India's Rising Growth Potential

Dear e-educator:

In its latest assessment dated January 22, 2007, of India's long-term economic outlook, which is titled, "India's Rising Growth Potential," Goldman Sachs suggests that India's influence on the world economy will be bigger and quicker than implied in its previously published BRICs research. (BRICs stand for "Brazil, Russia, India and China")

To read the full report, please log on to http://www.usindiafriendship.net/ and click the first topic under "Most recent Viewpoints", which is titled, "New Goldman Sachs Report: India's Rising Growth Potential, January 22, 2007 (PDF). "

Cheers,

Ram Narayanan
US-India Friendship
http://www.usindiafriendship.net/

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