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The problem is not lack of food production but distribution. There is a need for a lot of investment in infrastructure.
by alokm 14y ago
The problem is not lack of food production but distribution. There is a need for a lot of investment in infrastructure.
- rdl 14y agoWhat keeps India's infrastructure basically third-world while other (small, but rapidly growing) parts of the economy are world-class?
- anmol 14y agoReally bad governance. All the development and growth you hear about is driven by capitalism, private sector growth, and privatization of energy, telecommunication and other traditional government strongholds. The country is held back by public sector mismanagement and obscene corruption.
- ctchocula 14y agoNot sure if relevant, but the Geopolitics of the United States article claims the thesis that one reason the US got such a strong economy was because the rich Mississippi Basin had more navigable waterways than the rest of the world combined. It mentions the Ganges River by saying: "The Ganges River Basin is the most agriculturally productive in the world, but the Ganges is not navigable. The combination of fertile lands and non-navigable waterways makes the region crushingly overpopulated and poor."
- rdl 14y agoThat Stratfor article is amazingly good; I wish they'd post the second half publicly vs. requiring email (I'm reading it now). It's annoying they don't have a price between free and $349/yr. I'd pay $100-150.
- alokm 14y agoIts really a mixed bag. Some regions have phenomenal growth and are driving all the growth. Where as the poorer regions of the country are left in a vicious circle. Although that is changing but at a very slow rate.