Although it had a a lower income level than India in 1980, China's 2006 per capita gross domestic product stands more … than twice that of India's. This paper investigates the role of the business environment in explaining China's productivity … appears to be a key constraint for India: it lags significantly behind China, yet it has important indirect effects for the …

This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of … direction of the trade specialization pattern of China and India. Labor-intensive sectors (both unskilled and skilled) probably … have been negatively affected by the growing presence of China and India in world markets, while natural resource and …

Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different … twice as important for India as for China, which is much better integrated into global production networks. Even assuming … opportunity for rapid growth in both countries. Accelerated growth through efficiency improvements in China and India, especially …

results suggest that energy externalities are likely to worsen significantly if there is no shift in China's and India …'s energy strategies. High energy demand from China and India could constrain some developing countries' growth through higher … fully offset by the growth stimulating effects of the larger markets in China and India. Given that there are many …

The paper examines the ways in which recent economic growth has been uneven in China and India and what this has meant … and development. The authors argue that the development paths of both China and India have been influenced by, and have …

comparison with Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the progress has occurred through diversification along the ?extensive margin,? that …

development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …