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Zusatztext Joshi's book is a concise, engaging and very personal review of much of the vast canvas of growth and poverty in contemporary India. Informationen zum Autor Vijay Joshi, a distinguished economist, is an Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. His past books on India (co-authored with I.M.D. Little) include India - Macroeconomics and Political Economy 1964-1991 (OUP and World Bank 1994), and India's Economic Reforms 1991-2001 (OUP 1996). He has been Special Adviser to the Governor, Reserve Bank of India; Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Director, J.P. Morgan India Investment Trust; and Consultant to various international organizations such as the World Bank. Klappentext India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out a penetrating analysis of the shaky foundations of the country's performance, and charts the course that it should follow to achieve widely-shared prosperity. Zusammenfassung India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out a penetrating analysis of the shaky foundations of the country's performance, and charts the course that it should follow to achieve widely-shared prosperity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Setting the Stage 1. India at the Cusp 2. 1947-2016: A Tour d'Horizon 3. Ends and Means, State and Market Part II The Growth Challenge 4. Capital Accumulation and Animal Spirits 5. Growth and the Employment Problem 6. Productivity and Economic Reform 7. Ownership, Infrastructure, and the Environment Part III Stability and Inclusion 8. The Requisites of Macroeconomic Stability 9. Education and Health Care: A Question of Quality 10. Safety Nets and Social Protection Part IV Political Economy 11. The State of the State 12. India and the World Economy Part V The Future: Long is the Way, and Hard 13. What is to be Done? What Lies Ahead? ...
