TY - BOOK AU - Bery,Suman K. AU - Bosworth,Barry AU - Panagariya,Arvind ED - India Policy Forum ED - National Council of Applied Economic Research. ED - Brookings Institution TI - India policy forum 2008-09 SN - 9788132101499 PY - 2009/// CY - New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, CA PB - Sage KW - Foreign exchange rates KW - India KW - Capital movements KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Private schools KW - Economic policy KW - 1991- N1 - 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]; Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295); 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 N2 - Papers presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the India Policy Forum, held at New Delhi during 15-16 July 2008 ER -