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India after the Global Crisis assesses the reasons behind India's resilience in the face of the global crisis but then also shows how the global crisis and our domestic policy failures have taken a toll of India's economic performance: growth has slowed significantly, inflation has remained high, the external current account deficit has more than doubled, and the rate of domestic investment has fallen.
Drawing upon four decades of experience in the World Bank, ...
India has traversed a long way since the economic reforms of the early 1990s, and is now widely recognized as one of the fastest growing countries in the world. In view of Montek Singh Ahluwalia's key role in crafting reforms which helped integrate India with the world economy, this volume in his honour brings together essays by leading experts on the Indian economy and on international economic policy.Grounded in the context of current issues and ...
Has India's economic growth slowed down in the last five years? If so, why? What should be done to revive industry? Why is agriculture limping and how can the sector be revitalized? Can the services sector alone assure fast economic growth for the country? Is the Tenth Plan growth target of 8 percent per annum achievable? Or is it a pie in the sky? What’s wrong with our health services? Do fiscal deficits hurt growth? How? How much damage did the last Pay ...
This collection provides a rare ‘insider’ account by one of the key members of the top economic policy team that was instrumental in India’s reform journey during the 1990s. The book brings a unique ringside perspective to the macroeconomic management and structural reforms of that crucial decade in India’s economic development. The issues addressed include: assessing the results of the early 1990s reforms, India’s policy response to the East Asian ...
Can India grow without Bharat? Can we reap the "demographic dividend" of a young population? How should we revive industrial employment? Is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act affordable? Why have reforms sputtered despite the "dream team"? How is growth so strong thought reforms have stalled? How can populism be restrained? Can 8% growth be sustained? Should we deploy forex reserves to ...