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The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
Katos, Krisztina Kis; Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub … investment expenditures in public infrastructure in the sectors of education, health, and physical infrastructure is examined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945288
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Learning about Schools in Development
Kenny, Charles - eSocialSciences - 2010
help overcome remaining demand-side barriers to enrollment. Nonetheless, the quality of education appears very poor across … cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published … the broader environment in which students live, suggesting a learning agenda that stretches far beyond education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008774051
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Fiscal Deficit, Capital Formation, and Crowding Out : Evidence from India
Chakraborty, Lekha S. - eSocialSciences - 2007
Theoretical literature identifies two variants of crowding out in an economy–real and financial. The real (direct) crowding out occurs when the increase in public investment displaces private capital formation broadly on a dollar-for-dollar basis, irrespective of the mode of financing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341705
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Shocks, Economic Growth and the Indian Economy
Kar, Sabyasachi; Bhattacharya, B B - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of domestic and external shocks on the Indian economy. A macro-modelling framework is developed that evaluates the impact of two domestic shocks (rainfall shortfall and fiscal profligacy) and three external shocks (oil price hike, world trade shock and capital flow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319321
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Public Investment in Agricultural and GDP Growth: Another Look at the Inter Sectoral Linkages and Policy Implications
Pandit, V N; Mani, Harish; Balachandran, G - eSocialSciences - 2011
The crowding-in phenomenon together with inter-sectoral linkages is used in this paper to examine the effect of higher public investment for agriculture on the stable growth of this sector as well as of the entire economy. [Working Papaer 201]. URL:[http://www.cdedse.org/].
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Macroeconomic Effects Of Public Invesment In Infrastructure In India
Murty, K.N - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper attempts to build an aggregative, structural,macroeconometric model for India. Investment and output in the model are disaggregated into four sectors namely(a) agriculture including forestry and fishery (b)manufacturing (c)infrastructure (d) service sector. The model emphazises the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543134
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Budget 2008-09 and Children A First Glance
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
Budget for Children (BfC) is not a separate budget. It is merely an attempt to disaggregate from the overall budget, the allocations made specifically for programmes that benefit children. From 2000-01 to 2006-07, children received an average of 3.10 percent of the Union Budget. In 2007-08 their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699147
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Deininger, Klaus; Liu, Yanyan - eSocialSciences - 2013
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works programs globally. Understanding the impacts of NREGS and the pathway through which its impacts are realized thus has important policy implications. A three-round 4,000-household panel from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133219
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomised Experiments in India
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit; Cole, Shawn; Linden, Leigh - eSocialSciences - 2006
to improve the quality of education in urban slums. A remedial education programme hired young women from the community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341841
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Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long Term Effects of Political Violence in Perú
Leon, Gianmarco - eSocialSciences - 2010
.21 less years of education as an adult. In the short-term, the effects are stronger than in the long run. Further, children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498202