Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century Understanding the Inherent Dynamism

by Goyal, Ashima

• ISBN13: 9780198097532
• ISBN10: 0198097530
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-09-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Ashima Goyal, Professor, IGIDR, Mumbai

Ashima Goyal is Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research has published widely on institutional and open economy macroeconomics, international finance and governance and has participated in research projects with ADB, DEA-GOI, GDN, RBI, UNESCAP, and WB.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Bimal Jalan
Preface
1. Introduction and Overview Ashima Goyal
I. STRUCTURE AND REFORM
2. Drivers of Growth: Sources and Sectors Laveesh Bhandari and Sumita Kale
3. Political Economy of Growth Rahul Mukherji
4. After Liberalising Reforms: Public Policy at Crossroads Pulapre Balakrishnan
II. THE MACROECONOMY
5. Inflation in India: Trends and Determinants Deepak Mohanty
6. Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Outcomes and Coordination Romar Correa
7. Markets and Monetary Policy Transmission: Structure and Openness K. Kanagasabapathy, Rekha A. Bhangaonkar, and Shruti Pandey
III. THE OPEN ECONOMY
8. Openness and Growth in the Indian Economy Soumyen Sikdar
9. Financial Globalization in India: Opportunity and Volatility Renu Kohli
10. Reforms and Global Economic Integration of Indian Economy: Emerging Patterns, Challenges and Future Directions Nagesh Kumar
IV. INCLUSION: EQUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY
11. Poverty and Inequality: Redesigning Intervention Raghbendra Jha and Anurag Sharma
12. Policy Design for Food Security in India: Ensuring Stable Supplies and Economic Access Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan
13. Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in India: Can Primary Education Deliver? Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa
14. Health Security Gita Sen
15. Castes, Gender, and Class: Dynamism or Stasis? Ashwini Deshpande
V. GOVERNANCE
16. Government Taxes and Expenditures: Experience and Reform Parthasarathi Shome
17. The Dynamics of Urban Governance in India Abhay Pethe, Vaidehi Tandel, and Sahil Gandhi
18. Issues in Federalism and Decentralization T. R. Raghunandan
19. Law and Regulation: Towards Social Control of Economic Activities in India A.V. Raja and Francis Xavier Rathinam
20. The Evolving System of Corporate Governance in India Jayati Sarkar and Subrata Sarkar
VI. INFRASTRUCTURE
21. A Governance Analysis of Transportation in India S. Sriraman
22. Infrastructure: Source of Growth or Bottleneck? Ram Singh and Pram Jit
23. Private Participation in Power Distribution Reforms Siddharth Sinha
24. Promoting SEZ as a Policy of Industrialisation and Lessons Learnt Aradhna Aggarwal
VII. SECTORS
25. Agriculture in India: Performance, Challenges, and Opportunities Mahendra Dev, Srijit Mishra, and Vijaylaxmi Pandey
26. New Sources of Dynamism in Industry Bandi Ram Prasad
27. Making Indian ICT Work for India Rohit Prasad
28. Urban Informal Sector: Functioning, Constraints and Mobility Arup Mitra
29. The Unorganized Sector and Access to Finance in Rural India Saibal Kar and Meghna Dutta
VIII. FACTORS: TECHNOLOGY, LABOUR, AND FINANCE
30. Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development: Changing Trajectories and Paradigms K.J. Joseph and Kiran Kumar
31. Labour Markets: Balancing Freedom and Protection Bibhas Saha and Rupayan Pal
32. The Financial Sector in India: An Overview Rajesh Chakrabarti
33. Banks: Financing the Future T.T. Ram Mohan
34. Financial Intermediation and Economic Development: Evidence from Bihar Sanjay Banerji, Krishna Gangopadhyay, Prashant Gupta, and Sushanta Mallick
About the Editor and Contributors
Index