it is very easy to calculate a country's GDP, just times total government budget of the year by 5, that is it, for example India 2026 total budget is $630 billion, so India 2025 GDP is 5x$630 billion= $3.15 trillion. since a country's GDP is what a country can spend, the road site food service does not make any sense in GDP
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People don't know about him much... Raj, this is huge!!!
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Abhijit Banerjee's explanation of why lump-sum aid works better than monthly transfers is groundbreaking. His Kenya experiment showing that a 2-year lump sum created more businesses than 12 years of monthly payments perfectly illustrates the S-shaped poverty trap curve. This is the kind of evidence-based economics India needs to hear more about.