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Cato Video • June 8, 2011 

# Swaminathan Aiyar gives a quick history of economic reform in India. 

Twenty years ago this summer, India introduced major economic reforms that have led to sustained high growth, reductions in mass poverty, and an ongoing transformation of Indian society. Cato Research Fellow Swaminathan Aiyar gave a quick history of these reforms and why they were politically possible at a Policy Forum on June 1, 2011. 

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##### [Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar](/people/swaminathan-s-anklesaria-aiyar)

Former Research Fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity