Tirthankar Roy is Professor of Economic History at London School of Economics and Political Science. His recent and forthcoming books include A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism since 1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2018); An Economic History of Colonialism (with Leigh Gardner, Bristol University Press, 2020); and Law and the Economy in a Young Democracy: India since 1947 (with Anand Swamy, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming). He has published extensively on South Asian history and development and has taught South Asia and Global History courses.

• Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Managing Liberalisation; 2. The Macroeconomic Context; 3. Monetary Management; 4. Foreign Exchange Market and Management of the Capital Account; 5. Foreign Exchange Reserves Management; 6. Financial Markets; 7. Public Debt Management; 8. The Payment and Settlement Systems; 9. Currency Management; 10. Regulation of the Financial System – Part I: Commercial Banks; 10. Regulation of the Financial System – Part II: Other Financial Institutions; 11. Supervision of the Financial System; 12. Rural Credit; 13. Financial Inclusion; 14. Communication Policy; 15. Organisational Change; Appendices; Photographs; Select Bibliography; Index.

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