Encyclopaedia of Economic Development (3 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: Restructuring Indian Economy for Future Challenges: 1. Perspective on development: in global context. 2. Economic planning. 3. Development perspective. 4. Economic development strategy in Indian planning. 5. Economic policy: historical perspective. 6. Economic review of 1944-95. 7. Planning efforts for economic development. 8. The economic crisis. 9. Planning and implementation change. 10. Capital theory and political economy. 11. Economic restructuring lessons for India. 12. Towards more efficient economic administration. 13. Money and finance. 14. Public finance. 15. Selected indicators. Index.

Vol. II: Business Environment and Challenges of Poverty Alleviation in India: Preface. 1. Business environment and introduction. 2. Business growth. 3. Business and society. 4. Consumer rights, consumerism and business. 5. Economic systems. 6. Public, private, joint and cooperative sectors. 7. Privatization. 8. Stock exchange and its regulation. 9. Multinational corporations. 10. Unemployment: magnitude, causes and schemes of EG. 11. Employment scenario. 12. National employment service. 13. Employment assistance to special categories. 14. Problems of employment generation. 15. Sub-sectoral approach for enterprise promotion. 16. A critical look at the unemployment situation in up and employment generation programmes. 17. Employment generation in rural areas and urban slums. 18. Poverty alleviation. 19. Diversity and disparities: the case of India. Index.

Vol. III: Economic Development in Asia Pacific Region: 1. Asia Pacific economic cooperation: some issues. 2. Attracting foreign institutional investors. 3. Economy at a glance. 4. Indian economic bounces back. 5. The economic indicators. 6. Money and price. 7. Tax without tears. 8. Rationalization of property tax. 9. Price and distribution. Index.

"With the achievement of independence, India had to face mass unemployment, illiterate masses, untrained labour force, static agriculture and less developed industrial sectors. It needs a big national effort and a more contra cyclical policy to cure situation and hence we adopted planning as a lever of social and economic change. Now in the era of globalization more concerted efforts are needed towards the planning of new policies for our sustained national growth. Throughout this encyclopaedia, editors have tried to explore the subject in multi-dimensional approach. The national and international policies would definitely put India at par with developed nations." (jacket)