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This paper proposes new composite measures of relative and dynamic state performance to improve governance and delivery of public programs in developing countries with a federal structure. We rank the performance of 19 major Indian states on two large development programs launched by the Indian...
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The social audit in any organisation is to ensure public accountability in the implementation of programmes, laws and policies. The social audit is a continuous process of public vigilance. It is considered as a means of promoting certain basic norms like transparency, participation of people,...
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This paper investigates the effect of a food subsidy programme in India on child malnutrition by addressing the following linked questions using household survey data that includes information on usage of the public distribution system. First, does the food subsidy induce higher expenditures on...
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Thanks to sustained economic growth and key investments in military capabilities, India will face growing demands from within and the international community to seek and play a greater role in global security affairs. The values and interests likely to guide India's future behavior will be a...
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Ownership is the essence of economic citizenship. Beyond actual possession, a sense of personal welfare and proprietorship, or at least the hope of achieving them, constitute a necessary and important complement to being stakeholders in a society. Together with efficacy and legitimacy, these are...
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The term ‘Modi-nomics' gained widespread publicity across India and resonated internationally during the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign for the 2014 general elections. Named after the BJP's star campaigner and then Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, Modi-nomics refers to his...
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IIR 2002 focuses on one of the most fundamental building blocks of a reform agenda, namely, governance frameworks for commercialization. It was in December 2000 that we first mooted the subject of governance for this issue of the IIR. Subsequent developments, such as the Enron saga, the Orissa...
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approaches, and laws that are unfair or contradictory. Categorises corruption and casts the same in a historical framwork …. Corruption therefore is a result of economic policy, law and institutional failure rather than the other way around. Overcoming … corruption is possible by bringing about change at the roots of the phenomenon. Lays out a perpective for governance reform for …
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