Expectations are high that India will finally realise its full economic potential through a combination of Modi magic, its abundant young labour force and a more liberal policy regime. A recent adjustment in the country’s accounting has led to claims that it may already have replaced China as the world’s fastest growing economy. Yet, if India is to achieve the same sustained success as China, it needs to take a hard look at why its urbanisation process has failed so miserably in comparison.
人們普遍預(yù)期，有了莫迪(Modi)的“魔法”、充裕的年輕勞動(dòng)力以及更為自由的政策機(jī)制，印度最終將充分實(shí)現(xiàn)其經(jīng)濟(jì)潛力。最近印度調(diào)整了國(guó)內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值(GDP)計(jì)算方式，結(jié)果使一些人宣稱(chēng)，該國(guó)可能已經(jīng)取代中國(guó)成為全球增長(zhǎng)最快的經(jīng)濟(jì)體。然而，要想像中國(guó)那樣取得持續(xù)成功，印度就需要認(rèn)真審視一下，與中國(guó)相比，本國(guó)的城市化進(jìn)程為何遭遇慘敗。