Contents Preface. Prof. C.H. Hanumantha Rao a tribute. Prof. C.H. Hanumantha Rao's Publications awards and other accomplishments. Introduction and overview. I. Macro issues in development 1. Economic reforms and changing role of the Reserve Bank of India/Y.V. Reddy. 2. Fiscal federalism some current concerns/C. Rangarajan. 3. Economics politics and governance/Bimal Jalan. 4. Perspectives on macroeconometric models for India/K. Krishnamurty. 5. Shocks and long run growth in agriculture a macroeconomic analysis/B.B. Bhattacharya and Sabyasachi Kar. 6. Globalisation liberalisation and performance of firms emerging trends from literature/N.S. Siddharthan. II. Issues in agricultural development 7. Indian economic strategies after Doha/Yoginder K. Alagh. 8. Pro poor growth the relation between agricultural growth and poverty reduction/John W. Mellor. 9. Some aspects of total factor productivity in Indian agriculture/K.L. Krishna. III. Equity and emerging institutions in agricultural development 10. Agrarian communities across Asia a provisional framework for comparison/Yujiro Hayami. 11. Agricultural growth and regional variations/G.S. Bhalla. 12. Trade policies incentives investments and institutions in Indian agriculture/Ashok Gulati. 13. Withdrawal of subsidies from irrigation and fertiliser impact on small and marginal farmers/Kanchan Chopra. 14. Globalisation neo liberal economic policies and small farmer development/Y.V. Krishna Rao. 15. Changes in Agrarian structure and agricultural technology Is peasant farming sustainable under institutional retrogression/D. Narasimha Reddy. 16. Insuring against bad weather recent thinking/Peter Hazell and Jerry Skees. IV. Poverty and environment 17. The elusive goal of empowerment a review of the emerging phase in poverty reduction/V.M. Rao. 18. Environment employment and sustainable development understanding the linkages in India/Indira Hirway and Piet Terhal. 19. Climate change and its abatement towards a better project design/Gopal K. Kadekodi. Annexures. The volume begins with Macro Issues in Development covering issues such as changing role of Reserve Bank of India fiscal federalism performance of firms macro modeling and governance. The next two themes are issues in agricultural development and equity and emerging institutions in agricultural development. These sections cover important issues relating to agriculture ranging from WTO and trade to small farmer development. It is known that Prof. Rao has extensively worked on agriculture and rural development in India. The last section is poverty and environment. The papers included in this section cover issues on poverty reduction sustainable development and employment and climate change. At this stage of India's development analysis of above issues is important for framing better policies to achieve growth and equity in India. Surely the essays included in this volume would be quite useful for researchers policymakers and students. 528 pp. Seller Inventory # 61498.