India's Economic Reforms and Development

Isher Judge Ahluwalia is Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi. I.M.D. Little is Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University.

• CONTRIBUTORS ; INTRODUCTION ; SECTION I: INDIA'S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ; 1. THE DESIGN OF INDIAN DEVELOPMENT ; 2. DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES: WAS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO MAHALANOBIS? ; 3. DEVELOPMENT, INFLATION, AND MONETARY POLICY ; 4. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DEVELOPMENT ; SECTION II: TRANSITION TO OPEN ECONOMY ; 5. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA'S REFORMS ; 6. INDIAN AGRICULTURE IN AN OPEN ECONOMY ; 7. FISCAL STABILIZATION AND ECONOMIC REFORMS IN INDIA ; 8. LIBERALIZATION, THE STOCK MARKET, AND THE MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL: A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR THE INDIAN ECONOMY? ; 9. INDIA'S EXPORT PERFORMANCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ; SECTION III: POVERTY AND REFORM ; 10. ECONOMIC REFORMS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ; 11. FOOD SECURITY: INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL ; 12. INDIAN ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS AND POVERTY: AN ASSESSMENT ; SECTION IV: CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS ; 13. TAX ASSIGNMENT IN THE INDIAN FEDERATION: A CRITIQUE ; 14. LIBERALIZATION, ECONOMIC REFORMS, AND CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS ; 15. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CENTRE-STATE RELATIONS IN INDIA ; INDEX