NLSUI OPAC header image
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

India's emerging economy : performance and prospects in the 1990s and beyond

By: Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2004Description: HBISBN:
  • 9780195670097
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.954 BAS
Online resources:
Contents:
These essays by leading academics,policymakers, and industrialists examine India's recent economic successes andtheir social and cultural context. India's rate of economic growth after the1991 reforms were instituted reached a remarkable 7 percent for threeconsecutive years, from 1994 to 1997. Several contributors to the volume askwhat this means for the nation as a whole. In his essay 'Democracy andSecularism in India', Amartya Sen argues that economic progress is not the onlyway to measure a nation's performance. Other contributors examine the actualeffect India's economic growth has had on reducing poverty and recommendpolicies to empower the poor. The essays also address such issues asglobalization and the vulnerabilities and opportunities it creates, India'sexperience with monetary and fiscal reform, the rapid growth of the informationtechnology sector (including a case study of India's software industry), andIndia's grassroots economy.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
BOOKs BOOKs National Law School 330.954 BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 37863

These essays by leading academics,policymakers, and industrialists examine India's recent economic successes andtheir social and cultural context. India's rate of economic growth after the1991 reforms were instituted reached a remarkable 7 percent for threeconsecutive years, from 1994 to 1997. Several contributors to the volume askwhat this means for the nation as a whole. In his essay 'Democracy andSecularism in India', Amartya Sen argues that economic progress is not the onlyway to measure a nation's performance. Other contributors examine the actualeffect India's economic growth has had on reducing poverty and recommendpolicies to empower the poor. The essays also address such issues asglobalization and the vulnerabilities and opportunities it creates, India'sexperience with monetary and fiscal reform, the rapid growth of the informationtechnology sector (including a case study of India's software industry), andIndia's grassroots economy.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.