Chapter 1: Public Policies for Economic Growth and Employment Generation in Post-Reform India: Fathoming the Achievement toward SDGs -- Chapter 2: Macroeconomic Impact of Public Policies towards Sustainable Development Goals: Indian Evidences -- Chapter 3: Evaluating the Role Microfinance and...

Dr. Chelliah's central premise is that the major fault of India's economic policy has been that it was largely based on democratic socialist thought, thereby entrusting the government with the greatest responsibility, but without delineating in sufficient detail of how the government should...

Cash transfer programs may generate significant general equilibrium effects that can detract from the anti-poverty goals of the program. Data from a randomized evaluation of a Philippine cash transfer program targeted to poor households show that a 9 percent increase in village income...