Facets of the Indian Economy The NCAER Golden Jubilee Lectures

by Mohan, Rakesh

• ISBN13: 9780195657302
• ISBN10: 0195657306
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a collection of lectures by eminent economists invited to NCAER. It covers a broad range of politico-socio-economic issues of contemporary relevance to India.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	x
List of Abbreviations	xii
Introduction	1	(28)
Rakesh Mohan
TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Regionalism and Multilateralism in International Trade	29	(15)
Anne O. Krueger
Global Trading System: The WTO and the Developing Countries	44	(26)
T.N. Srinivasan
International Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Management: East Asian and Indian Experiences	70	(32)
C. Rangarajan
Principles of Financial Regulation: A Dynamic, Portfolio Approach	102	(21)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
The Political Economy of Reform in India	123	(13)
Pranab Bardhan
Economic Development and Political Democracy	136	(30)
Deepak Nayyar
Culture, Democracy and Development	166	(19)
Deepak Lal
Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture	185	(30)
Vijay S. Vyas
The Economic Performance of the States in the Post-Reforms Period	215	(33)
Montek S. Ahluwalia
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Ideology, Economics and Labour Market Policy	248	(17)
Kaushik Basu
The Quality of Growth: Lessons for Equity and Sustainability	265	(36)
Vinod Thomas
`The Family' in Public Policy: Fallacious Assumptions and Gender Implications	301
Bina Agarwal