Obviously, India is not a failed state. Lant Pritchett of the Harvard Kennedy School has coined a new name for India: a “flailing state” – a state where the government’s extremely competent upper echelons are unable to control its inefficient lower levels, resulting in poor performance.
显而易见，印度并不是一个失败的国家。哈佛大学肯尼迪学院的兰特·普里切特为印度发明了一个新专属名词：“失控的国家”——在这个国家里，能力卓著的政府高层无法控制低效的底层人员，从而影响了执政效率。