Indian economy doing well but faces a challenge in the infrastructure sector which it needs to improve
Media Release
Apr. 24, 2006

Terming India's economic growth as "impressive", the World Bank and IMF have said the country faces a challenge in the infrastructure sector which it needs to improve in order to attract more foreign investment.

"Overall, India is doing impressively well, and it's a very encouraging story of how a very large country with an extraordinarily diverse population can make real inroads in poverty reduction and in development with a democratic system, and I think that's encouraging," World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said at a press conference in Washington.

"I think Indian officials aren''t satisfied with the 7 per cent growth, but I must say that is impressive, and I think they are making every effort to do more," Wolfowitz said after the conclusion of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Observing that India was attaining its growth rate with very low inflation, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Rodrigo de Rato said, "the growth rate shows that the Indian economy is becoming much more efficient."

On the issue of corruption, the head of the World Bank remarked, "...As I said in my opening comments, the problem with corruption, which is a problem that affects even the richest countries in the world, is one that can''t be eliminated overnight. You have to tackle it progressively".

"And I think many of the countries we''re dealing with are doing that. I just came back from Indonesia, and it's almost a national preoccupation is the fight against corruption, and from the President on down to ordinary people in the street, it's something that Indonesians believe needs to be tackled in order to tackle the problem of poverty in their country, and I have seen that in many other countries in the world, including India," Wolfowitz remarked.

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