Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London). Dr. Eichengreen served as a senior policy advisor at the International Monetary Fund from 1997-98. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he has published widely on international monetary and financial affairs, including Financial Crises and What to Do About Them; Toward A New International Financial Architecture: A Practical Post-Asia Agenda; and Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System.
Poonam Gupta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. She has previously worked as an economist in the International Monetary Fund's Research Department, Asia and Pacific Department and the European Department. She has frequently consulted for the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Asian and Development Bank. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. Her research interests include issues related to financial crises, capital flows, financial sector, structural transformation and growth, and issues related to the Indian growth experience. Her work has been published in the leading academic journals and in collective volumes.
Rajiv Kumar is Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. Dr Kumar has been a Member of the National Security Advisory Board since August 2006 and member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India since January 2007. From August 2004 to January 2006, Dr. Kumar was Chief Economist with the Confederation of Indian Industry and worked with ADB, Manila for over 10 years as the Principal Regional Economist for Central Asia. He has written several books and contributes regularly to newspapers and journals.

• Part 1: China and India in the Global Economy


• 1: Alan Heston: What can be Learned about the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?


• 2: Barry Bosworth, Susan Collins, and Aaron Flaaen: Trading with Asia's Giants


• 3: Zhi Wang and Shang-Jin Wei: The Chinese Export Bundles: Patterns, Puzzles and Possible Explanations


• Part 2: Contrasts in Development Experience


• 4: Bart Van Ark, Abdul Azeez Erumban, Vivian Chen, and Utsav Kumar: The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective


• 5: Franklin Allen, Rajesh Chakrabarti, Sankar De, Jun Qian, and Meijun Qian: Law, Institutions and Finance in China and India


• 6: Przemek Kowalski: China and India: A Tale of Two Trade Integration Approaches


• Part 3: Challenges to Sustaining Growth


• 7: Eswar Prasad: China's Growth Model: Choices and Consequences


• 8: Jahangir Aziz: Deconstructing China's and India's Growth: The Role of Financial Policies


• 9: Catherine Y. Co, Fanying Kong, and Shuangling Lin: Pollution across Chinese Provinces


• 10: Poonam Gupta, Rana Hasan, and Utsav Kumar: Employment and Growth in Indian Manufacturing Post Reform

This book explores the rapid growth and development of China and India and looks at some of the issues this raises for the countries concerned, and their impact on the world economy.