Ten Things for India to Achieve its 2050 Potential

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"Ten Things for India to Achieve its 2050 Potential"

"Ten reforms to maximize growth\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>As we have shown before, India could be 40 times bigger by 2050.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>To achieve this, India needs to implement many changes.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>India needs to improve its governance, control inflation, introduce credible fiscal policy, liberalize financial markets and increase trade with its neighbors.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>It also needs both to significantly raise its basic educational standards, and increase the quality and quantity of its universities.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>India needs to boost agricultural productivity, improve its infrastructure and environmental quality.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>Delivery of all these would ensure strong, persistent, medium to long-term growth, allowing India to reach its amazing potential.\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"/content/dam/gs/gscom/pdfs/insights/archive/archive-pdfs/ten-things-india.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download the full report [PDF]</a>\r\n"

Ten reforms to maximize growth
<ul>
<li>As we have shown before, India could be 40 times bigger by 2050.
</li>
<li>To achieve this, India needs to implement many changes.
</li>
<li>India needs to improve its governance, control inflation, introduce credible fiscal policy, liberalize financial markets and increase trade with its neighbors.
</li>
<li>It also needs both to significantly raise its basic educational standards, and increase the quality and quantity of its universities.
</li>
<li>India needs to boost agricultural productivity, improve its infrastructure and environmental quality.
</li>
<li>Delivery of all these would ensure strong, persistent, medium to long-term growth, allowing India to reach its amazing potential.
</li>
</ul>
<a href="/pdfs/insights/archive/archive-pdfs/ten-things-india.pdf" target="_blank">Download the full report [PDF]</a>

"Jim O’Neill \r\nManaging Director, Investment Management Division\r\nTushar Poddar \r\nVice President, Investment Management Division\r\n"

Jim O’Neill 
Managing Director, Investment Management Division
Tushar Poddar 
Vice President, Investment Management Division

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