Facets of the Indian Economy The NCAER Golden Jubilee Lectures

by Mohan, Rakesh

• ISBN13: 9780195668162
• ISBN10: 0195668162
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-11
• 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
1. Regionalism and Multilateralism in International Trade	29	(15)
Anne O. Krueger
2. Global Trading System: The WTO and the Developing Countries	44	(26)
T.N. Srinivasan
3. International Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Management: East Asian and Indian Experiences	70	(32)
C. Rangarajan
4. Principles of Financial Regulation: A Dynamic, Portfolio Approach	102	(21)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
5. The Political Economy of Reform in India	123	(13)
Pranab Bardhan
6. Economic Development and Political Democracy	136	(30)
Deepak Nayyar
7. Culture, Democracy and Development	166	(19)
Deepak Lal
8. Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture	185	(30)
Vijay S. Vyas
9. The Economic Performance of the States in the Post-Reforms Period	215
Montek S. Ahluwalia
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
10. Ideology, Economics and Labour Market Policy	248	(17)
Kaushik Basu
11. The Quality of Growth: Lessons for Equity and Sustainability	265	(36)
Vinod Thomas
12. The Family' in Public Policy: Fallacious Assumptions and Gender Implications	301
Bina Agarwal