India Policy Forum 2007-08

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-81-7829-910-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 409 g

Reihe: India Policy Forum

India Policy Forum is an annual publication jointly promoted by the National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi and the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., with the objective of presenting high-quality empirical research on the major economic policy issues that confront contemporary India. The papers cover a diverse set of macro and microeconomic topics of relevance to policymakers.

The prime objective of this volume is to make the policy discussion accessible to a broad non-specialist audience within India and abroad and assist in the development of a global network of scholars interested in India's economic transformation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bery, Suman

Bosworth, Barry

Panagariya, Arvind

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Political Economy of the Indian Fiscal Federation - Indira Rajaraman
Comments by Jessica Wallack and Mihir A. Desai
General Discussion
Can Schooling Policies Affect Schooling Inequality? An Empirical Evaluation of School Location Policies in India - Anjini Kochar
Comments by Rukmini Benerji and Rajnish Mehra
General Discussion
Mortgaging the Future? Indian Higher Education - Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Comments by Pawan Agarwal and Dilip Mookherjee
General Discussion
Microfinance Lifespans: A Study of Attrition and Exclusion in Self-Help Groups in India - Jean-Marie Baland, Rohini Somanathan and Lore Vandewalle
Comments by Kenneth M. Kletzer and Esther Duflo
General Discussion
The Power Sector in India: An Inquiry into the Effacy of the Reform Process - Saugata Bhattacharya and Urjit R. Patel
Comments by Navroz K. Dubash and Nirvikar Singh
General Discussion

Über Autor(innen)

Bosworth, Barry
Barry Bosworth, Senior fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C

Bery, Suman
Suman Bery is Chief Economist, Shell International, based in The Hague, Netherlands. He assumed this position on 1 February 2012.

Mr Bery served as Director-General (Chief Executive) of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, from January 2001 to March 2011. NCAER is one of India’s leading independent policy research institutions. He then served as Country Director-India Central, the International Growth Centre (IGC). The IGC is a research initiative of UK Aid in partnership with the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. In this capacity he was responsible for setting up the IGC’s New Delhi office in partnership with the Indian Statistical Institute’s Delhi centre.

Prior to NCAER, Mr Bery was with the World Bank in Washington, D.C. From 1992 to 1994, on leave from the World Bank, Mr Bery worked as Special Consultant to the Reserve Bank of India, Bombay, where he advised the Governor and Deputy Governors on financial sector policy, institutional reform, and market development and regulation.

Mr Bery completed his undergraduate work at Magdalen College, University of Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and holds a Master of Public Affairs (MPA) degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.

Panagariya, Arvind
Arvind Panagariya is a Professor of Economics at Columbia University. He has been the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank. He has also worked for the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in various capacities. His books include India: The Emerging Giant(2008) and The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreement(coedited with JagdishBhagwati, 1996).