Improving India’s Saving Performance

January 1, 1997

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Martin Mühleisen. Improving India’s Saving Performance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

This paper discusses recent trends in Indian saving behavior and reviews policy options to increase domestic saving. In the absence of forceful policy measures, private saving would continue to rise gradually, but probably not by enough to finance the government’s growth target of 7 percent over the next decade. The most promising way to boost domestic saving would be through increased public saving and a strong structural reform program, including financial liberalization, which would initiate a virtuous growth-saving circle. To increase the efficiency of the savings allocation, particular attention should be paid to long-term saving instruments.

Subject: Domestic savings, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Insurance, Mutual funds, National accounts, Pension spending, Pensions, Private savings

Keywords: Domestic saving, Domestic savings, East Asia, Growth-saving circle, Insurance, Mutual funds, Pension spending, Policy instrument, Private savings, Rate, Saving, Saving rate, Savings puzzle, WP, Yield

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Pages:

31
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1997/004
Stock No:

WPIEA0041997
ISBN:

9781451842005
ISSN:

1018-5941

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