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Office of the Executive Director for India, World Bank
Office of the Executive Director for India, IMF
Office of the Regional Vice President, South Asia
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| file: pic24179.jpg) | The Emerging Giant |
| | India: The Emerging Giant |
| | comprehensively describes and |
| | analyzes India's economic development |
| | since its independence, as well as |
| | its prospects for the future. |
| | Professor Panagariya argues that |
| | India's growth experience since its |
| | independence is unique among |
| | developing countries and can be |
| | divided into four periods, each with |
| | distinctive characteristics: the |
| | post-independence period, marked by |
| | liberal policies with regard to |
| | foreign trade and investment, the |
| | socialist period, a period of |
| | stealthy liberalization, and the most |
| | recent, openly liberal period. |
| | Against this historical background, |
| | Professor Panagariya addresses |
| | today's poverty and inequality, |
| | microeconomic policies, and issues |
| | that bear upon India's previous |
| | growth experience and future growth |
| | prospects. |
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| | To buy the book, please visit: |
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| | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
| | 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
| | World Bank J Building, JB1-080 |
| | 701 18th Street N.W. |
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| | For non bank staff, please RSVP to |
| | InfoShopEvents@worldbank.org |
| | A reception will follow the |
| | presentation |
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OPENING REMARKS BY
Dhanendra Kumar
India's Executive Director, World Bank
Dhanendra Kumar has been the Executive Director for India,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the World Bank since November
2005. Mr. Kumar is a distinguished career civil servant from India
who, as a member of the Indian Administrative Service, has held
several key assignments during the last 38 years. His
specialization has been in the area of industrial and infrastructure
development, though he has had experience supervising different
social sectors as well. Before moving to the World Bank, Mr. Kumar
was the Secretary for Defense Production in the Indian Ministry of
Defense.
MODERATED BY
Adarsh Kishore
India's Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Adarsh Kishore is presently Executive Director in the International
Monetary Fund, representing India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
During his long and distinguished career in the Indian
Administrative Service, Dr. Kishore headed Ministries such as Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises and Statistics and Program
Implementation. Prior to taking up his assignment in the IMF, Dr.
Kishore was Finance Secretary to the Government of India. He has
published several articles and two books on economic issues.
PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR
Arvind Panagariya
Professor, Columbia University
Arvind Panagariya is Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political
Economy and Professor of Economics at Columbia University and
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has
previously served as Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank
and Professor of Economics at University of Maryland, College Park.
Professor Panagariya?s presentation will draw on the analysis in his
recent book ?India ? The Emerging Giant? which will be available for
purchase and signing.
COMMENTS BY
Praful Patel
Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank
Praful Patel is currently the Regional Vice President of South Asia
Region, World Bank. He joined the World Bank in 1974 through the
Young Professionals Program. In a career spanning 29 years, Mr.
Patel has provided strategic leadership in managerial and corporate
positions at the Bank in regions as varied as Africa, East Asia,
Latin America and Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Vinod Thomas
Director General, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank
Vinod Thomas is Director-General, Independent Evaluation Group at
the World Bank Group. He was Country Director, Brazil; Vice
President, World Bank Institute; Chief Economist, East Asia and
Pacific Region, among others, since joining the Bank in 1976. He was
the Staff Director for the 1991 World Development Report, titled
?The Challenge of Development? which assessed the world?s
development experience,and has authored over 12 books and numerous
journal articles.
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