This book offers cross-national evidence of the effectiveness of financial and physical incentives for regional development. It challenges the traditional wisdom that competition is harmful for regional development or can be zero-sum. It answers questions such as: What are the effects of tax...

To promote industrialisation of the backward areas in the country, growth centres providing infrastructure to enable the states to attract industries, were set up by the Government of India in 1988. In this study, I assess the performance of growth centres, taking into account the impact of...