The Eighth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference, organised jointly with the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. was held in New Delhi during July 12-13, 2011. Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission, delivered the eighth annual IPF Lecture titled ” The challenges for India on the 12th Five year plan 2012-17″. A joint publication of NCAER and the Brookings Institution, IPF serves as a forum for a global network of scholars interested in India’s economic transformation. The eighth volume of the IPF has been edited by Shekhar Shah, Barry Bosworth and Arvind Panagariya.

2011|12, Volume 8, Papers

• • • Is State Ownership in the Indian Banking Sector Desirable?
      by Viral Acharya

   

• • Expanding Health Coverage for Indians: An Assessment of the Policy Challenge
    by Ajay Mahal and Victoria Fan

• • The Percolation of Public Expenditure: Food Subsidies and the Poor in India and the Philippines 
    by Shikha Jha and Bharat Ramaswami

• • Explaining Inflation in India: The Role of Food Prices  
    by Prachi Mishra and Devesh Roy 

• • • Do Capital Controls Matter in India?
       by Renu Kohli and Agnes Belaisch

   

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