| Description |
1 online resource (267 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
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7 Executive summary and policy imperatives for social sector efficiency in IndiaReferences; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Expenditures, Public.
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Budget -- India
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Public Finance.
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Budget
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Expenditures, Public
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Social policy
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| Subject |
India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317663706 |
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1317663705 |
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1322031525 |
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9781322031521 |
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9781315767529 |
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131576752X |
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9781317663683 |
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1317663683 |
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9781317663690 |
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1317663691 |
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