Globalization : India's Adjustment Experience

by Biplab Dasgupta

• ISBN13: 9780761933069
• ISBN10: 0761933069
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-21
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

In this comprehensive appraisal of Indian economic reforms, the author recounts how reforms were initiated and how they unfolded in stages since 1991. He analyzes all the components of the structural adjustment programme including in the agrarian, industrial, banking, public sector, fiscal reforms, trade, environmental and labour sectors. In keeping with his ideological and political convictions, the author questions the benefits of the reforms and argues that an uncritical acceptance of IMF//World Bank//WTO// conditions has not served to benefit the majority of Indian society.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	6	(2)
List of Abbreviations	8	(4)
Preface	12	(3)
Introduction	15	(17)
Multilateral Agencies	32	(28)
Multinational Companies	60	(18)
Patent Policies	78	(16)
Environment Policies	94	(15)
Agricultural Reform	109	(20)
Industrial Reform	129	(19)
Monetary and Banking Reform	148	(15)
Fiscal Reform	163	(23)
Trade Reform	186	(23)
Public Sector Reform	209	(29)
Labour Market Reform	238	(20)
References and Select Bibliography	258	(14)
Index	272	(11)
About the Author	283