India's global challenge : growth and leadership in the 21st century

• Information

  DESCRIPTION

  182 pages

  DISCIPLINES

  • Economics
  • Political science
  • Economic History and Conditions

  NOTE

  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • “India wins yet again!” Narendra Modi announced in May 2019, just after securing a second term as Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy in a landslide general elections victory. When Modi was elected for a first term five years ago, he promised that India would win back its place at the high table of leading world powers. Indeed, after decades of sustained growth, India today is at a tipping point in terms of socio-economic prospects for its 1.35 billion citizens. As the global balance of power and economic growth shifts towards Asia, and a whole new set of forces is seeking to redefine the international order, opportunities abound for the subcontinent to carve out its place as a leading, democratic, global actor. Is India ready to do so? [Publisher's text]

  SUBJECTS HEADINGS

  • Economic forecasting -- India
  • India -- Economic conditions
  • India -- Economic policy
• In this volume

  • Introduction
  • India's Turn : Groundbreaking Reforms for a Global India
  • How Solid Is India's Economy?
  • Defining the Indian Middle Class
  • Inequality : Global India's Domestic Bottleneck?
  • A Paper Tiger? : What India Wants to Be(come)
  • Facing Global China : India and the Belt and Road Initiative
  • India, Europe and Italy : Time to Boost Partnership
  • The Authors