[08.09.02 印度 经济时报] 印度怎么才能赶上中国?
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[原文标题] Catching up with China: India needs to focus on social factors
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/India_to_focus_on_social_areas_to_catch_up_with_China/articleshow/3434132.cms
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[原文] (by Ramgopal Agarwala)
With China basking in the glory of the Olympics, it is natural to be dazzled by her economic and social achievements. It is also understandable for many in India and abroad to feel that India is not in the same league as China so far as development is concerned and proposals for economic co-operation among them do not fall in the category of co-operation among equals.
China is indeed the most impressive and the most important story of development in human history as of today. Never before have so many people improved their lot so rapidly and that by relying on their own resources and ideas. Using World Bank’s data from World Development Indicators, we find that in 2006, India GDP per capita in international dollars was 53% of China’s, goods exports only 13%, goods imports 22%,and foreign direct investment 13%. Similarly in social dimension the gap is also large: in 2006, India’s literacy rate 61% as against China’s 90.9%; life expectancy at birth 64 years against China’s 72 years.
What may come as a surprise to many in India and abroad is how recent is China’s surge and how in most economic indicators India today (2006) is behind China by only about ten years. If India can achieve double digit GDP growth rates for the next ten years (which is only slightly higher than its performance in the last five years), it will, by 2015, catch up with China today (2006).
In 2006, India’s GDP per capita in PPP constant 2005 dollars was $2392.7—ahead of China’s only eight years ago (1998), when it was $2330.5. During the last four years (2002-2006), the annual growth rate in India’s per capita income was 7.25% and if this rate can be maintained, by 2015 India will be ahead of China’s per capita income in 2006.
Much is made of China’s open economy, in particular, its exports. India’s merchandise exports in 2006 were $120.2 billion, which was equal to China’s only 12 years ago ($121billion in 1994) and if India can maintain the growth rate of its exports during 2002-2006 , its exports will, by 2015, be equal to China’s in 2006 ($968.9 billion). India’s exports of goods and services as percentage of GDP were 23% in 2006, higher than China’s only 7 years ago (20.4% in 1999). Similar situation prevailed for imports.
India’s Foreign direct investment in 2006, at $7.8 billion, were higher than China’s in 1992 ($7.2 billion), but they are growing rapidly and at the current rate of growth they will catch up China’s in 2006 ($60.3 billion) by 2015.
In terms of the structure of GDP, India is tracking the Chinese experience in share of agriculture. The share of services in India is higher than China’s while that of industries lower. But, in that respect, China’s situation is abnormal, out of line with the experience of other middle-income and high-income countries. Over time, as the world moves toward a knowledge economy, India’s emphasis on services will prove to be the winning strategy.
There are some areas such as use of tractors per hectare, agricultural value added per farmer, information, communication and technology as percentage of GDP, where India is actually ahead of China.
India is set to accelerate its growth rate while China’s will slow down largely due to demographic factors. So far as economic indicators are concerned , by 2020, India is highly likely to surpass China of 2008 and may, at least on that basis, be ready to host the Olympics. It is in social areas that India is truly behind China and it needs to accelerate its progress considerably to catch up by 2015 with China of today.
In 2004, 20% of India’s population was undernourished and India was behind China by 23 years. The rate of decline in this ratio was 0.14% per year between 1997-2004, which needs to be increased six fold if India is to reach the Chinese level of 2004 by 2014.
Literacy rate in India in 2006 was 61%, whereas that of China was 91%, and it was never below India’s in the last forty years. Here again, the rate of improvement needs to be increased dramatically if India is to match Chinese levels of today by 2015. Pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools in India is nearly twice the level of China’s and has shown no decline in recent years.
Mortality rate for under 5 in India was 76.4 per 1000 in 2006 whereas that in China was 24, and India is behind China by 30 years. The rate reduction of recent years (2.2 percentage point decline every year) needs to be trebled if India is to catch up by 2015 with China’s levels in 2006. Physicians per 1000 people were 0.6 in India in 2004 as against China’s 1.51 and, in the last forty years, there is no year when China fell short of India’s level today.
Here again, India needs to accelerate its progress six fold if it is to catch up by 2015 with China’s level in 2004.
The above numbers clearly suggest that while it is commonplace to bemoan India’s economic progress vis-à-vis China’s, the time lag is small. It is in social development that India needs to accelerate its progress dramatically. This finding resonates well with Amartya Sen’s recent lecture in the Parliament, where he drew attention to India’s miserable record on malnutrition and other forms of deprivation of masses.
当国际社会陶醉在北京奥运会的盛事中,人们的目光也被中国改革开放30年的成就所吸引。当我们将印度与中国比较时,发现两个国家的发展程度不在一个级别上。
中国经济的发展速度让世界震惊,在这么短的时间内就让数亿人口脱贫创造了历史记录。与中国相比,印度2006年的GDP(国内生产总值)只有中国的53%;出口产品总额是中国的13%;进口货物总额是中国的22%;国外直接投资金额是中国的13%。在其它方面差距也非常巨大,印度的识字率是61%,而中国是90.9%;印度人均寿命是64岁,中国是72岁。
从以上数据对比中,大家可以看到印度与中国的差距是如此明显。如果以年份来计算,印度现在的国力比中国2006年的水平落后10年。如果印度的GDP年增长率可以达到两位数,印度预计在2015年可以达到中国2006年的水平。以下是各个数据的发展趋势。
GDP---印度2006年GDP是2392.7美元,与中国1998年GDP2330.5美元相比要略多一些。如果保持印度现有增长率7.25%,2015年印度可以超过中国2006年水平。
商品出口总额---印度2006金额是120.2亿美元,大约等于中国12年前的水平。如果印度继续增长,2015年印度可以赶上中国2006年出口额。印度商品出口和外包服务金额占GDP比率为23%,高于中国7年前数值(1999年20.4%)。商品进口数值与出口情况相似。
国外直接投资FDI----印度2006年数值是7.8亿美元,高于中国1992年7.2亿美元的金额。但印度FDI增长迅速,2015年可以追平中国2006数值。
GDP构成--印度GDP中农业经济比重较大,工业比重较轻。但印度的软件业发展迅速,随着世界知识经济时代的发展,印度的发展模式比中国各具优势,拥有战略眼光。同时印度的农业机械化率,农民人均产值,信息通讯技术产业占GDP比重都要超过中国。
经济增长率---印度正在逐步提高经济增长率,而与此同时,中国的增长率会逐渐下降。原因就在于人口增长率。只要印度政府加强经济方面的发展,到2020年印度的经济就可以超过中国今天的成就。
国民营养不良比率--2004年,印度20%的人口存在营养不良的状况,落后中国23年。以每年0.14%的下降比率计算,印度在2014年可以达到中国2004年水平。
识字率---印度2006年是61%,而中国是91%。如果印度要赶上中国,需要大力提高教育水平。现在,印度中小学老师的数量只有中国的20%。
婴儿出生死亡率--印度每千个婴儿死亡人数是76.4,而中国是24.在这一方面,印度落后中国30年。现在,这一指标正以每年2.2%的比率下降。2015年可以赶上中国2006年水平。印度1000个人拥有的内科医生是0.6个,中国是1.51.
综合以上指标,印度如果要达到中国2004年水平,需要将发展速度提高六倍。政府应加大社会发展步伐,全力赶超中国。
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