Economic Reform And Global Change

Author: I G PatelPublisher: MacmillanYear: 1999Language: EnglishPages: 328ISBN/UPC (if available): 0333 93070 3 DescriptionThe essays and lectures presented in this volume address the issues of reform in India and the global society as a whole.The decade of the nineties has seen important changes in the global economic order and in the way economists look at the problems of development and economic change. The collapse of the Soviet Union has helped acceptance of the new consensus among several developing countries. The world economy is getting increasingly integrated with relatively freer trade and massive flows of capital.A major thrust in the direction of an open competitive was made in India in 1991. The old regime of licensing and direct controls has given way to freer play of markets with greater reliance on private enterprise, including foreign capital. The unfinished agenda includes the reform of public enterprises, labor laws and much else besides.Dr Patel anticipates some o