Can Good Economics Ever Be Good Politics? Case Study of India's Power Sector (World Bank Working Papers)
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780821366806
Subjects: Development economics; Electrical power industries; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Industries - Energy Industries; Development - Economic Development; Infrastructure; Deregulation; Energy industries; Government policy; India; Power resources
First sentence: Reform programs all over the world often falter for reasons that mystify those devising and supporting the reform, because governing politicians stall in implementing the measures fully, though they may have publicly agreed with their formulation-and despite the reform being technically and economically sound, with many intended beneficiaries.