TY  - BOOK
AU  - Radhakrishna, R. Ed.
TI  - India development report 2008
SN  - 0195693515
U1  - 338.954 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Madras,Singapore etc
PB  - Oxford Uni. Press
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N1  - List of Tables  x List of Figures  xiii List of Boxesxv List of Statistical  Profile  xvi List of Abbreviationsxix 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 Crisis12 Higher Education  13 Emerging Issues in the Financial System14 India in a Globalizing World17 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 Distribution34 Conclusion  38 3. Crisis in Agriculture and Rural Distress in Post-Reform India  40 D. Narasimha Reddy  SrijitMishra Introduction  40 Agrarian Structure on the Eve of Economic Reforms  41 Reforms and Impact on the Farming Community in Agriculture41 Rural Distress and Farmers' Suicides  47 Reform-led Growth, Small Peasant Adjustment Cost, and The Need for State Support  50 4. 5. 6. Employment and Unemployment Since the Early 1970s T.N. Srinivasan Introduction54 Trends in Employment and Unemployment Rates  56 Conclusions  63 State of Higher Education in India 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 Exploring Intra Urban Differences in Economic Well-Being in India S. Chandrasekhar  Tesfayi Gebreselassie Introduction87 Data88 Extent, Distribution, and Characteristics of Slum Population  89 Heterogeneity in Slum Population91 Intra Urban Differences in Economic Condition of Households  92 Conclusion95 Macroeconomic Policy and the Exchange Rate: Working Together Ashima Goyal Introduction96 India's Changing Exchange Rate Regime  97 Stability of Forex Markets98 Internal and External Balance101 Inflation and the Labour Market106 Structure, Monetary, and Fiscal Policy  109 Conclusion  110 Emerging Policy Regime for Bank Credit Delivery and Tasks Ahead: A Critical Review S.L. Shetty 54 71 87 96 112 112 113 Introduction: Importance Assigned to Finance for Development Post-nationalization and Post-reform Banking Developments Micro-credit Movement in India124 Disappointing Ground Reality After the 1990s  126 More decisive evidence from AIDIS and Other Field Studies128 New Initiatives for Expanding Credit Flow to Agriculture and Other Priority Sectors New Policy Regime for Better Credit Delivery: Tasks Ahead131 Non-Perfoming Assets in Indian Banking: Magnitude, Determinants, and Impact of Recent Policy Initiative Kausik Chaudhuri  Rudra Sensarma 129 Introduction 134 CONTENTSix Literature Review  135 Indian Banking System and its NPA Problem  135 Prudential Norms and Regulatory Response to NPAs138 Empirical Methodology and Data  140 Empirical Results140 Impact of Policy Response142 Policy Implications and Concluding Remarks  143 10.  India and China: Changing Patterns of Comparative Advantage?  M C. Veeramani Trade Policy Reforms146 Growth of Exports147 Structure of Exports and Changing Comparative Advantages148 Conclusion and Implications  155 11.Indian Textile and Apparel Sector: Performance, Employment, and Demand  157 G. Badr i Namyanan Introduction157 Indian Textile Sector in the International Market  158 India s Organized Textile Sector: Performance and Employment  161 Performance of India's Unorganized Textile Sector166 Domestic Consumption of Textiles in India172 Conclusions175 12.  Globalization, Employment, and Labour Market Flexibility: The Case of India  178 K.V. Ramaswamy The Issues  178 Globalization and Employment179 Aggregate Employment  179 Job Security Regulations: Impact on Labour Markets180 Empirical Studies  182 Manufacturing Employment in India: Past Trends and the Debate183 Trade and Manufacturing Employment in India in the 1990s183 A Statistical Profile of India's Development  189
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