Stanford Center for International Development (SCID)

Sixth Annual Conference on Indian Economic Policy Reform

June 3 and 4, 2005

Preliminary Program (pdf)

Conference Papers

Political Selection and the Quality of Government: Evidence from South India (pdf)
Authors: Timothy Besley (LSE), Rohini Pande (Yale), and Vijayendra Rao (World Bank)

Banking Sector Reform in India (pdf)
Authors: Nachiket Mor and R Chandrasekar1
(Draft: Not to be quoted)

Moving India: Policies and Priorities in Transport Sector Reform (pdf)
Authors: N.K. Singh (Former Member, Planning Commission), Jessica S. Wallack (UC San Diego)
Nature and Pace of Economic Reforms in India (pdf)
Author: V.S. Vyas (Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur)
Economic Performance and Reforms: First Year of the UPA Government (pdf)
Author: T. N. Srinivasan (SCID, Yale)
Inequality and the Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Groundwater and the Green Revolution in Rural India (pdf)
Authors: Andrew Foster (Brown University), Mark Rosenzweig (Harvard University)
Improving health care-delivery in India (pdf)
Authors: Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Esther Duflo (MIT)
Bank Competition in India (pdf)
Authors: Abhijit V. Banerjee (MIT), Shawn Cole (MIT), and Esther Duflo (MIT, NBER, CEPR)

Panel
The Future of Higher Education in India

Can India Have World-Class Research Universities?(power point - ppt version)  (pdf version)
Author: Naushad Forbes (Research University)

Conference Presentations

Financial Reforms & Investment Climate: Securities’ Market Perspective (power point - ppt)
Author: GN Bajpai
Banking Reform in India (power point - ppt)
Author: Nachiket Mor (Personal Views)
Can India turn its universities to Centers of Innovation? (power point - ppt)
Author: Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, (Seagate Technology)
Inequality and the Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth: Groundwater and the Green Revolution in Rural India (pdf)
Author: Andrew Foster, (Brown University), Mark Rosenzweig, (Harvard University)
Moving India: Policies and Priorities for Transport Sector Reform (power point - ppt)
Authors: N.K. Singh, (Management Development Institute), Jessica Wallack, (UC San Diego)
Economic Performance and Reforms: First Year of the UPA Government (power point - ppt)
Author: T. N. Srinivasan, (Yale University)
Assessment of Economic Growth and Reforms (power point - ppt)
Author: Arvind Virmani
Economic Reforms in Agriculture - The Next Phase (power point - ppt)
Author: V.S. Vyas, (Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur)
India's Economic Reforms: A Political Assessment (power point - ppt)
Author: Prabhu Chawla, (Editor, India Today)