India policy forum 2008-09 / 
edited by Suman Bery, Barry Bosworth, Arvind Panagariya. 
 - New Delhi ;  Thousand Oaks, CA :  Sage,  2009. 
 - xix, 295 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Comprises papers and highlights of the discussion from the fifth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference, held on July 15 and 16, 2008 in New Delhi. IPF is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that aims to examine India's reforms and economic transition using policy relevant empirical research -- [iv] 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295). 
<br/><br/>Editors' summary -- Private schooling in India : a new educational landscape / Sonalde Desai, Amaresh Dubey, Reeve Vanneman and Rukmini Banerji. Comments by Kaushik Basu and Abhijit Banerjee -- Big reforms but small payoffs : explaining the weak record of growth in Indian manufacturing / Poonam Gupta, Rana Hasan, and Utsav Kumar. Comments by T. N. Srinivasan and Rajiv Kumar -- Some new perspectives on India's approach to capital account liberalization / Eswar Prasad. Comments by John Williamson and Partha Sen -- What explains India's real appreciation / Renu Kohli and Sudip Mohapatra. Comments by Robert Lawrence and Sisira Jayasuriya -- The cost of holding excess reserves : evidence from India / Abhijit Sen Gupta. Comments by Kenneth Kletzer and Vijay Joshi. 
<br/><br/> Papers presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the India Policy Forum, held at New Delhi during 15-16 July 2008. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788132101499 8132101499 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Foreign exchange rates--India<br/>Capital movements--India<br/>Manufacturing industries--India<br/>Private schools--India
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Economic policy--1991-