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Format: VIII, 536 S. : , Ill., graph. Darst.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 978-1-107-02004-7

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Makroökonomie ; Landwirtschaft ; Nonprofit-Bereich ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Telekommunikationswirtschaft ; Verkehrswirtschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (viii, 536 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781139096638 (ebook)

Content: The essays in this volume are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They collectively emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for sustained growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is vitally dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions such as those charged with regulating and overseeing critical sectors. Individual contributions assess the role of Indian government policy in key sectors and emphasize the policies required to ensure improvements in these sectors. The first section discusses aspects of the macro economy; the second deals with agriculture and social sectors; the third with jobs and how labor markets function in agriculture, industry and services; and the fourth with infrastructure services, specifically electricity, telecommunications and transport. The essays are drawn from the most influential papers presented in recent years on Indian economic policy at the Stanford Center for International Development.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Introduction / , The Macro Economy: , Federalism and economic development in India: an assessment / , India and China: trade and foreign investment / , Financial sector reforms and monetary policy: the Indian experience / , Institutional Reforms: Agriculture and Education: , Land reform, decentralized governance, and rural development in West Bengal / , Market-driven agricultural growth: contrasting experiences in Punjab and Rajastham / , . India's higher education opportunity / , Improving the quality of rural primary schools: an evaluation of a computer-aided learning program in south India / , Employment, Industrial Structure and Poverty: , The missing middle / , Some aspects of the trends in employment and unemployment in Bihar and Kerala since the 1790x / , Size matters: urban growth and poverty in India, 1983-2005 / , Infrastructure: Electricity and Transportation: , An assessment of Indian telecommunications reform / , Managing demand-side economic and political constraints on electricity industry restructuring process / , Moving India: the political economy of transport sector reform /

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Language: English

URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139096638

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Format: 1 online resource (546 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9781107020047 , 9781139554640

Content: These essays are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions including those charged with regulating critical sectors

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Historical Precedents -- The Macroeconomy -- Institutional Reforms: Agriculture and Education -- The Rural and Agricultural Sectors -- Education -- Employment, Industrial Structure and Poverty -- Infrastructural Reforms -- What Is Infrastructure? -- Infrastructure Policy and Performance in India -- Next Steps -- The Macroeconomy -- Agriculture and Rural Development -- Education -- Employment, Industrial Structure and Poverty -- Infrastructural Reforms -- References -- The Macro Economy -- 2 Federalism and Economic Development in India: An Assessment -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background: India's Economic Performance and Federal System -- Quality of Governance and Government Expenditure -- Efficiency of the Tax System -- Fiscal Situation of National and Subnational Governments -- Impacts of Federal System on Growth and Equity -- Comparison with China -- Future Reform and Prospects -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 India and China: Trade and Foreign Investment -- Introduction -- Growth -- Growth in Total Trade -- The Patterns of Trade -- Merchandise Exports -- Merchandise Imports -- Services Exports -- Foreign Investment -- Connection to Trade and DFI Policies -- Merchandise Trade Liberalization During the 1980s -- Merchandise Trade Liberalization in the 1990s and Beyond -- Liberalization of Trade in Services and Foreign Investment -- Why India Lags Behind China -- Looking Ahead: The Doha Round and an India - China FTA -- References -- 4 Financial Sector Reforms and Monetary Policy: The Indian Experience -- Introduction -- Financial Sector and Monetary Policy: Objectives and Reforms -- Banking Sector -- Reforms in the Monetary Policy Framework -- Financial Markets -- Financial Sector and Monetary Policy Reforms: An Assessment -- Banking Sector -- Spread of Banking , Capital Position and Asset Quality -- Competition and Efficiency -- Productivity -- Monetary Policy -- Inflation -- Challenges Posed by Large Capital Inflows -- Credit Delivery -- Global Financial Crisis: Impact and Policy Responses -- Some Emerging Issues -- -- Growth Challenges for the Financial Sector -- Greater Capital Market Openness: Some Issues -- High Credit Growth and Monetary Policy -- Concluding Observations -- Appendix I Reforms in the Banking Sector -- Appendix II Reforms in the Monetary Policy Framework -- Objectives -- Instruments -- Developmental Measures -- Institutional Measures -- Appendix III Reforms in the Government Securities Market -- Institutional Measures -- Increase in Instruments in the Government Securities Market -- Enabling Measures -- Appendix IV Reforms in the Foreign Exchange Market -- Exchange Rate Regime -- Institutional Framework -- Increase in Instruments in the Foreign Exchange Market -- Liberalization Measures -- References -- Institutional Reforms: Agriculture and Education -- 5 Land Reform, Decentralized Governance, and Rural Development in West Bengal -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Summary of Results -- Data Description -- Accountability and Local Governance -- Explaining GP Election Outcomes -- Land Reform Implementation -- Targeting of Other Development Programs -- Effects of Programs on Farm Outcomes -- Effect of Land Reforms: Theoretical Hypotheses -- Reduced Form Estimates of Impact of Panchayat Actions on Farm Yields -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 6 Market-Driven Agricultural Growth: Contrasting Experiences in Punjab and Rajasthan -- Introduction -- The Macroeconomic Picture -- Market Constraints and Opportunities -- Prospects for Rural Employment and Poverty -- Natural Resource Constraints to Agricultural Growth and Diversification -- Conclusions and Recommendations , Conclusions -- References -- 13 Managing Demand-Side Economic and Political Constraints on Electricity Industry Restructuring Processes -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Major Political and Economic Demand-Side Constraints -- The Political Economy of Electricity Prices -- The Economics of Hourly Metering -- The Political Economy Case against Real-Time Pricing -- Mechanisms Adopted to Deal with Constraints on Demand-Side Participation -- Offer Caps and Market Power Mitigation Mechanisms -- Inadequate Hedging of Short-Term Prices and the Reliability Externality -- Capacity Markets and Other "Cures" -- Politically Palatable Real-Time Pricing -- Managing Demand-Side Economic and Political Constraints -- Hedging Short-Term Wholesale Price Risk -- Contract Adequacy in Wholesale Electricity Markets -- Symmetric Treatment of Load and Generation -- A Core/Non-Core Approach to Retail Market Operation -- Developing Country Issues -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 14 Moving India: The Political Economy of Transport Sector Reform -- Introduction -- "Getting Out of the Way" versus Capacity-Building Reforms -- From Public to Public‒Private Provision: India's Trajectory -- Improvements in Services -- The Shortfall in Infrastructure Investment -- Enhancing Regulatory Capacity -- Restructuring State-Owned Incumbents -- Infrastructure Project Management -- Land Acquisition -- Potential for the Future? -- Index , References -- 7 India's Higher Education Opportunity -- Introduction -- Growth in the Indian Higher Education System: Concentration at Five Different Levels -- Comparing Growth in the Chinese Higher Education System: Growth Everywhere -- India's Higher Education Opportunity: What Priorities for Reform? -- The Quality Problem -- Building Graduate Education and Research Universities -- Providing Equity of Access -- Building World-Class Full-Service Research Universities -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Improving the Quality of Rural Primary Schools: An Evaluation of a Computer-Aided Learning Program in South India -- Introduction -- The Model School Program -- The School System and Survey Data -- Survey Data -- The Primary School System -- The Upper Primary School System -- Summary Statistics for the Primary School Sample -- Methodology -- Difference Estimates -- Difference in Difference Estimates Based on Regression Estimates -- Testing Effects of the Program for Students Differentiated by Initial Ability -- Testing Dependence on Cohort Size -- Results from the Sixth-Grade Sample -- Results -- Results from Simple Difference in Means -- Results from Regression-Based Difference-in-Difference Specifications -- Robustness Check: Are the Results Biased by Sample Attrition? -- Differences Across Aptitude Groups -- Results by Cohort Size -- Results from the Sixth-Grade Sample -- Conclusion -- References -- Employment, Industrial Structure, and Poverty -- 9 The Missing Middle -- Introduction -- Indian Economic Growth -- Indian Comparative Advantage -- Why Manufacturing's Poor Relative Performance? -- Regulations Governing Business -- Small-Scale Reservation -- Labor Market Regulation -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Some Aspects of the Trends in Employment and Unemployment in Bihar and Kerala since the 1970s -- Introduction , Trends in Employment, Unemployment, and Employment Status -- Person and Person-Day Rates -- Employment, Unemployment, and Employment Status: Time Trend Regressions -- Results from the Trend Regression -- Employment Rates -- Unemployment Rates -- Labor Force Participation Rates -- Employment Status -- Within Reference Week Transitions in Employment Status -- Changes within the Reference Week of Employment Status in NSS Round 60 (1999-2000) -- Steady-State Employment Status -- Unemployment in Kerala -- Unemployment Levels -- Unemployment Trends -- Female Unemployment -- Unemployment and Education -- Unemployment and Age -- Persistence of Unemployment -- Unemployment and Migration -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Size Matters: Urban Growth and Poverty in India, 1983-2005 -- Abstract -- Introduction -- National and Statewise Trends -- Poverty across Size-Class of Towns -- Small Towns Have Lower Access to Services -- Insights from Small Area Estimation in West Bengal, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh -- Urban Agglomeration and Poverty Reduction -- Urban Growth as a Source of Rural Poverty Reduction -- Conclusion -- References -- Infrastructure: Electricity and Transportation -- 12 An Assessment of Indian Telecommunications Reform -- Introduction -- A Primer on Telecommunications Economics and Policy -- Technology and Optimal Pricing -- Best Practice Policies -- Designing Effective Governance of Telecommunications -- Indian Telecommunications Reform -- Historical Overview of Reform -- TRAI's Approach to Regulation -- Reform of Long-Distance -- The Tortured History of Wireless -- Internet Services -- Dial-up Internet Service and the ISP Industry -- Internet Cafés -- High-Speed Access and Other Advanced Services -- Summary -- Universal Service Policy -- Universal Service Policies in India -- Allocating the USF: Auctioning Subsidies -- Access Deficit Charges

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Content: The essays in this volume are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They collectively emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for sustained growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is vitally dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions such as those charged with regulating and overseeing critical sectors. Individual contributions assess the role of Indian government policy in key sectors and emphasize the policies required to ensure improvements in these sectors. The first section discusses aspects of the macro economy; the second deals with agriculture and social sectors; the third with jobs and how labor markets function in agriculture, industry and services; and the fourth with infrastructure services, specifically electricity, telecommunications and transport. The essays are drawn from the most influential papers presented in recent years on Indian economic policy at the Stanford Center for International Development.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Introduction / , The Macro Economy: , Federalism and economic development in India: an assessment / , India and China: trade and foreign investment / , Financial sector reforms and monetary policy: the Indian experience / , Institutional Reforms: Agriculture and Education: , Land reform, decentralized governance, and rural development in West Bengal / , Market-driven agricultural growth: contrasting experiences in Punjab and Rajastham / , . India's higher education opportunity / , Improving the quality of rural primary schools: an evaluation of a computer-aided learning program in south India / , Employment, Industrial Structure and Poverty: , The missing middle / , Some aspects of the trends in employment and unemployment in Bihar and Kerala since the 1790x / , Size matters: urban growth and poverty in India, 1983-2005 / , Infrastructure: Electricity and Transportation: , An assessment of Indian telecommunications reform / , Managing demand-side economic and political constraints on electricity industry restructuring process / , Moving India: the political economy of transport sector reform / , English

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