In 2008, the Government of India initiated the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to provide inpatient insurance coverage to all below-poverty-line (BPL) households in India. It is one of the most ambitious social protection programmes in the country. Using household level panel data from...

The concept of star rating council facilities has progressively gained traction in Australia following the work of Dean Taylor at Marochy Shire Council in Queensland in 2006 – 2007 and more recently by the Victorian STEP asset management program. The following paper provides a brief discussion...