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Record Nr.

UNISA996217240103316

Titolo

The first ten KR Narayanan orations : essays by eminent persons on the rapidly transforming Indian economy / / Raghbendra Jha, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, [Australia] : , : ANU E Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-920942-72-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

338.954

Soggetti

India Economic conditions 1947-

India Economic policy 1947-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

About the Australia-India Council -- K R Narayanan Orators 1994 to 2006 -- The K R Narayanan Orations 1994 to 2006 -- Reforming India's Tax Base for Economic Development / Raja J. Chelliah -- Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia / U.R. Rao -- India: Retrospect and Prospect / Jagdish Bhagwati -- Stronger Branches, Deeper Roots: The Democratisation of India's Economic Reforms / P. Chidambaram -- Monetary Policy in a Developing Economy -- The Indian Experience / C. Rangarajan -- Democracy and Development: India 1947-2002 / Meghnad Desai -- Political-Economy and Governance Issues in the Indian Economic Reform Process / Pranab K. Bardhan -- India: On the Growth Turnpike / Vijay L. Kelkar -- Science and Shaping our Agricultural Future / M.S. Swaminathan -- India's Space Enterprise -- A Case Study in Strategic Thinking and Planning / K. Kasturirangan.

Sommario/riassunto

The rapidly transforming Indian economy has thrown up a number of possibilities as well as several challenges with profound implications for India's vast population as well as globally. The K R Narayanan Oration Series at the Australia South Asia Research Centre in The Australian National University has been devoted to in-depth examination of this important issue by leading experts. The present volume collects the first ten essays in this series.