Efficiency of Social Sector Expenditure in India:
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Main Author: Purohit, Brijesh C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2014
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Item Description:Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Social sector in India: achievements and issues; 2 Policy issues in financing: sources and options for financing; 3 Conceptual framework for economic performance measurement and efficiency of the health and education systems; 4 Our model and methodology; 5 Efficiency in the health and education sectors: a macro analysis; 6 Efficiency in the health and education sectors: a state-level analysis
7 Executive summary and policy imperatives for social sector efficiency in IndiaReferences; Author Index; Subject Index
Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty. Hence, budgetary expenditure to be mobilized for such investments needs to be efficiently allocated and utilized to maximize the greatest good. This book focuses on the social sector in India and provides an overview of the sector. The book looks at 15 major Indian states between the year 2000-2011 to see how these states had invested in social sector and whether they had met the criteria of efficient social sector investment. Usi
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Physical Description:267 pages
ISBN:9781317663706
1317663705
1322031525
9781322031521
9781315767529
131576752X

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