India's Economy: A Journey in Time and Space EDI – Hundredth Volume

by Kapila, Raj; Kapila, Uma

• ISBN13: 9788171885817
• ISBN10: 8171885810
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Academic Foundation

Summary

Featuring 20 articles from leading economic development experts, this collection provides rare insight into the challenges facing India following the country's entry into the world economy. From growth, poverty, and reform to globalization and sectoral developments, the essays address potential problems but coalesce to form an optimistic picture of India's future. A potential root of the nation's current problemstardy or incomplete policy implementationis also discussed.

Author Biography

Raj Kapila is the director and editor in chief of the Academic Foundation as well as the editor of the Economic Developments in India series and the Understanding India's Economic Reforms series. Uma Kapila is the senior editor for the Academic Foundation, the author of Oilseeds Economy of India, and the coeditor of numerous books on India's economy, banking, and finance.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. 8
Contributors	p. 11
Message from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh	p. 13
Foreword	p. 15
Acknowledgements	p. 17
Introduction	p. 19
Economy: Growth, Poverty and Reforms
India: On the Growth Turnpike	p. 35
Towards a New Development Paradigm	p. 67
Growth, Poverty and Reforms	p. 81
Redefining the Approach to Poverty Reduction and Development	p. 89
Poverty and Development Policy	p. 99
Fifty Years of India: A Journey in Time	p. 143
Public Governance	p. 155
Globalisation
India in a Globalising World	p. 169
Indian Economy in the Global Setting	p. 185
India and Globalisation	p. 199
Half-hearted Globalisation	p. 205
Sectoral Development: Agriculture, Industry, Financial and External Sector
Reshaping Indian Food and Agricultural Policy to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of Globalisation	p. 211
Food Security in India: Towards Elimination of Hunger and Malnutrition	p. 231
Sustainable Use of Water for Irrigation in Indian Agriculture	p. 247
Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge Centre	p. 259
Unshackling India's Manufacturing-The Ingredients of a Strategy	p. 263
Foreign Direct Investment in India: Trends and Issues	p. 297
Financial Stability: Some Analytical Issues	p. 331
The Emerging Configuration in the Financial Sector	p. 353
Managing India's External Sector: Overcoming Challenges in a Globalising Economy	p. 361
Index	p. 371
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