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This paper proposes new composite measures of relative and dynamic state performance to improve governance and delivery of public programs in developing countries with a federal structure. We rank the performance of 19 major Indian states on two large development programs launched by the Indian...
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witnessing in India is the failure of the government to re-invent itself to meet the changing realities of our times. It was … cost. This cost is the yardstick of success. The citizen comes first in any governance framework. In India, we saw the …, which has enormous implications for India: privatize where possible (where commercialization possibilities exist and users …
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Brings out the context for (economic) governnance reform in India and develops the theme of the report on better … approaches, and laws that are unfair or contradictory. Categorises corruption and casts the same in a historical framwork …. Corruption therefore is a result of economic policy, law and institutional failure rather than the other way around. Overcoming …
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Thanks to sustained economic growth and key investments in military capabilities, India will face growing demands from … likely to guide India's future behavior will be a mixture of old and new, eastern and western. India's international … explored for its enduring significance. India's relevance as a security actor is assessed in terms of its activities and …
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perceptions of India's new economic policy. The article first situates itself within the context of new theoretical literature on … Indian states and the overall achievements and failings of India in terms of poverty alleviation. In the second half, the … article identifies what seems to be the lack of a ‘politics of poverty' in India and the various cultural, historical …
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The term ‘Modi-nomics' gained widespread publicity across India and resonated internationally during the Bharatiya …- nomics remains highly contested within India's domestic political arena and has unleashed other political entrepreneurs …
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light of the health hazards, the Government of India has introduced the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) to improve sanitation … conditions. This paper investigates how the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), as a public-funded initiative of the Government of India …
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Corruption and mismanagement of public resources can affect the quality of government services and undermine growth … significant information about where corruption and mismanagement is worse. We show evidence that the impacts come in part from … government-led, large-scale social accountability programs can strengthen communities’ ability to address corruption and …
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study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
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