of New Economic Policies / Nata Duvvury -- 6. The Structural Adjustment Programme and the World Development Report 1993: Implications for Family Planning in India / Mohan Rao -- 7. The Formulation of India's Health Policy: A Note on Equity / A. K. Shiva Kumar -- 8. Structural Adjustment and the Health Sector in India / K. Seeta Prabhu -- 9. The Structure and Utilisation of Health Services: An Inter-state Analysis / Rama V. Baru -- 10. Infrastructure Development in Health Care and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Implications of the World Development Report 1993 / Amit Sen Gupta -- 11. The New Era of Growth: An Epitaph to the Environment / K. R. Nayar.

12. Women's Empowerment and Health Experiences from Rajasthan / Arti Sawhney -- 13. A Prescription for Health Disaster / N. H. Antia -- 14. Limits to Technical Interventions in Health Care: An Analysis of Historical Experiences in Health Improvement / K. V. Narayana -- 15. Access to Health and the Burden of Treatment in India: An Inter-state Comparison / T. N. Krishnan.