World Bank economist Ejaz Ghani has pointed to several factors, including the size of India's middle class, the improving quality of local government

World Bank economist Ejaz Ghani has pointed to several factors, including the size of India's middle class, the improving quality of local government and regional stability that could boost incomes till 2025. By that year, he reckons that the size of India's middle class, now around 60 million, would grow to a billion people. Consumption will grow, poverty will drop sharply.