Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fast Growing Economies -- 2.1 Definitions and Un-sustainability -- 2.2 High Growth Economies (HGEs) -- 2.3 Potential High Growth Economies (pHGEs) -- 2.4 Catch up Growth and Middle Income Trap -- 2.5 Sustaining Growth : Lessons -- 3. Political Economy -- 3.1 Institutional Responses -- 3.2 Conflict Resolution -- 3.3 Fiscal Lessons from Financial Crises -- 4. India : Economic Reforms and Growth Transition -- 4.1 J Curve : Heuristic Theory -- 4.2 Phasing of Liberalization : Competition Dynamics -- 4.3 Timing of Sector Liberalization -- 4.4 Public-Private Mix -- 4.5 Incomplete Reforms: Threat and Opportunity -- 5. Domestic Enterprenur led Growth -- 5.1 Potential Growth -- 6. Policy Reforms for Sustaining Growth -- 6.1 Oil/energy -- 6.2 Food Prices and Policy -- 6.3 Urban Governance : Land Market -- 6.4 Human Capital : Skills -- 6.5 Resource Rents and Corruption -- 6.6 Macro Economics -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. References -- Tables -- 1. Decade Average per Capita GDP growth - Cross correlation -- 2. Fast growth period - per Capita Gdp growth and Potential Determinants -- A2.1 Asian HGEs rate of Growth of per capita GDP -- A2.2 Asian pHGEs rate of Growth of per capital GDP -- Figures -- 1. Potential Growth rate of Indian Economy -- 2. Post 1990 Trend and J Curve -- A3.1 Growth Phases II and III and J curve effect on latter -- A4.1 Annual Rate of Growth of GDP at Market Prices (2004-5 prices) -- A4.2 Rate of Growth of GDP at 2004-5 market price (quarterly) -- Charts -- 1. Economies whose fast growth was due to Recovery from Past Collapse -- 2. High Growth Economies (1961 to 2011) -- 3. Economies which showed Fast growth because of Recovery from Past Collapse -- 4. Economies which showed High Growth Potential (1961-2011) -- 5. Ratio of country PcGdp PPP to USA at start and end of fast growth period.

6. Catch-up Growth-Middle Income Trap (MIT) -- Appendices -- 1. Asian Fast Growing Economies -- 2. China Growth -- 3. Testing the J Curve Hypothesis -- 4. Recent Trends, Cycles and Shocks.