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020 _a978-0198068327
082 _a330.951 BAR
100 _aBardhan, Pranab
245 _aAwakening giants, feet of clay: assessing the economic rise of China and India
260 _bOxford University Press
_aNew Delhi
_c2010
300 _a172 p.
_b24 cm ; Hard Bound
500 _aRs.495/-
505 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _aThe 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.
650 _aEconomics
_aSocial conditions
_aEconomic history
_aChina
942 _cBK
999 _c99086
_d99086