Trade Policy, Industrial Performance, and Private Sector Development in India

The volume deals comprehensively with an important aspect of the post-reform Indian economy, the trade policy, industrial performance, and private sector development. It focuses on key challenges faced by policymakers including poverty and inequality, modernizing and improving the performance of small scale enterprises, and reforming public sector enterprises where the past performances have been unremarkable. Evaluating the critical issues in service-led growth in
the economy, the contributors provide a clear picture of the progress, and suggest policy options. They systematically explore the trade-poverty-inequality links and emphasize the need for efficient
regulation of the private sector in the current context. The final essay provides a comprehensive treatment of small scale industries in the era of liberalization.