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020			_a9780195660609
082			_a339.52 DEV
100			_aRao, M .Govinda.(ed.)
245		0	_aDevelopment, poverty, and fiscal policy
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bOxford university press
260			_c2002
300			_a358 p.
365			_b 595.00
365			_dRS
520			_aPublic policies to eradicate poverty emphasize an optimal mix of strategies involving acceleration. of growth along with direct anti-poverty interventions. This volume examines the multidimensional facets of poverty, trends in India, and the effec tive and equitable instruments to raise resources necessary for human development and creation of physical infrastructure. The essays discuss an important institutional dimension-provision of public services in a multi-level fiscal framework. They analyse: ☐trends in poverty ☐the relationship between economic growth and poverty ☐taxation policies and implications for sustainable development fiscal relations between developed and developing countries ☐tax reforms in India ☐ fiscal instruments for pollution control ☐ fiscal decentralization, rural development and poverty alleviation An essay on fiscal policies and poverty reduction in Sri Lanka provides useful comparisons with the Indian scenario. Contributors include Amaresh Bagchi, Roy Bahl, Richard Bird, Sijbren Cnossen, Arindam Das-Gupta, and G. Thimmaiah.
650			_aFiscal policy
942			_cB _2ddc