Padma Desai, economist, 1931–2023

8th May 2023

In this Financial Times obituary, Shruti Rajagopalan remembers Padma Desai as a pioneering economist whose work on planning, industrial policy, and transition economies shaped debates on India’s reform trajectory and beyond.

Read the full article: https://www.ft.com/content/f7da279a-28e6-455d-9036-69973921c113

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