Reviving growth in India / edited by Pradeep Agrawal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Discusses some of the unresolved questions relating to reviving growth in India covering various sectors of the economy"-- Provided by publisher

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Section 1: The importance of growth; 1 Introduction: Reviving Growth in India; ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK; Section 1: The importance of growth; Section 2: Reviving growth of industry and exports; Section 3: The dampeners to growth -- controlling inflation; Section 4: The supply constraints to growth; Section 5: Emerging issues in growth -- labour and capital markets; MAIN CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOOK; 2 Economic Growth: The Key to Poverty Reduction in India; INTRODUCTION

THE RELATION BETWEEN POVERTY, GROWTH, AND INEQUALITYPolicies for more rapid poverty reduction; GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; Data and econometric procedures; Poverty alleviation and economic growth; Poverty and population growth; Poverty alleviation, growth and inequality; Poverty alleviation, growth, employment, and wages; SOCIAL EXPENDITURE, GROWTH AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION; Social expenditure and poverty alleviation; Government revenue and social expenditure; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; A.1 Poverty measurement issues

A.2 The econometric estimation procedure (ARDL)Section 2: Reviving growth of industry and exports; 3 Sustaining a High Rate of Industrial Growth in India in the Next 10 Years; INTRODUCTION; TRENDS IN OUTPUT AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN MANUFACTURING; Output growth; Employment growth; TRENDS IN CAPITAL STOCK AND INVESTMENT; TREND IN TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; Aggregate level analysis; Industry-level analysis; Required rate of TFP growth in Indian manufacturing; FACTORS DETERMINING TFP GROWTH IN INDIAN MANUFACTURING; Effect of trade; Effect of investment climate

Effect of human capital formationSupplementary econometric evidence; EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF A RAPID MANUFACTURING SECTOR GROWTH; MEASURES FOR BOOSTING INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 4 Growth Drivers: ICT and Inclusive Innovations; INTRODUCTION; AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; A formal model; Endogenous technical change; TELECOM POLICY; Harnessing mobile telecom in payment systems; Regulatory requirements for Internet and mobile banking; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 5 Determinants of India's Service Exports; INTRODUCTION

TRENDS, PATTERN AND COMPOSITION OF SERVICES EXPORTS: INDIA AND WORLDWorld service trade; LITERATURE REVIEW; POSSIBLE DETERMINANTS OF SERVICES EXPORTS; World demand/income (SIMP/WY); Real exchange rate; Manufacturing Exports; Human Capital; Financial development; Infrastructure development; Institutions; Foreign direct investment; Services trade barriers (STB); METHODOLOGY, DATA SOURCES AND RESULTS; Data sources; Analysis of results; The Dynamic OLS (or DOLS) procedure; Determinants of services exports; Determinants of total services exports; Determinants of modern services

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