Sunday, August 20, 2006

world bank report on india

aug 20th, 2006

it's a pretty large document, and i haven't read it, but from the summary, it looks like they are casting serious doubt on the sustainability of india's growth based on the poor delivery of public services. of course there's the usual gratuitous comparison to china.

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20980493~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html

3 comments:

Bala said...

OT: Excellent article by Ben Stein on NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/business/yourmoney/20every.html?ex=1313726400&en=59d2227ed9dfee59&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

Hindu Fundamentalist said...

another case of spontaneous combustion and five train bogies reduced to cinders. http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/21/stories/2006082119840100.htm
but surprisingly, not a single casualty. it would be interesting comparing this case with the one that occurred in Gujarat to understand why 59 people committed suicide in a burning train.

Hindu Fundamentalist said...

natwar singh essentially says the same thing that rajeev has been saying all along.
http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/21/stories/2006082104371100.htm
Condoleezza Rice, in clear words, made the 18th July 2005 agreement stand on its head, thus departing from the letter and spirit of the agreement. She spoke of permanent safeguards, intrusive and intensive inspection of our reactors. She spoke about the NPT and beyond, and annual waiver by the U.S. President. No status to India as a de facto nuclear weapons power.

Sir, during the earlier parts of the debate, member after member pointed out the shifting of goalposts by the U.S. — none more powerfully and persuasively than Dr. P.C. Alexander, Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha, Sitaram Yechury, Amar Singh, and [JD (U) leader] Digvijay Singh. There was talk in the House of Representatives/Senate discussions about India having a congruent foreign policy with the U.S. This is unacceptable to all patriotic Indians.