The author points out that the Industrial Revolution in the West was followed by a major decline in artisan activities in the colonies and semi-colonies in the East. One of the worst sufferers was the Indian sub-continent under British rule. He discusses "de-industrialisation" of the...

The study observes that in the 1980s, India's balance of trade deficit showed a tendency to decline in the face of a more rapid growth of exports than imports. The seven year period under NEP(1991-98), however, did not accelerate the process. Rather there is some indication of its failure on the...

Trade Liberalisation in developing countries over the last 20 years has often been implemented considering it as a pre-requisite to growth. This paper uses ARDL approach to cointegration and examines the relationships between growth and trade liberalisation in the context of India and Korea....