Sanjay Peters

In Search of Progress and Equilibrium

Original title:

En busca del progreso y el equilibrio. Experimentos en el desarrollo en la India

About the book:

In Search of Progress and Equilibrium

Experiments in economic development in India

For the past decades, economists from different countries have kept a close watch on the development policies and initiatives introduced by the different governments of the state of Kerala, in south east India. This interest has been attracted by the relatively high standard of living attained by this largely non-industrialised region. In fact, if Kerala were an independent state, it would be the ninth poorest country in the world. Notwithstanding, its social achievements can be compared to many developed countries with income levels ten or twenty times higher. How can this be explained?

Research carried out by professor Sanjay Peters offers an exhaustive analysis of the Kerala model, teasing out the various factors that have made this possible and looking into its potential for development.

About the author:

Sanjay Peters has a doctorate in Economics from Cambridge University. At the present time he is a lecturer in the department of Economics and is director of the Centro de Mercados Emergentes at the Barcelona-based IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra). He is also visiting scholar at the Centre of Asian Research at the Copenhagen Business School (University of Copenhagen). He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the United Nations and private companies.