03123nam 2200661 a 450 991013959560332120240314224510.00-8330-5886-X(CKB)2550000000049843(EBL)784075(OCoLC)756484515(SSID)ssj0000534984(PQKBManifestationID)11346945(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534984(PQKBWorkID)10536457(PQKB)11039381(Au-PeEL)EBL784075(CaPaEBR)ebr10504850(OCoLC)747818635(MiAaPQ)EBC784075(EXLCZ)99255000000004984320110720d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChina and India, 2025[electronic resource] a comparative assessment /Charles Wolf, Jr. ... [et al.]Santa Monica, Calif. RAND20111 online resource (171 p.)"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."0-8330-5042-7 Includes bibliographical references.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.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?Economic developmentChinaForecastingEconomic developmentIndiaForecastingTechnological innovationsChinaTechnological innovationsIndiaChinaPopulationIndiaPopulationChinaArmed ForcesAppropriations and expendituresIndiaArmed ForcesAppropriations and expendituresEconomic developmentForecasting.Economic developmentForecasting.Technological innovationsTechnological innovations338.951054Wolf CharlesJr.1924-2016.125219Rand Corporation.United States.Department of Defense.Office of the Secretary of Defense.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139595603321China and India, 20252073767UNINA