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Why India will* overtake China – II

My brother-in-law pointed me in the direction of this extraordinary site some days back. 

It has some amazingly cool presentations on global development statistics and trends.

For a fascinating perspective, see this chart check the box labelled “trails” (bottom right) and chart India and China from 1979 to date.

india_china-trends.png  It may just make the case for why India may overtake China in income and development indicators over the next 2-3 decades if it continues on the same trajectory.

For those of you who missed it, heres “Why India will* overtake China – I

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* And in case you are still wondering about the title (which was in the best traditions of sensationalism), I accept it should be “might” rather than “will”…

April 15th, 2007 Posted by Shantanu | China, Development Issues, Emerging Markets, India | 4 comments