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Global Economic Crisis : Impact and Restructuring of the Services Sector in India

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  • Abhijit Das

    (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI))

  • Rashmi Banga
  • Dinesh Kumar

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The Indian economy has shown considerable resilience to the global economic crisis by maintaining one of the highest growth rates in the world. The services sector accounted for around 88% of the growth rate in real gross domestic product in 2008–09. To demystify the relatively resilient growth of the services sector in India, this study examines both the demand-side and the supply-side factors that have contributed to its growth To assess the role of external demand, income elasticity of export demand for the aggregated services and some of the disaggregated services of India were estimated. It was found that the main driver of growth in India’s services sector is growth in the domestic demand for services and not growth in the export of services. The contribution of the growth of the export of services to the growth of the overall services sector was only 22%. In order to examine the role of supply-side factors, total factor productivity growth was estimated in the services sectors that have contributed substantially to overall growth, which are the software and banking services. Using Data Envelopment Analysis at the firm level, it was found that both these sectors experienced productivity growth above 10% after 2000. High domestic demand and high productivity growth largely explain the resilience of India’s services growth.

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Paper provided by East Asian Bureau of Economic Research in its series Microeconomics Working Papers with number 23225.

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Keywords: Global Economic Crisis; services sector; India; Productivity growth; Data Envelopment Analysis;

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  • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
  • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
  • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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  1. Sugata Marjit, "undated". "Virtual Trade and Growth," Economics Working Papers 02-01/2015, School of Business Administration, American University of Sharjah.
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