Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State
Rural local governments in India provide essential services to over 70 percent of the national population. Yet, little is known about the efficacy of the financing system that supports these local governments, nor is there a fiscal information system that will allow a tracking of rural local governm...
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okr-10986-51762021-04-23T14:02:21Z Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State Bahl, R. Sethi, G. Wallace, S. Rural local governments in India provide essential services to over 70 percent of the national population. Yet, little is known about the efficacy of the financing system that supports these local governments, nor is there a fiscal information system that will allow a tracking of rural local government expenditures and revenues. In this article, we describe the role of rural local governments in India's; federal system, and use a database, newly gathered for West Bengal State, to present an analysis of rural local government financing patterns. We find that expenditures are significantly higher in less populated and more backward gram panchayats. At the margin, however, higher rates of literacy also are associated with higher levels of spending, suggesting an education effect. 2012-03-30T07:31:40Z 2012-03-30T07:31:40Z 2010 Journal Article Publius-the Journal of Federalism 0048-5950 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5176 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India |
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Rural local governments in India provide essential services to over 70 percent of the national population. Yet, little is known about the efficacy of the financing system that supports these local governments, nor is there a fiscal information system that will allow a tracking of rural local government expenditures and revenues. In this article, we describe the role of rural local governments in India's; federal system, and use a database, newly gathered for West Bengal State, to present an analysis of rural local government financing patterns. We find that expenditures are significantly higher in less populated and more backward gram panchayats. At the margin, however, higher rates of literacy also are associated with higher levels of spending, suggesting an education effect. |
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Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State |
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Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State |
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Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State |
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Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State |
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Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Local Governments in India : A Case Study of West Bengal State |
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fiscal decentralization to rural local governments in india : a case study of west bengal state |
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