Accelerating Development review: State-led growth is key

Is the Indian state, or rather, are Indian states, ready to embark on the journey to being viksit? If not, how can they prepare themselves? This is the question author Karthik Muralidharan seeks to answer in his magnum opus, Accelerating India's Development. With 130 pages of endnotes and 60 pages of references, to supplement 600 pages of text, there is certainly much in this book. The book is worth reading for the first half of most chapters alone — they are richly researched, lucidly written and are a very accessible introduction to the state of developmental policy in India, with…