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India Policy Forum 2011-12: Volume 8
Author(s): Shekhar Shah (Editor), Barry Bosworth (Editor), Arvind Panagariya (Editor)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Publication Date: September 4, 2012
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 308 pages
- ISBN-10: 8132109732
- ISBN-13: 9788132109730
Book Description
The objective of this annual publication is to generate theoretically rigorous and empirically informed research on current and unfolding issues of Indian economic policy. This book-the 8th volume in the series-presents a collection of papers presented in the 8th India Policy Forum Conference held on July 12-13, 2011 in New Delhi. Comments and discussions on each paper have also been included.
India Policy Forum, Volume 8, 2011-12, in particular, addresses issues related to the scope, speed, and desirability of economic reforms in India and their fundamental impact on the country′s social and economic welfare. It deals specifically with issues related to health policies, public expenditure, inflation with respect to food prices, and state ownership of Indian banking sectors.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Shekhar Shah is a former Director-General of NCAER, India’s oldest and largest economic think tank. Prior to NCAER, he was the World Bank’s Regional Economic Adviser for South Asia. He has worked in the financial services sector in Washington D.C. and has been the Ford Foundation’s Program Officer for International Economics for South Asia. Shekhar joined the World Bank in 1989, where he was also a principal author of the 2004 World Development Report. He has published on a range of issues relating to service delivery, governance, poverty, international trade, social policy, and monitoring and evaluation. He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University.
Barry Bosworth, Senior fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C
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).
