Recent global economic crisis has once again brought to the forefront the role of fiscal policy in promoting growth and reducing poverty. In the past, studies have shown that different types of government spendings have differential impacts on economic growth. This implies that there is a...

This paper focuses on the various modalities of reform options available to Indian policy makers in order to improve the performance of its public sector enterprises. Specifically, it discusses three such reform options viz. Divestiture (whereby private ownership is inducted in publicly owned...

In many developing and developed countries, privatization through transfer of ownership from public to the private hands is considered as a cure for most of the problems faced by the public sector enterprises (PSEs.) However, policy makers tend to forget that both the systems – private and...

Recent experience of growth in developing countries is associated with accentuation in income inequalities in nations such as India, China and Bangladesh (Wade, 2004). However, an analysis of the factors that underlie accentuation of inequalities has not received sufficient attention. Therefore,...

The basic objective of the paper is to focus on the role of economic freedom and inequality in education and land assets as determinants of income inequality and growth. The econometric results confirm that for the countries studied, while the aggregate measure of economic freedom does not have...

Purpose: In view of the significance of public–private partnerships (PPPs) as a tool for bridging infrastructure deficits, it becomes imperative to study its determinants. The objective of this paper is to empirically study the determinants of PPPs in India at a subnational level, in terms of...

Purpose: Since finance is an efficacious instrument for economic development, social inclusion and women empowerment, the present paper examines the determinants of accessing institutional and non-institutional finance across male- and female-headed households in rural...

Purpose: Despite being a global public–private partnerships (PPPs) leader, India faces a vast PPP divide at a sub-national level, wherein a few states receive the majority of PPP projects, whereas other states face severe issues in attracting PPP investments. This necessitates the...

Given the low productivity and earnings of Indian farmers, especially small and marginal landholders, it is pertinent to understand the constraints under which they operate and correspondingly address the same. Amongst several factors, farmers’ earnings can also improve through crop...

Purpose Based on the hypothesis of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between environmental pollutants (as measured by CO2 emissions) and GDP for India, over the period 1980-2012. The presence of an inverted "U" shape relationship...