Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Prisoner of its past. |
| Authors: |
Crooks, C. |
| Source: |
Economist. 5/4/1991, Vol. 319 Issue 7705, special section p6-9. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs. |
| Subjects: |
Indian economic policy, Politics & government of India, 1947-, Transition economies, Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984, Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964, Central economic planning, Economic policy, Poverty, Agricultural policy, Education |
| Geographic Terms: |
India |
| Abstract: |
Examines the successes and failures of India's version of central planning. Importance of India's colonial past in shaping the attitudes of the middle class; Belief of Jawarharlal Nehru, India's first leader after independence, in Soviet-style central planning; Moves to industrialise India using economic plans; Efforts by Indira Gandhi to eliminate poverty; Avoidance of debt through a policy of self-reliance; Inequalities in India's agricultural policy; Failure to reduce poverty levels at the same rate as other Asian countries; Lags in primary schooling and education of women; Excuses for the persistence of India's problems, including the size of its population and the theory that poverty tend to be self-reinforcing; Why development has gone wrong. |
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