Edited by Kaliappa Kalirajan, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and the late Ulaganathan Sankar, formerly Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India

'. . . contains a rich array of well-referenced empirical data, and the diversity of analytical perspectives make invaluable contributions. . . offers useful, up-to-date analyses of India's experience with liberalising reforms, and is sufficiently devoid of technical jargon to be accessible for scholars of whatever disciplinary background.'

• Full Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Indian Economic Reforms in the East Asian Context 1. India’s Economic Reform Programme: Lessons from Classical Economics 2. The East Asian Experience and its Relevance to India Part II: What Type of Agricultural Reform is Needed? 3. Sequencing in India’s Reform Process: The Agriculture–Manufacturing Linkages 4. Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in South Asia: From the Uruguay Round to the Millennium Round 5. Impact of Sector-specific and Macro-level Reforms on Agriculture: Simulations of a Macroeconometric Model Part III: What is the Impact of Agricultural Reform on Poverty? 6. The Non-farm Economic Activities for the Alleviation of Rural Poverty and Inequality 7. Income Inequality and Convergence of Income Across Indian States 8. Poverty and Economic Growth in India 9. Making PRIs and ULBs More Autonomous and Effective Part IV: What Type of Monetary and Fiscal Reforms is Needed? 10. Issues in the Choice of a Monetary Regime for India 11. An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission in India 12. Tax Policy in India 13. How to Think About Local Government Reform in India Index

Edited by Kaliappa Kalirajan, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and the late Ulaganathan Sankar, formerly Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India

'. . . contains a rich array of well-referenced empirical data, and the diversity of analytical perspectives make invaluable contributions. . . offers useful, up-to-date analyses of India's experience with liberalising reforms, and is sufficiently devoid of technical jargon to be accessible for scholars of whatever disciplinary background.'

• Full Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Indian Economic Reforms in the East Asian Context 1. India’s Economic Reform Programme: Lessons from Classical Economics 2. The East Asian Experience and its Relevance to India Part II: What Type of Agricultural Reform is Needed? 3. Sequencing in India’s Reform Process: The Agriculture–Manufacturing Linkages 4. Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in South Asia: From the Uruguay Round to the Millennium Round 5. Impact of Sector-specific and Macro-level Reforms on Agriculture: Simulations of a Macroeconometric Model Part III: What is the Impact of Agricultural Reform on Poverty? 6. The Non-farm Economic Activities for the Alleviation of Rural Poverty and Inequality 7. Income Inequality and Convergence of Income Across Indian States 8. Poverty and Economic Growth in India 9. Making PRIs and ULBs More Autonomous and Effective Part IV: What Type of Monetary and Fiscal Reforms is Needed? 10. Issues in the Choice of a Monetary Regime for India 11. An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission in India 12. Tax Policy in India 13. How to Think About Local Government Reform in India Index

Edited by Kaliappa Kalirajan, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and the late Ulaganathan Sankar, formerly Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India

'. . . contains a rich array of well-referenced empirical data, and the diversity of analytical perspectives make invaluable contributions. . . offers useful, up-to-date analyses of India's experience with liberalising reforms, and is sufficiently devoid of technical jargon to be accessible for scholars of whatever disciplinary background.'

• Full Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Indian Economic Reforms in the East Asian Context 1. India’s Economic Reform Programme: Lessons from Classical Economics 2. The East Asian Experience and its Relevance to India Part II: What Type of Agricultural Reform is Needed? 3. Sequencing in India’s Reform Process: The Agriculture–Manufacturing Linkages 4. Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in South Asia: From the Uruguay Round to the Millennium Round 5. Impact of Sector-specific and Macro-level Reforms on Agriculture: Simulations of a Macroeconometric Model Part III: What is the Impact of Agricultural Reform on Poverty? 6. The Non-farm Economic Activities for the Alleviation of Rural Poverty and Inequality 7. Income Inequality and Convergence of Income Across Indian States 8. Poverty and Economic Growth in India 9. Making PRIs and ULBs More Autonomous and Effective Part IV: What Type of Monetary and Fiscal Reforms is Needed? 10. Issues in the Choice of a Monetary Regime for India 11. An Empirical Analysis of Monetary Transmission in India 12. Tax Policy in India 13. How to Think About Local Government Reform in India Index