Title: Development, poverty, and fiscal policy : decentralization of institutions /
Authors: Govinda Rao, M.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Public welfare India; Fiscal policy India; Poverty India; Poverty Government policy India Congresses.; Fiscal policy India Congresses.
Abstract: Contributed papers presented at a seminar held at Bangalore on January 17-18, 2000.
Contents: Growth and poverty in India : myth and reality / Surjit S. Bhalla -- Poverty in India : trends, macro-policies, and direct programmes / S. Mahendra Dev -- Eradicating poverty : some missing policy dimensions / V.M. Rao -- What ought to be taxed and what can be taxed : a new international dilemma / Sven-Olof Lodin -- Fiscal relations between rich and poor countries / E.M. Leif Muten -- Taxing consumption : some reflections on the US debate / Sijbren Cnossen -- Evaluation of tax reforms in India / G. Thimmaiah -- Central Tax and administration reform in the 1990s : an assessment / Arindam Das Gupta -- Design and enforcement of fiscal instruments for pollution control in India / U. Sankar -- Intergovernmental fiscal relations : universal principles, local applications / Richard M. Bird -- 'Rethinking federalism' : an overview of the current debates with some reflections in the Indian context / Amaresh Bagchi -- Implementation rules for fiscal decentralisation / Roy W. Bahl.