Contents

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Why Strong, Equitable and Sustainable Growth Is Vital for India

1.Healthcare

A Note on Healthcare

Abhijit Banerjee

2.Infrastructure

Slow Pace of Infrastructure Buildout: Concerns and Key Steps

Pranjul Bhandari

3.India and the World

De-Risking the External Sector

Sajjid Z.

4.Welfare Reform

Social Protection

Maitreesh Ghatak

5.A Market for Land

Land Market Reforms

Maitreesh Ghatak

6.Growing Exports

India’s Exports

Gita Gopinath and Amartya Lahiri

7.Farms and Farmers

Agricultural Reforms

Neelkanth Mishra

8.Reforming Energy

Energy Reforms

Neelkanth Mishra

9.Deficits and Debt

Responsible Growth: The Way forward for India

Prachi Mishra

10.Fixing Schools

Reforming the Indian School Education System

Karthik Muralidharan

11.Women and Work

Building an Inclusive Labour Force

Rohini Pande

12.The Financial Sector

Financial Sector Development and Reforms

Eswar Prasad

13.Banking Reforms

Banking Reforms

Raghuram Rajan

14.The Environment and Climate Change

Environment

E. Somanathan

Afterword

Eight Challenges and Eight Reforms

Abhijit Banerjee and Raghuram Rajan

Notes on the Editors and Contributors

About the Book