We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid -- bilateral or miltilateral -- influence ricipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid - bilateral or multilateral - influence recipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid -- bilateral or miltilateral -- influence ricipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid--bilateral or multilateral--influence recipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

The Maoists claim that they are fighting for the cause of the rural poor languishing under extreme poverty and impoverish conditions – a claim also acknowledged by the expert committee of Indian Planning Commission (2008). On the other hand, the government of India dubs the Maoists revolution...

After 1991 economic reforms, India relaxed investment regulation norms, allowing states to form their own investment policy frameworks. Withdrawal of controls exercised by the central government to approve investments in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Export Oriented Units (EOUs) has...