Introduces the theme of expenditure allocation, processes and their effectiveness. Reviews all the articles in the report.The focus is on expenditures related to physical infrastructure in India Argues that a paradigm shift in the expenditure process that gives adequate incentives for...

India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights....

Brings out various features of infrastructural development in Gujarat, and provides an explanation in terms of endowments and political economy for the enhanced performance of Gujarat in some of the physical infrastructure segments like electricity, roads, ports. Suggest suitable policy and...

There are certain inherent problems with land because of its peculiar characteristics, which impede the natural emergence of a well-functioning market. The legal and regulatory framework can potentially overcome these problems. In India, despite some reform efforts, the land market continues to...

The economic slow-down of several States in India including Gujarat during the later half of 90s has caused considerable disturbance in the State's fiscal equilibrium. The fiscal deficit has more than doubled during last five years and government's debt has jumped up from 17 percent of GSDP to...

The authors discuss whether a small country with shrinking population should apply public enterprises to improve its economic situation for purposes of external economic relations policy. The study refers to Estonia as an example. Estonia has developed public enterprises of the central state and...

Andhra Pradesh is one of the pioneering States to earnestly initiate economic and fiscal reform at the Subnational level in India. Prior to the 1996 reform program, the State's budgetary position was under severe stress as in many States in India. The economic growth was below potential,...

What can ICT bring for the inhabitants of 600,000 Indian villages? How India is empowering the poor and marginalised citizens to participate in the emerging knowledge society? How will India provide voice to her millions of citizens? "Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and...

Community-based accountability interventions have shown potential to improve delivery of public services, but there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of such interventions when implemented at scale by developing country governments. We study the effectiveness of social accountability...