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 build infrastructure? What must we do to renew our decaying cities? What is the solution to the coming water crisis? Who are India’s tax reformers? Can bilateral trade agreements substitute for the Doha Round? Should SAARC have a common currency? Is "fiscal responsibility" working? Does monetary polity work? Can we really aspire to China’s economic league – or is it all hype? How good is our foreign policy? Shankar Acharya provides forthright and provocative answers to these key issues about India’s development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shankar Acharya
Shankar Acharya is one of India’s leading policy economists. As Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (1993-2000) he was deeply involved in the economic reforms of the 1990s. He also served on the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and, more recently, as Member, Twelfth Finance Commission (2004). He has authored several books and numerous scholarly articles. Currently he is Honorary Professor and Board Member of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi. He also serves on the governing boards of other national research organizations (including NCAER and NIPFP) and various advisory bodies of Government, the Reserve Bank and some corporates. He writes regularly in the Business Standard and is a consultant to international organizations. Dr. Acharya has a Ph.D from Harvard University and a B.A. from Oxford.
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