India : the emerging giant / Arvind Panagariya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Panagariya, Arvind.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Economic policy.

India.

Economic policy.

India--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

India--Commerce.

Commerce.

Physical Description:

xxx, 514 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Part I Growth and Economic Reforms

1 Distinguishing Four Phases 3

2 Phase I (1951-65): Takeoff under a Liberal Regime 22

3 Phase II (1965-81): Socialism Strikes with a Vengeance 47

4 Phase III (1981-88): Liberalization by Stealth 78

5 Phase IV (1988-2006): Triumph of Liberalization 95

6 A Tale of Two Countries: India and the Republic of Korea 110

Part II Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Reforms

7 Declining Poverty: The Human Face of Reforms 129

8 Inequality: A Lesser Problem 157

Part III Macroeconomics

9 Deficits and Debt: Is a Crisis around the Corner? 171

10 The External Sector: On the Road to Capital Account Convertibility? 191

11 The Financial Sector: Why Not Privatize the Banks? 214

Part IV Transforming India

12 International Trade: Carrying Liberalization Forward 259

13 Industry and Services: Walking on Two Legs 282

14 Modernizing Agriculture 311

Part V The Government

15 Tax Reform: Toward a Uniform Goods and Services Tax 329

16 Tackling Subsidies and Reforming the Civil Service 351

17 Telecommunications and Electricity: Contrasting Experiences 370

18 Transportation: A Solvable Problem 396

19 Health and Water Supply and Sanitation: Can the Government Deliver? 415

20 Education: Expenditures or Transfers? 432

Appendix 1 Industrial Policy 1990 455

Appendix 2 Deriving the Savings-Investment Identity 460.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 484-500) and index.

ISBN:

9780195315035

0195315030

OCLC:

166317514