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Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from six to eight per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines this prospect, reviewing the development strategies pursued by the two countries over the last 50 years in general, and exploring recently introduced reform measures in particular.

The culmination of many years of research by specialists in these economies, this book assesses the performance of China and India at both macro and sectoral levels (including economic, social, political and environmental aspects), illustrates the reasons why China has outperformed India in the past, and identifies the obstacles that India will face in its attempts to catch up with China.

Providing solutions for China and India that can be applied to other developing countries, this book will be invaluable for researchers, academics and students focusing on economic development and Asian studies. It will also receive much attention from investors and government analysts interested in the strategic implication of the emergence of the two Asian economic giants.

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Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with the approval of the subject government to communicate the results of the Bank's work on the economic and related conditions of member countries to governments and to the development community.

Excessive income inequality is unfair and undesirable on ethical grounds and can bring adverse effects on economic growth, health outcomes, social cohesion, and crime. Besides, excessively unequal initial conditions are likely to lead to a perverse cycle of weak social mobility. Even more in countries--like Brazil--where fertility differentials between educated and uneducated mothers are much stronger.

Brazil's income inequality has been very high and persistent over time, and it has deep historic roots. Nonetheless, there have been important income improvements for the poorest, especially since stabilization in 1993 and, Brazil has achieved major improvements in social indicators in the last decades. Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil addresses three questions: Why do inequalities matter for Brazil development? Why Brazil occupies a position of very high inequality in the international community? What should public policy do about it?

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