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The two countries (India and Pakistan) have done
extremely well in doubling their per capita incomes –
in spite of the high growth rate of population.

Success and Failures of Strategies in China

Success Failures

There were decentralised planning and existence of There was the slow pace of growth and lack of
a small enterprise. modernisation

The Maoist vision of economic development on
There was an extension of basic health services in decentralisation, self-sufficiency and shunning of
many rural areas.
foreign technology was a fail.

Despite extensive land reforms, collectivisation,
Through the commune system, there was a more the great leap forward and other initiatives, the per
equitable distribution of foodgrains. capita gain output in 1978 was the same as it was
in the mid-1950s.

There was an existence of infrastructure in the
areas of education and health and land reforms. –

Why does China have an edge over India?

The Chinese reform process began more strongly and comprehensively during the 1980s. At this
time, India was in the mid-stream of a rather slow growth process.

By then, the rural poverty in China was declining by 85% during the period from 1978 to 1989.
In India, at this time, it was declining by only 50%. Moreover, the global exposure to the
Chinese economy has been far wider than the Indian economy. Also, China’s export-driven