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Indian Economy

India is at a turning point, with a population of around 1.4 billion and a place among the world's largest economies. This collection of essays by economists, business figures and policy thinkers asks what the country should do next. It looks back at the decades of state-led planning and the economic reforms of the 1990s, and then turns to the open problems of today's lower-middle-income economy, including artificial intelligence, climate risk, youth unemployment and inequality.

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The central question is whether India can turn its population, technology, entrepreneurship and changing global position into growth that creates good jobs, strengthens institutions and spreads its gains widely. The contributors aim for a balanced, evidence-based assessment, neither hopeful nor pessimistic, for readers following India's economic future.

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