Publications

Books 
  1. Economic Structure and Organisation, (with Lim Chong Yah, Chia Siow Yue, Huan Sye Hua and Ow Chwee Huay), Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1973, 1976 and 1985. Chinese Translation, Singapore: Pan Pacific Book Distributors, 1974, 1977. Malay Translation, Singapore: Pan Pacific Book Distributors, 1977.
  2. Inflation and Growth, (Editor), Singapore: Stamford College Press, 1974.
  3. National Accounts of West Malaysia, 1947 1971, Singapore: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1976.
  4. Malaysia: Development Pattern and Policy, 1947 71, Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1979.
  5. Income Inequality in Singapore, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan) Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1980.
  6. Policy Options for the Singapore Economy, (with Lim Chong Yah and 24 others), Singapore, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1988.
  7. India's Economic Future: Government, People and Attitudes, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1993.
  8. ASEAN External Debt Perspectives, with Teofilo Daquila and Woo Yen Pau, Singapore: Times Academic Publishers, 1994.
  9. Government and Economic Development: An Annotated Bibliography, with J V M Sarma and Shamini Dhana, New Delhi: Khama Publishers, 1994.
  10. Singapore - India: Emerging Linkages, (Joint Editor with Yong Mun Cheong), CAS Conference Series No. 1, Singapore: National University of Singapore, Centre for Advanced Studies, 1995.
  11. Singapore - India Relations: A Primer, (Joint Editor with Yong Mun Cheong), Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1995.
  12. India: Development Policy Imperatives, (Joint Editor with Vijay L Kelkar), New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  13. East Asian Economies: The Miracle, A Crisis and the Future, Singapore: McGraw-Hill, 2001
  14. Singapore into the 21st Century: Issues and Strategies, (Joint editor with Koh Ai Tee et al), Singapore: McGraw-Hill, 2002
  15. Visakhapatnam Development Report, 2003, (With contributions from other academics), Visakhapatnam: GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade, 2003.
  16. Intellectual Property Rights: A Primer, (jointly with Anita Rao), Forthcoming.
  17. Vizag Steel: Genesis, Turnaround and the Promising Future (Joint Editor of a collection of papers), Forthcoming.  
Awards for Books 
  • India's Economic Future: Government, People and Attitudes, (New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1993) received the DMA-ESCORTS book award 1994.
  • Singapore - India Relations: A Primer, (Joint Editor with Yong Mun Cheong, Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1995) received a commendation from the National Book Development Council of Singapore. 
Chapters in Books 
  1. Some notes on critical path scheduling techniques, Pre prints, Fourth International Conference on Operational Research, Boston: IFORS, 1966, 49 52.\
  2. A note on rural urban and regional fertility differentials in Andhra Pradesh as revealed by 1961 Census data, Report on Vital Statistics and Fertility Survey, Census of India, 1961 Volume II, Andhra Pradesh, Part I B, 1968, 59 64.
  3. Population growth and population characteristics, (with You Poh Seng and G. Shantakumar), in You Poh Seng and Lim Chong Yah (eds.), The Singapore Economy, Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 1971, 43 73.
  4. Progress in primary production, The Singapore Economy, Ibid. 246 262.
  5. Inflation and growth: The case of Malaysia, in V. V. Bhanoji Rao (ed.), Inflation and Growth, Singapore: Stamford College Press, 1974, 73 95.
  6. World inflation and its impact on Asia, Proceedings of an International Seminar for Trade Unions, Kuala Lumpur: 1974.
  7. Structural changes and change in income distribution, Singapore, 1966 1975, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan), in H. T. Oshima and T. Mizoguchi (eds.), Income Distribution by Sectors and Overtime in East and Southeast Asian Countries, Tokyo: January 1978, 67 83.
  8. Economic growth, employment expansion, and reduction in income inequality: The Singapore experience, 1966 1975, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan), in K. Ohkawa and B. Key (eds.), Asian Socio-Economic Development, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1980, 167 190.
  9. Real product and real income in export oriented economies with special reference to West Malaysia, Readings in Economics: Essays in Honour of Professor B. Sarveswara Rao, Bangalore: Kaveri Publishing House, 1981, 473 488.
  10. India, in W. van Ginneken and J. Park (eds.), Generating Internationally Comparable Income Distribution Estimates, Geneva: ILO, 1984, 69 74.
  11. Philippines, in W. van Ginneken and J. Park (eds.), Generating Internationally Comparable Income Distribution Estimates, Geneva: ILO, 1984, 113 118.
  12. Economic growth, poverty alleviation, income inequality and expenditure patterns: The Singapore case", (with Habibullah Khan), in Helmut Kurth (ed.), Economic Growth and Income Distribution, Manila: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, 1989, 172-191.
  13. Unrestricted labour mobility and world development, in Ong Jin Hui, Chan Kwok Bun and Chew Soon Beng (eds.), Crossing Borders: Transmigration in Asia Pacific, Singapore: Prentice-Hall, 1995, 49-67.
  14. India’s globalisation and Singapore - India relations, in Yong Mun Cheong and V.V. Bhanoji Rao (eds.), Singapore-India: Emerging Linkages, Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1995, 26-37.
  15. The Indian economy: Past progress, recent reforms and medium term potentials, in Yong Mun Cheong and V.V. Bhanoji Rao (eds.), Singapore- India Relations: A Primer, Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1995, 78-115.
  16. Income inequality in Singapore: Facts and policies, in Lim Chong Yah (ed.), Economic Policy Management in Singapore, Singapore: Addison-Wesley, 1996, 383-396.
  17. Singapore household income distribution data from the 1990 Census: Analysis, results and implications", in B. Kapur et al., (eds.), Development, Trade and the Asia-Pacific: Essays in Honour of Prof. Lim Chong Yah, Singapore: Prentice Hall, 1996, 92-104.
  18. Role of government in Singapore’s economic development”, in M.G.Asher and A. Tyabji (eds.), Fiscal System of Singapore: Trends, Issues and Future Directions, Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1996, 33-61.
  19. Comment, (on Japanese and US Exports and Investment as Conduits to Growth, by J Eaton and A Tamura), in T. Ito and A. O. Krueger (eds.), Financial Deregulation and Integration in East Asia, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and NBER, 1996, 73-75.
  20. Public expenditure and fiscal deficits in Vietnam: Trends and policy directions, in A Chin and H G Ng, (eds.), Transition Towards a Market: An Asian Perspective, Singapore: World Scientific, 1996, 343-356.
  21. APEC – India trade and investment linkages: Trends, potentials and implications, in Richard Hooley et al eds., Asia – Pacific Economic Co-operation: Theory and practice, Research in Asian Economic Studies, Volume 7, Part B, Greenwhich: JAI Press, 1996, 473-488.
  22. India and Southeast Asia: New partnership, in Sri Prakash et al eds., India and ASEAN : Economic Partnership in the 1990s and Future Prospects, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 1996, 21-30.
  23. APEC and India: Emerging linkages, in Sri Prakash et al eds., India and ASEAN : Economic Partnership in the 1990s and Future Prospects, New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House, 1996, 219-246.
  24. Economic reforms: The road travelled, in Vijay L Kelkar and V V Bhanoji Rao (eds.), India: Development Policy Imperatives, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1996, 1-41.
  25. India and the changing world, (with V L Kelkar), in Vijay L Kelkar and V V Bhanoji Rao (eds.), India: Development Policy Imperatives, New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 1996, 42-84.
  26. TFP growth in manufacturing industries in Asean: A study of FDI-intensive and other industries in Singapore (with a note on other Asean nations), (Jointly with S.M. Thangavelu), Papers and Proceedings of International Symposium on Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia, Tokyo: Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan, 1998, 231-266.
  27. The impact of FDI on the electronics industry in Singapore: Understanding the transfer of technology and trends in total factor productivity growth, (Jointly with S.M. Thangavelu), Papers and Proceedings of International Symposium: Foreign Direct Investment in Asia, Tokyo: Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan, 1998, 473-502.
  28. Political leadership for economic development and the case for reforming the polity, in J.L.Bajaj (ed), Indian Economy and the Institutional Set-up, New Delhi: Delhi Policy Group, 1999, 27-38.
  29. Income Distribution (with P Mukhopadhaya) in Koh Ai Tee et al (eds), Singapore into the 21st Century: Issues and Strategies, Singapore: McGraw-Hill, 2002,
  30. Freedom and Core Values for Indian Development (with M V Lakshmi), in Frank-Jurgen Richter and Parthasarathi Banerjee (eds), The Knowledge Economy in India, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 300-308.
  31. Openness for Efficiency, in Raj Kapila and Uma Kapila (eds), Economic Developments in India, Volume 92, New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2005, 85-88.
  32. Gross Domestic Product, Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  33. Gross National Product Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  34. Gini coefficient, Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  35. Globalization, Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  36. East Asian Miracle, Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  37. Absolute and Relative Poverty, Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge, 2006.
  38. Minimal Visible Inequality is Human Development, in S Mahendra Dev and K S Babu (eds), India: Some Aspects of Economic and Social Development, Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2008, 47-58.
  39. Introduction (Jointly with V K Kumar) in V K Kumar and Bhanoji Rao (eds), Vizag Steel: Genesis, Turnaround and the Promising Future. Forthcoming. 
  40. The Future, in V K Kumar and Bhanoji Rao (eds), Vizag Steel: Genesis, Turnaround and the Promising Future. Forthcoming. 
Articles in Refereed Journals  
  1. Two Production Functions Estimated for Andhra Pradesh Data, Artha Vijnana, December 1961, 308 316.
  2. Lobour Welfare and Productivity: An Econometric Approach, Indian Economic Journal, April 1962, 484 488.
  3. Population and Active Persons in Indian States, Asian Economic Review, November 1962, 64 78.
  4. Marginal Productivity of Labour in Manufacturing: Estimates for Selected States, Economic Weekly, December 15, 1962, 1915 1919.
  5. On the Agreement of some Rank Indicators as applied to Andhra Pradesh Districts, (ith R. S. S. Sarma and N. R. K. Swamy), Asian Economic Review, February 1963, 283 286.
  6. Production Functions for Indian Manufacturers, Journal of the Indian Statistical Association, July 1963, 134 139.
  7. A Study of Selected Industries by Size, (with N. R. K. Swamy), Economic Weekly, March 28, 1964, 609 614.
  8. Multiplier in Company Organization, Indian Journal of Commerce, September 1964, 199 203.
  9. A Guide to PERT, (with B. P. Kamath), TISCO Technical Journal, October 1965, 134 144.
  10. Some Thoughts on the Production Function, Ekonomicko Matematicky Obzor, January 1967, 78 88.
  11. A Note on PERT Parameters and Project Completion Probability, (with B. R. Dey), Opsearch, July 1967, 79 80.
  12. A Note on Productivity Estimation from Linear and Cobb Douglas Models, Artha Vikas, July 1967, 120 124.
  13. Some Statistical Tests of Significance Applicable to the Iron and Steel Industry, (with B. R. Dey), TISCO Technical Journal, October 1967, 165 175.
  14. Birth Rates and Economic Development: Some Observations from Japanese Data, (with B. R. Dey), Sankhya, 30(Series B), 1968, 149 156.
  15. Technical Progress in Tata Steel: A Few Observations, Indian Economic Review, October 1969, 167 172.
  16. Investment in Malaysia: Recent Trends and Targets, Asia Research Bulletin, October 1971, 311 315.
  17. Inter Sectoral Relationship and Structural Change in West Malaysia, 1960 67, Malayan Economic Review, October 1972, 40 65.
  18. A Brief Study of Age Specific Birth Proportions: Japan and Singapore,(with G. Shantakumar), Malayan Economic Review, October 1972, 16 24.
  19. Social Policy and Population Growth in Southeast Asia, (with You Poh Seng and G. Shantakumar), International Labour Review, May June, 1974, 459 470.
  20. Capital Labour Substitution in West Malaysia: Appraisal of Elasticity Estimates from Data on Employment Size Groups, (with G. Shantakumar), Philippines Review of Business and Economics, June 1975, 67 75.
  21. On Simple Random Sampling with and without Replacement, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan), Sankhya, 37, 1975, 207 210.
  22. Development Pattern of a Primary Export Oriented Economy: West Malaysia's Post-war Experience, Developing Economies, March 1976, 37 46.
  23. Elasticity of Capital Labour Substitution in West Malaysia: Estimates and Appraisal, (with K. V. Ramana), The Malayan Economic Review, April 1976, 91 104.
  24. Economic Growth, Structural Change and Income Distribution in Singapore, 1966 1975, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan), The Malayan Economic Review, October 1976, 92 122.
  25. A Note on the Decomposition of the Gini Ratio, (with M. K. Ramakrishnan), The Malayan Economic Review, October 1978, 36 39.
  26. An Analysis of Singapore Household Expenditure Distributions, 1956 57 and 1972 73, The Philippine Economic Journal, 1979, 4th Quarter, 616 629.
  27. A Study of Socio Economic Determinants of Family Planning Practice Based on Cross Country Regressions, (with Tsao Yuan), GENUS, December, 1980, 63 77.
  28. Measurement of Deprivation and Poverty Based on the Proportion Spent on Food: An Exploratory Exercise, World Development, April 1981, 337 355.
  29. Income Distribution in East Asian Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence, Asian Pacific Economic Literature, March 1988, 26 45
  30. Government Size and Economic Growth: A New Framework and Some Evidence from Cross Section and Time Series Data: Comment, American Economic Review, March 1989, 272 280.
  31. Income Inequality and Poverty in East Asia: Trends and Implications, Indian Economic Journal, October-December, 1989, 57-64.
  32. The Production Function Implied by a Linear Relation Between Wages and Average Product Per Worker, Sankhya, 50(Series B), 1990, 368-371.
  33. Income Distribution in Singapore: Trends and Issues, The Singapore Economic Review, April 1990, 143-160.
  34. Singapore Income Distribution Data: An Evaluation, Singapore Journal of Statistics, October 1990, 175-198.
  35. Human Development Report, 1990: A Review and Assessment, World Development, October 1991, 1451-1460.
  36. India's 1991-92 Budget: An Instrument for Fundamental Reforms, with M G Asher, Tax Planning International Review, 18(10), October 1991, 21-24.
  37. A Note on Financing Education: Towards a Strategy for the 1990's and Beyond, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, January 1992, 73-78.
  38. Singapore's 1992 Budget: Managing Transition to Sustainable Medium Term Growth, (with M G Asher), Tax Planning International Review, July 1992, 20-23.
  39. India's 1993/94 Budget: The Reform Process Accelerated, (with M G Asher), APTIRC Bulletin, 11(8), August 1993, 290-296.
  40. Globalization, development and Indian reform package, Economic and Political Weekly, 28(41), 9 October 1993, 2229.
  41. A Primer on Inequality, Times Economic Link, Oct-Dec 1993, 5-11.
  42. Some Issues in Income Inequality, (with P Smith), The Economic Review, 11(3), February 1994, 2-5.
  43. External Value of the Rupee: Aspects of Convertibility, Conference Volume, 76th Indian Economic Conference, Bombay: Indian Economic Association, February 1994, 9-13.
  44. India's 1994-95 Budget: Strengthening the Foundations for Growth and Stability, (with M G Asher), APTRIC Bulletin, 12(4), April 1994, 141-145.
  45. Mobilizing Direct Foreign Investment: Lessons from East Asia, Economic and Political Weekly, 30(34), August 26, 1994, 2112-13.
  46. Sources of Growth in the Singapore Economy and its Manufacturing and Service Sectors, (with C Lee), Singapore Economic Review, 40(1), April, 1995, 83-116.
  47. Indian Economic Reforms and ASEAN–India Economic Relations, Journal of Asian Economics, 7(4), Winter, 1996, 759-768.
  48. East Asian Economies: Growth within an International Context, Economic and Political Weekly, 33(6), February 7, 1998, 291-296.
  49. Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Singapore Economy: Some Econometric Estimates (with David Owyong), Singapore Economic Review, 43(1), April 1998, 74-81.
  50. East Asian Economies: The Crisis of 1997-98, Economic and Political Weekly, 33(23), June 6-12, 1998, 1397-1416.
  51. East Asian economies: Trends in Poverty and Income Inequality, Economic and Political Weekly, 34(18), May 1, 1999, 1029-1039.
  52. TFP Growth in the Electronics Industry of Singapore (with S. M. Thangavelu), Singapore Economic Review, 44(2), September 1999.
  53. ASEAN after the Crisis, Seminar, October-December 1999.
  54. Towards an Explicit Inclusion of Core Human Values in Development Discourse, Scima, (Systems and Cybernetics in Management), 26(2-3), 1999, 75-85.
  55. The East Asian Crisis of 1997-98: Implications for India, Global Business Review, 1(1), 2000, 1-10.
  56. Do Poor Countries Grow Faster than Rich Countries? (With S. M. Thangavelu), Applied Economics Letters, 7(2), October 2000, 629-632.
  57. The Miracle of Low Income Inequality: Taiwan, 1976-97 (With P. Mukhopadhaya), Journal of Income Distribution, 2001.
  58. East Asian economies: Trends in Saving and Investment, Economic and Political Weekly, 36(13), March 31, 2001, 1123-11133.
  59. The Gini Coefficient - A Note (With P. Mukhopadhaya), The Indian Economic Journal, April-June 2001, 48, 4, 65-7.
  60. Explaining Cross-country Variation in Income Inequality Based on the Best Income Distribution Data, Economic and Political Weekly, 38, April 26, 2003, 1645-1648.
  61. Earnings Inequality in Singapore (With D S Banerjee and P. Mukhopadhaya), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 8(2), 2003, 210-228.
  62. Income Inequality and Public Policy: Lessons and Implications of East Asian and Global Patterns, South Indian Journal of Social Sciences, 3 (1), 2005, 1-8.  
Monographs and Reports 
  1. GNP Per Capita Estimates for European Centrally Planned Economies: Alternative Approaches, Evaluation and Recommendations, World Bank, June, 1979.
  2. Indonesia: Population, ur Force and Employment, World Bank, February 1982.
  3. Poverty in Indonesia, 1970 1980: Trends, Associated Characteristics and Research Issues, World Bank, January 1984.
  4. Indonesia: Selected Aspects of Spatial Development (in 5 volumes), World Bank Report No. 4776 IND, November 1984.
  5. The Philippines: Recent Trends in Poverty, Employment and Wages, World Bank Report No. 5456 PH, June 1985.
  6. The Philippines: Key Issues in the Public Corporate Sector, World Bank, January 1986.
  7. Causality Between Public Expenditure and GNP: The Indian Case Revisited, with JVM Sarma, Working Paper No. 6/1992, New Delhi: National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, July 1992.
  8. Land Reforms: Recent Trends and Policy Options, Working Paper No. 20/1992, Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change, December 1992
  9. Spatial Industrial Development and Implications for Manpower Development, Technical Report No. 10, Jakarta: Bureau of Manpower, Bappenas.
  10. Indian Economy: Past Progress, Recent Reforms, and Medium-Term Potentials, MPP Working Paper Series No.2, Singapore: National University of Singapore, 1994.
  11. Indian Economy: Budget 1995 and Prospects, 1995-2000, Publication No 3/95, Study Group on Singapore-India Relations, Singapore: National University of Singapore.
  12. Asean Economic Co-operation and the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA): A Primer, Kuala Lumpur: Institut Kajian Dasar Malaysia, 1996.
  13. Strategic Thinking to Achieve Water MDGs, With K E Seetharam, Discussion Paper, Manila: Asian Development Bank, March 2006.
  14. Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation in Asia: Indicators and Implications, Discussion Paper issued as part of the Asian Water Development Outlook, Manila: Asian Development Bank, November, 2007.