Awakening giants, feet of clay: assessing the economic rise of China and India

By:

Bardhan, Pranab

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford University Press New Delhi 2010Description: 172 p. 24 cm ; Hard BoundISBN:

978-0198068327

Subject(s):

Economics Social conditions Economic history China

DDC classification:

330.951 BAR

Contents:

Introduction: The myths floating around the giants -- Economic reform and growth: differing patterns and institutions -- Agriculture: still the most crowded sector -- Infrastructure: the dazzling difference -- High saving, low financial intermediation -- The pattern of burgeoning capitalism -- Poverty and inequality: how is the growth shared? -- The social sector: the relevance of the socialist legacy -- Environment: the alarming signs -- Looking to the future: through the lens of political economy -- Afterword to the paperback edition.

Summary: The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention. Yet, many of the views regarding their market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter-century.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	GSB Collection	330.951 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40725

Browsing H.T. Parekh Library shelves, Collection: GSB Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous		No cover image available					No cover image available	Next
Previous	330.95 RES Resilient Asia amidst global financial crisis: from crisis management to global leadership	330.950429 ISL Asia-Pacific economies: a survey	330.950429 SHE From Asian to global financial crisis: an Asian regulator's view of unfettered finance in the 1990s and 2000s	330.951 BAR Awakening giants, feet of clay: assessing the economic rise of China and India	330.951 BHA Old China's new economy: the conquest by a billion paupers	330.951 EME Emerging giants: China and India in the world economy	330.951 END Understanding emerging markets: China and India	Next

Rs.495/-

Introduction: The myths floating around the giants --
Economic reform and growth: differing patterns and institutions --
Agriculture: still the most crowded sector --
Infrastructure: the dazzling difference --
High saving, low financial intermediation --
The pattern of burgeoning capitalism --
Poverty and inequality: how is the growth shared? --
The social sector: the relevance of the socialist legacy --
Environment: the alarming signs --
Looking to the future: through the lens of political economy --
Afterword to the paperback edition.

The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention. Yet, many of the views regarding their market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter-century.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.