India Development Report 2008

by Radhakrishna, R.

• ISBN13: 9780195693515
• ISBN10: 0195693515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The India Development Report 2008, the fifth in the series, provides acomprehensive overview of Indian economy focusing on major issues of currentrelevance. Reviewing India's contemporary development, it offers pointers formaking growth pro-poor. Beginning with a broad overview of the growth and development of the Indianeconomy the report highlights emerging macroeconomic trends and future growthprospects. It discusses agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides, trends inemployment and unemployment, quality and adequacy of higher education, and urbaninequalities and well being. The report also examines monetary policy andexchange rates, bank credit flow to agriculture and SMEs, competitive advantageand competitiveness of exports in India and China, integration of Indiantextiles sector with the global economy, and labour market implications ofglobalization. An appendix with time-series data on the macro economy has beenespecially added for researchers and policy makers.

Table of Contents

Overview

Macroeconomic Overview

Crisis in Agriculture and Rural Distress in Post- Reform India

Employment and Unemployment since the Early Seventies

State of Higher Education in India

Exploring Intra Urban Differences in Economic Well- Being in India

Macroeconomic Policy and the Exchange Rate: Working together?

Emerging Policy Regime for Bank Credit Delivery and Tasks Ahead: A CriticalReview

Non-performing Assets in Indian Banking: Magnitude, Determinants, and Impactof Recent Policy Initiative

India and China: Changing Patterns of Comparative Advantage

Indian Textile and Apparel Sector: Performance, Employment, and Demand

Globalization, Employment, and Labour Market Flexibility: The Case of India

Index

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