Kaushik Basu

About The Author

Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University.  From 2009 to 2012, during the UPA government's second term, Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.

Books by Kaushik Basu

The Indian Economy

Navigating a Global Turning Point

By Kaushik Basu, Sonalde Desai, Ashwini Deshpande and Nirvikar Singh
India stands at a crossroads. With a population of 1.4 billion, the world’s fifth-largest economy, and a geopolitical moment that creates the potential for it to be a preferred destination for investment flowing away from China, the country has rarely faced such a confluence of opportunity and pe...
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Policymaker's Journal

From New Delhi to Washington D.C.

By Kaushik Basu
This book charts the course of Kaushik Basu’s career over seven years, as he moved out of the cloisters of academe to the frenetic world of policymaking, first in India as Chief Economic Adviser to the Indian Government and after that as Chief Economist at the World Bank in Washington.

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