Why growth matters : how economic growth in India reduced poverty and the lessons for other developing countries / Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya.

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Debunking the myths. Indian socialism and the myths of growth and poverty -- Myths about the early development strategy -- Reforms and their impact on growth and poverty -- Reforms and inequality -- Reforms and their impact on health and education -- Yet other myths -- The new challenges: Track I reforms for faster and broader growth. Track I and track II reforms -- A multitude of labor laws and their reform -- Land acquisition -- Infrastructure -- Higher education -- Other track I reforms -- More effective and inclusive redistribution: Track II. Track II reforms -- Attacking poverty by guaranteeing employment -- Adult nutrition and food security -- Reforming health care -- Elementary education -- India: Past and future -- Appendix 1: Socialism under Nehru -- Appendix 2: Measuring inequality: the Gini coefficient -- Appendix 3: Key provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009 -- Appendix 4: Prime Ministers of India.

"The authors' deep compassion for the poor, gimlet-eyed view of India's checkered economic past and genuine concern for its future shine through on every page. For the reader interested in the big policy questions facing the world's largest democracy-and, by extension, much of the rest of the developing world-"Why Growth Matters" is as good a place to start as any." -The Wall Street Journal