GS – Ten things for India to achieve its 2050 potential

Goldman Sachs has a good paper on key priorities for India to achieve its potential. High on the list is to improve governance at various levels, including:

  • Improving accountability of politicians
  • Enhancing clarity in roles and responsibilities
  • Organization of citizens to demand better services

The broad roadmap suggests more public-private partnerships, transparency with respect to information and decentralization. Incidentally, GS has also come up with its expectations from the budget and the list on governance looks pretty interesting.

Governance reforms - GS expectations from budget 2009

Governance reforms - GS expectations from budget 2009

1 Response to “GS – Ten things for India to achieve its 2050 potential”

  1. Dipinder says:

    I agree (as most developmental academics also now do) that innovation (driven by an egalitarian middle class) and internal governance/institutional reforms are the key for India’s growth.

    I will put electoral reforms at the top of the governance reforms list though. To seriously contest and win a parliamentary seat in India, one needs to be corrupt and spend much more (5 Cr+) than the official limit (Rs 25 lakhs). This is one root cause where corruption begins and accountability ends.

    Freedom Team of India offers a solution. Visit http://freedomteam.in to learn more and/or read the book “Breaking Free of Nehru: let’s unleash India” by Mr. Sanjeev Sabhlok.

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