The achievements of Manmohan Singh, who died at the age of 92 on December 26 2024, make him one of the most important policymakers of our era. Today’s economically dynamic India is his legacy. Almost as significant is the example he gave of intelligent, informed and honourable public service. Singh took ideas seriously, yet was unfailingly courteous and open to the ideas of others. I had the privilege of knowing him from 1974, when I was a senior economist in the World Bank’s India Division and he was the government of India’s chief economic adviser. He was one of the greatest men I have known.
曼莫漢•辛格(Manmohan Singh)於2024年12月26日逝世，享年92歲。他的成就，使他成爲我們這個時代最重要的政策制定者之一。今天充滿活力的印度經濟是他留下的遺產。他作爲睿智、有見地且高尚的公職人員所樹立的典範幾乎具有同樣重要的意義。辛格重視思想，卻一貫謙遜有禮，總是對別人的想法抱著開放的態度。我有幸從1974年就認識他，當時我是世界銀行(World Bank)印度局一名高級經濟學家，他是印度政府首席經濟顧問。他是我認識的最偉大的人之一。