Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai hosts the launch of "A Sixth of Humanity" by Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur

Chennai, Dec. 3 -- Chief Economic Advisor of India and Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics andProf Devesh Kapur, Starr Foundation Professor of South, Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins, University (SAIS) at its campus. The book examines India's development trajectory through a set of structural themes and long-term trends that shape the country's political, economic and social landscape.

A Sixth of Humanity traces India's development through five interconnected themes: how a diverse nation was forged, how democracy advanced ahead of prosperity, how the state has delivered public goods with uneven capacity, how markets have expanded without always achieving structural transformation and how society navigates ...