Economic Policy Reforms and the Indian Economy

by Anne O. Krueger

India is the second most populous country in the world and also one of the poorest. From the late 1940s to 1980, India's per capita income grew at an average annual rate of only two percent. Expansionist economic reforms during the 1980s boosted economic growth but also unfortunately resulted in high inflation and a balance of payments crisis. As a consequence, in 1991 the government announced sweeping new changes in economic policies.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226454525
• ISBN13: 9780226454528
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"