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100			_aRadhakrishna R
245			_aIndia development report 2008
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2008
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505			_aContents: List of Tables x; List of Figures xiii; List of Boxes xv; List of Statistical Profile xvi; List of Abbreviations xix; List of Contributors xxii; 1. Overview: Growth: Achievements and Distress 1; R. Radhakrishna • S. Chandrasekhar; Performance of the Indian Economy 1; Emerging Indian Economy 2; Growth and Well-being 5; Employment 9; Agrarian Crisis 12; Higher Education 13; Emerging Issues in the Financial System 14; India in a Globalizing World 17; Concluding observations 18; 2. Macroeconomic Overview 20; Manoj Panda; Introduction 20; National Income Growth 20; Other Macroeconomic Developments 27; Asian Economic Integration 32; Poverty and Distribution 34; Conclusion 38; 3. Crisis in Agriculture and Rural Distress in Post-Reform India 40; D. Narasimha Reddy • Srijit Mishra; Introduction 40; Agrarian Structure on the Eve of Economic Reforms 41; Reforms and Impact on the Farming Community in Agriculture 41; Rural Distress and Farmers’ Suicides 47; Reform-led Growth, Small Peasant Adjustment Cost, and The Need for State Support 50; 4. Employment and Unemployment Since the Early 1970s 54; T.N. Srinivasan; Introduction 54; Trends in Employment and Unemployment Rates 56; Conclusions 63; 5. State of Higher Education in India 71; S.R. Hashim; Changing Perception about Value of Higher Education 72; Education and Earning 74; Household Expenditure on Education 75; Growth of Higher Education 76; Investment in Higher Education 79; Using the Existing Research Infrastructure for Teaching at Higher Levels 81; The Rural–Urban Gap in Education 83; Summary and Conclusion 84; 6. Exploring Intra Urban Differences in Economic Well-Being in India 87; S. Chandrasekhar • Tesfayi Gebreselassie; Introduction 87; Data 88; Extent, Distribution, and Characteristics of Slum Population 89; Heterogeneity in Slum Population 91; Intra Urban Differences in Economic Condition of Households 92; Conclusion 95; 7. Macroeconomic Policy and the Exchange Rate: Working Together 96; Ashima Goyal; Introduction 96; India’s Changing Exchange Rate Regime 97; Stability of Forex Markets 98; Internal and External Balance 101; Inflation and the Labour Market 106; Structure, Monetary, and Fiscal Policy 109; Conclusion 110; 8. Emerging Policy Regime for Bank Credit Delivery and Tasks Ahead: A Critical Review 112; S.L. Shetty; Introduction: Importance Assigned to Finance for Development 112; Post-nationalization and Post-reform Banking Developments 113; Micro-credit Movement in India 124; Disappointing Ground Reality After the 1990s 126; More decisive evidence from AIDIS and Other Field Studies 128; New Initiatives for Expanding Credit Flow to Agriculture and Other Priority Sectors 129; New Policy Regime for Better Credit Delivery: Tasks Ahead 131; 9. Non-Perfoming Assets in Indian Banking: Magnitude, Determinants, and Impact of Recent Policy Initiative 134; Kausik Chaudhuri • Rudra Sensarma; Introduction 134; Literature Review 135; Indian Banking System and its NPA Problem 135; Prudential Norms and Regulatory Response to NPAs 138; Empirical Methodology and Data 140; Empirical Results 140; Impact of Policy Response 142; Policy Implications and Concluding Remarks 143; 10. India and China: Changing Patterns of Comparative Advantage? 145; C. Veeramani; Trade Policy Reforms 146; Growth of Exports 147; Structure of Exports and Changing Comparative Advantages 148; Conclusion and Implications 155; 11. Indian Textile and Apparel Sector: Performance, Employment, and Demand 157; G. Badri Narayanan; Introduction 157; Indian Textile Sector in the International Market 158; India’s Organized Textile Sector: Performance and Employment 161; Performance of India’s Unorganized Textile Sector 166; Domestic Consumption of Textiles in India 172; Conclusions 175; 12. Globalization, Employment, and Labour Market Flexibility: The Case of India 178 K.V. Ramaswamy; The Issues 178; Globalization and Employment 179; Aggregate Employment 179; Job Security Regulations: Impact on Labour Markets 180; Empirical Studies 182; Manufacturing Employment in India: Past Trends and the Debate 183; Trade and Manufacturing Employment in India in the 1990s 183; A Statistical Profile of India’s Development 189.
650			_a1.Economics - Development - 2008 - India - A Report
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