Indian Economic Development : Globalisation, Transformation, Equity, Crime and Economic Thinking

Contents: Introduction. IEA Presidents 1997-2003. 1. Erosion of equity and social justice in Indian economic development/D.S. Awasthi. 2. Benevolent reforms-waiting for wage goods/G.S. Monga. 3. Organised crime and political economy of development: the Indian panorama/Ajit Kumar Sinha. 4. Political economy of Indian development in the 20 century: India's road to freedom and growth/G.S. Bhalla. 5. Challenges and opportunities of globalisation: implications for India/R.S. Bawa. 6. Economic transformation: a "micro global" perspective/C.T. Kurien. 7. Globalisation and Indian economic thinking in the past and their relevance in the present and future/Raj Kumar Sen. Index.

"Indian Economic Development : Globalisation, Transformation, Equity, Crime and Economic Thinking is a collection of Seven Presidential Addresses delivered at Annual Conferences of the Indian Economic Association (IEA) during 1997-2003 respectively at Hyderabad, Bangalore, Amritsar, Jammu, Vellore, Thiruvananthapuram and Kolhapur. While all the addresses centre around the focal theme of Indian economic development, they are also unique in their emphasis on some particular aspect like equity, wage goods, crime, globalisation, transformation, economic thinking etc." (jacket)