Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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