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Jagdish Bhagwati on India

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The Pull-Up Strategy: Economic Growth and Its Impact on Poverty in India

This chapter examines the significant growth in India's economy since the 1991 reforms and critiques the trickle-down theory of poverty alleviation. It introduces a 'pull-up strategy' demonstrating how economic growth can directly improve the living standards of the poor through greater opportunities and increased social spending.

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