Summing Up
N.S. JAGANNATHAN
TAMILNADU ECONOMY: PERFORM¬ANCE AND ISSUES by No Author Madras Institute of Development Studies, Madras, 1988, 378 pp., 60.00
Sept-Oct 1989, volume 13, No 5

Here is a definitive conspectus of the economy of Tamilnadu, giving a succinct description of its structural features, some of them stubbornly resistant to change even after 40 years of independence; an update on developments since indepen­dence, some of them striking, like, for example, the enormous extension of ground water irrigation; and an incisive analysis of policy issues, proximate and long term, all by acknowledged experts. Anyone seriously wishing to get to grips with the problems of economic develop­ment in Tamilnadu has now an excellent starting point for self-education.

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