India at Sixty: A Positive Balance Sheet

by Dennis Kux

Fifteen years of 6 percent annual growth have propelled India into the global front ranks. India's political democracy has been firmly established for some years, but its economy lagged until 1991 reforms lifted many government controls and free market policies were adopted.
Even though poverty, weak infrastructure and other major problems remain, the Indian elephant is moving smartly ahead. With information technology providing the leading edge, India's rapid economic growth should continue.
Given its increasing economic importance and its nuclear-weapon status, what India does now matters not just in South Asia but the world at large. To help in better understanding India, this Headline Series explores how that country of 1.1 billion people governs itself, how its economy functions and how it deals with its neighbors and other nations.

87 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2007