Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Lessons from the People's Republic of China and India -- 2 Reforms in the People's Republic of China: Achieving Growth with Price Stability -- 3 Developing Physical Infrastructure: A Comparative Perspective on the Experience of the People's Republic of China and India -- 4 The People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Sector since 1978: Implications for India -- 5 State-Owned Enterprise Reforms in the People's Republic of China -- 6 Segmentation and Unification in the People's Republic of China's Labor Market: Lessons for India -- 7 An Overview of India's Growth and Development -- 8 The Experience of India's Software and Information Technology-Enabled Service Industries -- 9 Higher and Professional Education in India -- 10 India's Financial Sector Reform and Experience: Lessons for the People's Republic of China -- 11 Outstanding Entrepreneurs in India -- List of Tables -- Lessons from the People's Republic of China and India -- Table 1: Key Indicators for Selected Asian Developing Countries, 2006 -- Table 2: Sector Shares in Gross Domestic Product -- Developing Physical Infrastructure: A Comparative Perspective on the Experience of the People's Republic of China and India -- Table 1: Development of Infrastructure Capacity, People's Republic of China and India -- Table 2: Macroeconomic Indicators, People's Republic of China -- Table 3: Infrastructure Investment in 1998, 2005, and 2006 -- Table 4: Consolidated Fiscal Balance, People's Republic of China and India -- Table 5: Structure of Investment of National Economy -- Table 6: Sources of Funds for Fixed Investment in Infrastructure, 2006 -- Table 7: Return on Equity for the People's Republic of China's Publicly Traded Coal and Power Companies -- Table 8: Development of Road Infrastructure in the People's Republic of China.

Table 9: Effective Electricity Tariff, 2004 -- Table 10: Returns to Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution -- Table 11: India: Power Capacity Addition during the Five-Year Plans, Actual versus Target -- Table 12: Rural Electricity Development, 1987-2002 -- Table 13: Main Purpose of Rural Electricity Usage -- Table 14: Household Access to Electricity in India -- Table 15: Power Consumption in India by Category, 2003-2004 -- Table 16: Progress of the Road Network in India -- Table 17: Installed Power Capacity and Output Generated by Fuel Source, People's Republic of China -- Table 18: Installed Power Capacity and Output Generated by Fuel Source, India -- Table A.1: Macroeconomic Indicators, India -- Table A.2: Listed Power Companies in the People's Republic of China, End 2003 -- Table A.3: Road Mileage by Technical Condition -- Table A.4: Road Mileage by Pavement Classification -- Table A.5: Road Mileage by Administrative Level -- Table A.6: Electricity Prices in Selected People's Republic of China Provinces, 2004 -- Table A.7: Electricity Prices in Selected States of India, 2004 -- The People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Sector since 1978: Implications for India -- Table 1: Profile of Manufacturing Exports, People's Republic of China -- Table 2: Comparison of the Manufacturing Sector in the People's Republic of China and India, 1980-2005 -- Table 3: Regional Distribution of Industry in the People's Republic of China, 2004 -- Table 4: Changes in Total Factor Productivity in Industry in the People's Republic of China, 1952-2005 -- Table 5: Distribution of the People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Sector by Size -- Table 6: Educational Attainment of the Population -- Table 7: Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the People's Republic of China.

Table 8: Gross Industrial Output Value of Foreign-Funded Enterprises by Industry, 2000 and 2005 -- Table 9: Modes of Foreign Direct Investment in the People's Republic of China -- Table 10: Foreign Direct Investment Stock in the People's Republic of China, by Province, 2005 144 -- Table 11: Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to the People's Republic of China, by Country or Area of Origin -- Table A.1: Economic Indicators, People's Republic of China -- Table A.2: Growth of the Manufacturing Sector in the People's Republic of China, 1978-2006 -- Table A.3: Gross Output Value of Industry in the People's Republic of China, by Ownership -- Table A.4: Share of Manufactured Goods in Total Expenses -- Table A.5: Employment in the People's Republic of China's Manufacturing Sector -- Table A.6: Foreign-Funded Enterprise Contribution to Industrial Output, People's Republic of China -- Table A.7: Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment, People's Republic of China -- Table A.8: Checklist of Landmark Legislation of Foreign Direct Investment Policy in the People's Republic of China -- State-Owned Enterprise Reforms in the People's Republic of China -- Table 1: Evolution of State-Owned Enterprises -- Segmentation and Unification in the People's Republic of China's Labor Market: Lessons for India -- Table 1: Population, Labor Force, and Employment Indicators in the People's Republic of China -- Table 2: Urban Employment by Province -- An Overview of India's Growth and Development -- Table 1: Growth of Gross Domestic Product -- Table 2: India's Population Below Poverty Line -- Table 3: Performance of India's Information Technology Sector -- Table 4: Computer and Information Technology Exports -- Table 5: Structure of India's Services Exports -- Table 6: India's Information Technology Sector -- Table 7: Exports of Services, 2004.

Table 8: Sector Share in Real Gross Domestic Product -- Table 9: Annual Average Growth Rate at Constant Prices -- Table 10: Contribution to Economic Growth by Disposition of Expenditure -- Table 11: Savings and Investment -- Table 12: India's Open Economy -- Table 13: Foreign Direct and Foreign Portfolio Investment to Select Countries -- The Experience of India's Software and Information Technology-Enabled Service Industries -- Table 1: Revenues of India's Information Technology Industry, Fiscal Years 2005-2009 -- Table 2: Export Structure of India's Software Industry, Fiscal Years 2005-2008 -- Table 3: Output of Software Industry of the People's Republic of China and India in the Late 1990s -- Table 5: Wage Gaps between India and the United States, 2002-2003 -- Table 6: Comparison of Educational Endowments in Karnataka and West Bengal -- Table 7: Distribution of Headquarters of the Top 500 Software Firms in India, 2002 -- Table 8: Registered Software Companies in Recent Years in Bangalore, by Gross Exports -- Table 9: Progress of Kolkata Software Technology Park -- Table 10: Comparison of Labor Costs in India and the United States -- Table 11: Number of Indian Students in the United States after India's Liberalization Reform -- Table A.1: Production Value of India's Electronics and Information Technology Industry, Fiscal Years 2004-2009 -- Table A.2: Exports of India's Electronics and Information Technology Industry, Fiscal Years 2004-2009 -- Higher and Professional Education in India -- Table 1: Academic Structure of India's Higher and Professional Education -- Table 2: Growth of Institutions, Enrollment, and Teaching Faculty at Higher Education Institutions in India, 1948-2006 -- Table 3: Types of Higher Educational Institutes in India, Academic Year 2005-2006 -- Table 4: Areas of Concentration of Universities with Potential for Excellence.

Table 5: Indian Institutes of Technical Education -- Table 6: Number of Engineering and Technology Institutions, 1947-1989 -- Table 7: Technical and Vocational Programs -- Table 8: Regulatory and Statutory Bodies for Higher Education in India -- Table 9: Disciplines and Estimated Enrollment in Higher Education, Academic Year 2005-2006 -- Table 10: Higher Education Landmarks in the History of Modern India -- Table 11: Public Expenditure on Higher Education in India, Fiscal Year 2004 -- Table 12: Budget Expenditure on Higher Education, Fiscal Years 1990-2004 -- Table 13: Growth and Share of Career-Oriented Courses and Programs -- Table 14: Contrast in the Level of Social Development between India and the People's Republic of China -- Table 15: Distribution of Educational Expenditure in India and the People's Republic of China -- Table 16: Education Data for the Three Countries with the World's Largest Higher Education Enrollments, 2004 -- Table 17: Selected Indicators for Higher Education in India and the People's Republic of China -- Table 18: Enrollment, Outturn, and Stock of Higher Education Graduates, 2005 -- Table 19: Profiles of the Seven Indian Institutes of Technology -- India's Financial Sector Reform and Experience: Lessons for the People's Republic of China -- Table 1: Major Events of India's Financial Reform -- Table 2: Structure of India's Banking Industry -- Table 3: Banking Indicators in Fiscal Year 2004 -- Table A.1: Percent of All Scheduled Commercial Banks in Fiscal Year 2004 -- Table A.2: Foreign Banks Entry in India -- Table A.3: Reserve Bank of India Guidelines for Risk Management in India's Banking Industry -- Table A.4: Growth and Inflation in India, A Historical Record -- Table A.5: Market Capitalization of India's Stock Market -- Table A.6: Annual Turnover and Its Ratio over Gross Domestic Product.

Table A.7: Capital Raised in 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.