India has gone from an economy that grew less than 1.5 percent per annum until the 1980 to more than 6 percent today. In the process, it has cut the proportion of poor below the poverty line by half. This book offers the first comprehensive account of the policy initiatives leading to this...

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Direct Benefits; Indirect Benefits; Figures; Figure ES.1 Growth Generated Through the Lifting of Restrictions Could Increase Potential Palestinian Value Added by USD 3.4 Billion; Figure ES.2 If the Output Potential...

By any indicator, Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth, is a development success story. Yet 20 years after a deep economic and political crisis, it is still in some respects an economy in transition. The country recovered from the 1997-98 crisis and navigated the path from...

This volume connects the evolving modern financial systems of China, Japan, and Korea to the development and growth of their economies through the first decade of the twenty-first century. It also identifies the commonalities among all three systems while taking into account their social,...

This book is the first comprehensive contribution to understanding the character of important societal transitions in Tanzania during Benjamin Mkapa's presidency (1995- 2005). The analyses of the trajectory of these transitions are conducted against the background of the development model of...

Cover -- Understanding the Indian Economy from the Post-Reforms of 1991, Volume I: History, Evolution, and Growth -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: The Economic History of India from the Paleolithic Period to 1200 CE -- CHAPTER 2: Evolution of the Indian Economy: The Early...

Since 1991, the eyes of the world have been on the economic growth and development of the states that formerly made up the Soviet Union. Looking at Belarus's industrial structure, economic growth, and economic prospects, this edited collection analyses why Belarus is considered ahead of many of...