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Financing the Panchayati Raj Institutions: Flagging Some Issues For The 13th CFC
Pethe, Abhay - eSocialSciences - 2009
The Finances of the PRIs are looked into. The role of 13th Finance Commission is explained. Some ‘learnings’ from International experience is given.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512488
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Municipal Finance in India:An Assessment
Mohanty, P K; Mishra, B M; Goyal, Rajan; Jeromi, P D - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study, entitled “Municipal Finance in India – An Assessmentâ€, undertaken for the Development Research Group … (DRG), Reserve Bank of India examines the performance of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India. Using data from 35 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487725
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A Study on Fiscal Space
Robin, Kim - eSocialSciences - 2013
In the study states’ finances is analysed to see whether all states have been able to create a fiscal space and whether their fiscal capacities have increased over time. Then the states’ spending is looked at to see how they use their fiscal space. [CSH].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133105
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Do Indian States have the Power to Devise their Own Policies? A Study on Fiscal Space
Robin, Kim - eSocialSciences - 2014
With the decentralization process of the 1990s, linked to economic liberalization, there emerged new decisional scope … for regional governments to shape their own policies. But the decentralization process remains partial: the macro … compiled by the Reserve Bank of India for the period 1993 – 2003 this paper provides elements to answer these questions. [CSH …
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Learning about Schools in Development
Kenny, Charles - eSocialSciences - 2010
cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008774051
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Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
Alatas, Vivi; Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
A unique data-set from Indonesia is analysed to understand what individuals know about the income distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link information aggregation in networks to the structure of the network. The observed patterns are consistent...
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The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
Katos, Krisztina Kis; Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945288
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What is Driving the Indian Middle Class Towards Electoral Politics? Evidence from Delhi
Chakrabarti, Poulomi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Using the case of Delhi and drawing on examples from other metropolitan cities, this paper attempts to understand the factors that have led to the rise of middle class neighborhood associations and their subsequent advent into formal politics. [AI Working Paper No. 4].
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting in Morocco: Some Observations
Rao, M. Govinda; Chakraborty, Lekha S. - eSocialSciences - 2006
During the last few years there has been a significant attempt to change the status of women in Morocco. Considerable efforts have been made to incorporate mainstream gender in socio-economic policies, including gender budgeting initiatives. The paper analyses the scope and limitations of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528340
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Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Duflo, Esther; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women’s leadership on policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008483854