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Record Nr.

UNISA996320215203316

Titolo

China and India, 2025 [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative assessment / / Charles Wolf, Jr. ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2011

ISBN

0-8330-5886-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WolfCharles, Jr. <1924-2016.>

Disciplina

338.951054

Soggetti

Economic development - China - Forecasting

Economic development - India - Forecasting

Technological innovations - China

Technological innovations - India

China Population

India Population

China Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures

India Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Objectives, background, context -- Population trends in China and India: -- Demographic dividend or demographic drag? -- China-India: a macroeconomic assessment -- Science and technology -- Chinese & Indian defense and defense procurement spending to 2025 -- Conclusions and implications -- Appendix A: Meta-analysis of economic growth in Dhina and India -- Appendix B: Detailed calculations for and additional figures showing the projections in Chapter Four -- Appendix C: Analytic tables.

Sommario/riassunto

China and India, the world's two most populous countries, will exercise increasing influence in international affairs in the coming decades. This document assesses the relative prospects of China and India through 2025 in four domains: demography, macroeconomics, science and technology, and defense spending and procurement. In each domain, the authors try to answer the following questions: Who is ahead? By how much? and Why?