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State level reforms and growth and development in Indian States
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panagariya, Arvind, Author.
- Series:
- Studies in Indian economic policies.
- Studies in Indian economic policies State level reforms, growth, and development in Indian States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--India.
- Economic development.
- India--Economic policy--1991-.
- India.
- India--Economic conditions--1991-.
- India--Social conditions--1991-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With a population of 1.2 billion, India is many countries. Ten of its states have populations equalling or exceeding that of the United Kingdom. Therefore, to fully understand the current experiment in economic reforms in the country, it must be studied it at the level of the state. In this spirit, the present book provides an analysis of how the national reforms have shaped the economies of different states in India.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the states of India
- Growth and development in the Indian states : an overview
- Economic transformation in Indian States
- States development expenditures and implications for regional development
- Policies for faster growth in agriculture
- Industry and services : what the states can do
- Urban development
- Health outcomes in the Indian States
- Health infrastructure and other proximate determinants of health outcomes
- Health policy reform
- Elementary education: outcomes and policies
- Higher education : progress and prospects.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2014).
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