Foreword

Sanjiv Goenka

Notes on the Contributors

Introduction

Part I Fiscal and Financial Dynamics

The Challenge of Fiscal Reform in India

Raghbendra Jha

Financial Dynamics and Economic Growth: Lessons for India from the Twentieth Century

Anita Ghatak

The Indian Banking Industry: A Commentary

Sumon Kumar Bhaumik

Paramita Mukherjee

Liberalization of Equity Markets, Capital Structure and Growth: Progress, Lessons and Challenges in Developing Countries

Sumit Agarwal

Privatization of the Insurance Market in India: From the British Raj to Monopoly Raj to Swaraj

Tapen Sinha

Part II Exports and Regional Trade

India's Exports: An Analysis

Pradeep Agrawal

P. Saibaba

The Future of South Asian Regional Economic Cooperation

R. B. Adhikari

N. P. Banskota

Bangladesh-India Trade Relations: Failed Entrepreneurship or Failed Policies?

Rafiqul Islam Molla

Munir Quddus

Salim Rashid

The New Regionalism in India's Export Trade: Evolving Patterns and Emerging Options

Saud A. Choudhry

Mohammad Imran

The Revival of Regional Trade Arrangements: Implications for Trade Policy

Madanmohan Ghosh

Part III Reform, Development and Institutions

The Globalization Process and Economic Liberalization in India: Lessons from Classical Economics

R. N. Ghosh

Higher Education in India under Structural Adjustment

Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

The Effects of Economic Growth and Public Support of Health Services on Longevity: A Panel-Data Analysis

Basudeb Biswas

Globalization, Legal Institutions and Values

Satish K. Jain

Index