Public policy reforms are multifaceted and important for debates and discussion. In India, the first administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) and the second ARC pointed directions for reforms of the public systems at the structural level. Moreover, the new economic policy and the sixth central...

Timothy Besley brings together a set of essays on themes relevant to the study of economic development written by leading authors. It covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. In many cases, the authors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies

Human Development has been advocated as the prime development goal since 1990, when the publication of the first UNDP Human Development Report proposed that development should improve the lives people lead in multiple dimensions instead of primarily pursuing economic growth. This approach forms...