| Description |
viii, 108 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Model that Couldn't -- 2. What Went Wrong? -- 3. What is to be Done? |
| Summary |
Jagdish Bhagwati, one of the world's leading economists, offers a fascinating overview of the policies that produced India's sorry economic performance over a third of a century. His analysis puts into sharp focus the crippling effects of the inward-looking, bureaucratic regime that grew to Kafkaesque dimensions, starting in the early 1950s. It provides therefore a coherent and convincing rationale for the economic reforms begun in June 1991 by the new government of Prime Minister Rao. These reforms, also discussed by Professor Bhagwati, are thus set into historical and analytical perspective. Written with wit and elegance, this text of the 1992 Radhakrishnan Lectures at Oxford is readily accessible to a wide readership |
| Analysis |
Economic conditions History, 1947- |
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India |
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Economic growth |
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Economic policy |
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Government regulation |
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India |
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Overseas item |
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Poverty |
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Public sector efficiency |
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Reform |
| Notes |
"This volume has grown out of the three Radhakrishnan Lectures ... at Oxford University in the first week of June 1992"--Pref |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| SUBJECT |
India -- Economic policy -- 1947-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064897
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India -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064944
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| LC no. |
93016303 |
| ISBN |
0198288166 (hbk.) |
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0198288476 (paperback) |
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