Review of 'The Economics of Elementary Education in India: The Challenge of Public Finance, Private Provision and Household Costs' edited by Santosh Mehrotra; Sage, New Delhi; 2005, pp.328.

From the public policy point of view, who benefits from the government spending on education across wealth groups is a central question. The present paper estimates how equally the public spending is distributed by levels of education across states in India, using the benefit incidence analysis....

Academic pay was uniform across universities and colleges below the level of professors till 2004 in UK. Following the global trend, UK has moved away from the nationally determined scales of pay. Since 2004, the broad Pay Framework Agreement which allows for flexibility in pay based on a...