The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
An Introduction to the Volume....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Coalitions and Consequences: Learnership and Leadership in India, 1948–2008....Pages 7-16
The Indian Economy: Current Performance and Short-Term Prospects....Pages 17-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
A Decade of World Bank Sub-National Policy-Based Lending to India: A Retrospective....Pages 41-68
Pension Reform in India....Pages 69-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Export Performance in the Reform Era: Has India Regained the Lost Ground?....Pages 95-115
Manufacturing Protection in India Since Independence....Pages 116-136
Free Trade Arrangement Between India and Japan: An Exploratory Analysis....Pages 137-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Human Development in India: Past Trends and Future Challenges....Pages 155-178
Microfinance, Self-Help Groups and Empowerment in Maharashtra....Pages 179-199
Urban Vulnerability Reduction: Regulations and Beyond....Pages 200-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Agricultural Trade Policies and Rural Poverty: Where is India Heading?....Pages 215-232
Market Integration in Wholesale Rice Markets in India....Pages 233-246
Supermarkets, Smallholders and Livelihoods Prospects in Selected Asian Countries....Pages 247-262
Privatization and Foreign Direct Investment: The Indian experience....Pages 263-278
India’s Great Vulnerability: Energy Insecurity....Pages 279-287
Economic Determinants of Newsprint Consumption in India: A Time Series Analysis....Pages 288-298
Back Matter....Pages 299-305