BIBLIOGRAPHY

Inclusive Growth and India

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, “Inclusive Growth does not mean Everybody has to be protected”, India Knowledge@Wharton, 1 November, 2007.
In this interview, the deputy chairman of India’s planning commission speaks about where the Indian economy is going and what lessons other emerging economies could learn from India’s experience with economic reform.

Nilanjan Banik, “Inclusive Growth: An unfinished story”, BusinessLine, February 07, 2008.
The author lists several causes to exclusive growth in India (unequal payoffs, low agricultural activity, uneven distribution and social unrest between skilled and unskilled workers, high administrative costs and corruption in public fund allocation and school dopouts) and proposes solutions to challenge them.

Subir Gokarn, "Inclusive Growth in India: Dream or Reality?", Rediff.com, 31 December, 2007
The author recalls how political the debate over "inclusive growth" in India has become since 2004, when the United Progressive Alliance won the parliamentary elections. He argues that "inclusive growth" has to be seen as a process, in which, economic growth, measured by a sustained expansion in GDP, contributes to an enlargement of the scale and scope of four dimensions: opportunity, capability, access and security.

Priyanka Golikeri, “India at 75 A vision, by C K Prahalad”, Daily News & Analysis, 22 May, 2008
According to C K Prahalad, a world-renowned professor of corporate strategy, the bottom of the pyramid – 800 million poor Indoans – can become a major source of innovations, if they are empowered with education & skill building, if they have access to latest technology, water, energy and health and if the level of corruption in the deployment of resources decreases.   

Government of India, Planning Commission, Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth: An Approach to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), 2006.
The Indian Planning Commission defines the main challenges & objectives of the Indian Government for the years 2007-2012, among which inclusive growth is given an important seat (see chapters 4 & 5 of the document). The main issues to be tackled in this sector are: child nutrition, empowerment through education, better health, employment, gender equity, a balanced regional development, minorities & vulnerable groups inclusiveness and the rural -urban divide to be tackled.

Joe Leahy, “India’s report card fails to make the grade”, Financial Times, 18 June 2008
The journalist confronts two reports: the “Report to the People” , written by the United Progressive Alliance, the centre-left party in power since 2004, which relates the efforts of the government towards inclusive growth from 2004 to 2008. On the other hand, the report by Goldman Sachs entitled “Ten Things for India to Achieve its 2050 Potential” provides a reminder of the work ahead for India to become one of the largest economy in the world: fighting low literacy rate (61%); massively increasing education spending; implementing good governance; tackling the problem of inflation and the fiscal deficit; developing the private sector; answering the young population’s expectations.  

Sanjot Malhi, Challenges of Equity and Inclusive Growth in India, The Evian Group at IMD, June 2008

Dr Manmohan Singh, PM's address at CII annual general meeting, 24 May 2007
The Indian Prime Minister calls for a new Partnership for Inclusive Growth based on a Ten-Point Social Charter.

The Economist, "Up to their necks in it", The Economist, 17 July, 2008
India and pollution: despite good laws and even better intentions, India causes as much pollution as any rapidly industrialising poor country. The article emphasizes the problem of water contamination with excrement.