The second India Policy Forum (IPF) conference was held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on July 25, 2005. IPF is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that examines India’s reforms and economic transition using policy relevant empirical research. On this ocassion, Dr John Williamson, Senior Fellow, Institute of International Economics, Washington, DC delivered the second annual IPF lecture on “What Follows the Era of the USA as the World’s Growth Engine?”

2005|6, Volume 2, Papers

• Excessive Budget Deficits, a Government – Abused Financial System, and Fiscal Rules
  by Williem H. Buiter and Urjit R Patel
  

• Trends and Issues in Tax Policy and Reform in India
  by M. Govinda Rao and R. Kavita Rao
  

• How Applicable Is the Inflation-Targeting Framework for India?
  by Sheetal K. Chand and Kanhaiya Singh
  

• Pre – and Post-Reform India: A Revised Look at Employment, Wages and Inequality
  by Surjit s. Bhalla and Tirthatanmoy Das
  

• Universal Telecommunications Service in India
   by Roger G. Noll and Scott J. Wallsten
  

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