State level reforms and growth and development in Indian States

In this first-ever comprehensive state-level analysis of the economic reforms in India, the authors show that, unlike China, the acceleration of growth in the 2000s has been broad-based with nearly every state growing faster than during any other decade. The authors outline state-level reforms in agriculture, land and labor markets, urban development, and infrastructure that are required for speedy economic transformation, as well as the reforms in education and health which enable faster social development.

Introduction: the states of India -- Growth and development in the Indian states : an overview -- Economic transformation in Indian States -- States development expenditures and implications for regional development -- Policies for faster growth in agriculture -- Industry and services : what the states can do -- Urban development -- Health outcomes in the Indian States -- Health infrastructure and other proximate determinants of health outcomes -- Health policy reform -- Elementary education: outcomes and policies -- Higher education : progress and prospects