We need a candid appraisal of past failures in our foreign aid programs and a sweeping growth-oriented revision of the IMF's austerity mind-set.

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The deals show that foreign companies are willing to invest in consumer-oriented Indian companies despite regulatory headaches and a slowing economy.

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So the government has seized on the idea of creating four new research-oriented institutions from scratch, with foreign universities as partners and, crucially, promises of autonomy.

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First, it is much smaller than China, so it will have to be more export-oriented and it will have to work harder for foreign investment.

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The bank also estimates that profit-oriented investors (including trust banks, investment trusts, individuals and foreign funds) now own a greater proportion of those shares than do cross-holding banks and business partners who frequently prop up bad managers.

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As every foreign investor knows, China is changing from an export driven economy to a more consumer-oriented one.

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