Content:- List of Tables x List of Figures xiv Foreward by Kirit S. Parikh xvii Acknowledgements xix Introduction Economic Reforms- Unanswered Questions and Open- Ended Answers 1 B. Sudhakar Reddy Section I: Understanding Reforms One Political economy of post-1991 Reforms 35 Suresh D. Tendulkar and T. A. Bhavani Two Institutional reform, trade and growth : the experiences of India and China in a global economy 61 Brigitte Desroches, Michael Francis, and Francois Painchaud Three Impact of economic reforms and globalization on engineering education sector : a comparison of Indian and Chinese scenarios 88 N. J. Rao and K. G. Viswanathan Four A comparative study on the implications of economic reforms on poverty in India and China 97 C. Ramasamy and K. Lokanadhan - Section II: Fiscal Decentralization Five Financial system in India and China : a comparative study 115 Narendra Jadhav and Janak Raj Six Investment climate and productivity in Indian states 140 C. Veeramani and Bishwanath Golder Seven Export-led growth : characteristics contrasting India and China163 Sebastian Morris Eight China and India : what do their business firms have to say? 191 Rajalaxmi Kamath Section III: FDI, Bankig and Institutions Nine FDI flows in India and China 211 D. Krishnamoorthy Ten Financial sector in China : issues and challenges 229 Surjit Singh Eleven Foreign direct investment : a comparative study of China and India 253 Anjali Kulkarni Twelve Myth and reality of FDI flows : Indian and Chinese integration with the global economy 263 Dolly Sunny Section IV: Agriculture, Trade and WTO Thirteen Impact of China's access to WTO on FDI in Wuxi 285 Fu Xianzhi and Cai Jianying Fourteen China's agriculture and wto accession 297 Jatinder Bir Singh Fifteen Impact of reforms on agricultural trade in India and China 324 Tulsi Lingareddy Section V: Sectoral Studies Sixteen Regulation of employee inventions within patent law : a comparative overview of China and India 343 Rajesh Sagar and Aditya Nagarsheth Seventeen Emerging challenges in pension policy : perspectives from China and India 354 Kumudini Hajra Eighteen Prospects of ancient medical systems in India and China in today's World 375 Arijit Dutta Ninteen Energy and environment linkages in India and China : a comparative review of issues and challenges 391 Ashir Mehta. About the Editor and Contributors 406 Index 409