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India’s Growth in the 1990s and beyond:
An International ComparisonLant PritchettWorld BankFeb 10,2005
Loyola Chennai
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Outline of the presentation
• Whirlwind tour of the 1990s
• India’s growth, compared
• Will India’s growth stall? Why?
• Will India’s growth accelerate? How?
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Whirlwind tour of the 1990s--outside of India
• Deep and long, bit variable, transformational recession in the FSU
• Reform but with little growth payoff in Latin America
• Severe financial crises—with mixed aftermath
• Bright spot for reform: rapid growth in reforming socialist economies
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Deep, long, and variable transitional depression in FSU/EE
Pre-crisis level
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Growth came, but did not stay in Latin America, despite steady
reform progress
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Financial Crises
• Korea, Thailand, Indonesia—shock as the best performers suffer…then
• Brazil
• Russia
• Turkey
• Argentina—the deepest commitment to convertibility at a fixed parity collapses
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Reforming socialist star: China
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Reforming Socialist Star II: Vietnam
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Regional divergence in the 1990s: East Asia, followed by South Asia
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India’ growth, compared
• India accelerated sometime in late 1970s/early 1980s and has been (roughly) steady since
• Growth in the rest of the world (outside of East Asia) has decelerated
• India’s growth is now rapid
• India’s growth has been very steady
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Sometime in the late 70s/early 80s growth accelerated
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India went from sputter to sparkle
90th percentile
Median
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China, has outperformed India…and everyone else
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But compared to Brazil…
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…even superstar Korea came to earth in the 1990s—slower than India
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…and is substantially ahead of the slower but steady USA
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India is growing faster—but from a very low base…
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At current rates India reaches USA 1950 level in 34 years—not my lifetime…and USA’s current level in 61 years—
not your lifetime
India reaches USA 1950 level
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One big assertion--with two problems for policy
Assertion: India is a rich country struggling to free itself of the trappings of poverty—it should not think of itself as a poor country striving to be modestly less poor
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An aside: Why worry about economic growth?
Economic growth is good, good, good as it makes things possible
Most socio-economic indicators are explained overwhelmingly by income (and education, which is itself driven by income)
Why settle for less? Who wants to be a modestly less deprived poor country?
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Can India Avoid a Stall?
Avoiding the pitfalls
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Many countries have seen an episode of rapid growth,then poof! It’s gone:
Brazil
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After a great run of rapid growth Japan grew at 1% in the 1990s
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Philippines never recovers momentum…
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India’s many strengths: Bullish on the elephant
• It is behind—playing catch-up creates potential for super fast growth
• Democracy and political continuity• Elite education (see below)• Open ideology• Large (population and area) integrated market• Adequate, but not abundant resources• English as one (of many) languages
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Common causes of “stall”: So far not India’s problems
• Macro-economic imbalance caused by public sector borrowing and debt crisis (e.g. Brazil, Mexico 1982)
• Economic overheating without adequate means of adjusting to shocks in the financial sector (e.g. Japan real estate vs. USA)
• Exogenous shocks to terms of trade, neighbor competitiveness (Argentina 2002).
• Political shifts causing large amounts of investor uncertainty about the “rules of the game” (e.g. FSU, Indonesia, coming for China?)
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How might India stall?
• Fiscal space to meet infrastructure needs
• Regions are lagging—eventually the dog has to walk, not just the tail wag.
• Education is highly stratified—will the “services” sector absorb all “qualified” labor and sputter out
• Not able to sustain reforms to spur the growth process socially and politically
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Infrastructure is bad, might get worse, choke off innovation
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Some regions are suffering from infrastructure bottlenecks worse than
othersFigure 3.17. Percent of respondents identifying
infrastructure as major or severe obstacle
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India is not well places in many indicators of “governance”
Rank in: Control of corruption
Regulatory quality
Growth
China 63 94 3
Vietnam 105 135 4
India 86 101 14
Out of N: 151 180 136
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Regional growth: what is the dog, what is the tail
• Growth is concentrated in a few cities, mainly in the South and West
• Huge parts of India—some complete states (e.g. Bihar) and many rural areas are left behind
• Will regional laggards draw the overall down?
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Educational inequalities in India were (are?) worst in the world
Median attainment of richest 20%
Median attainment ofBottom 40%
India, top 20=10
India, bottom 40%=0
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Gaps in education by wealth and sex: TN and UP compared
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Social and Political Pressures of Rapid Growth
• Huge social tensions inherent in the transition called “development”
• Productive and unproductive ways to cope with those tensions (e.g. expanding opportunity versus extensive subsidies to well-off but adversely affected)
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India is low inequality in income (despite social stratification)
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Income inequality has increased dramatically in China
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Growth has, and does, reduce income poverty—even with inequality increasing if it
is fast enough…
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How to accelerate growth?
• Increased accumulation versus improved productivity—do you want to?
• Accelerations from high to higher are relatively rare
• Firm signals of committed future direction are as important as dramatic actions
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Acceleration of growth
• Raising the magnitude of private investment—– More favorable investment climate
• Continuing strong growth in productivity
• Continuing stream of innovations/introduction of new sectors
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Is there a key binding constraint?
• Financial sector?
• Labor market reforms?
• Infrastructure?
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Conclusions:
• India is a rich country in waiting
• India moved in the right direction in the 1990s
• Steady as she goes is good--stall must be avoided
• Acceleration is possible—the ride will be bumpy the faster it goes