Amartya sen, a professor of economics at harvard and a nobel laureate, has argued: "for india to match china in its range of manufacturing it needs a better-educated and healthier labor force at all levels of society." source: amartya sen, "why india trails china," wall street journal, june 19, 2013. education and health care are important for economic growth because
a. the average diet in india is far less healthy than in china.
b. a well-educated and healthy workforce has higher productivity.
c. jobs are being outsourced from india to china as a result of faster internet technology.
d. it is unfair when some people have better education and health care than others.
india has been able to experience rapid economic growth since 1991 despite poor educational and health care systems because
a. the government scaled back central planning, reduced regulations, and introduced market-based reforms.
b. the indian people started to put aside their religous and cultural differences to make the country a better place.
c. the government provided modern sewer systems serviced to the vast majority of it inhabitants.
d. the british left a legacy of infrastructure including an efficient train system and world class ports.