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Contemporary civil wars are rooted in a partial or complete breakdown of the social contract, often involving disputes … over public spending, resource revenues, and taxation. A feasible social contract gives potential rebels something akin to … after war must rebuild the social contract. The chances of success increase if the economy can achieve broad- based growth …

improvements in the size, liquidity and corporate governance of Indian frms. While the system of capital controls appears …

corruption in the utilization of public funds. Evidence from Karnataka shows that while institutions of local governance provide … a structure for public service delivery, there are several factors that influenced governance. These include measures of …

effects of growth, are linked directly to the failure of governance. This failure has many dimensions; the misallocation of … existence of government and a gradual (over decades) but progressive deterioration in the quality of governance. [Planning …

India is showing signs of poor delivery of governance. In almost all states people perceive bureaucracy as wooden …, disinterested in public welfare and corrupt. It must be recognized that improvement in governance would take place only when …

performance and based upon it an explanation of existing patterns of (good/bad) governance in the Indian states. First, it could …, it could contribute to our understanding of the differential patterns of governance in the states through an examination …