Intra-Regional Inequality and the Role of Public Policy: Lessons Learnt from Kerala

Despite an accentuation of consumption inequality in recent years in Kerala, development in the social sector has been more or less equitable across districts. Kerala's achievements in human development have been primarily due to the active intervention of the government in the social sector. T...

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Glavni autor: Pinaki Chakraborty
Format: Printed Book
Izdano: Economic & Political Weekly EPW june 27, 2009 vol xliv nos 26 & 27 2009
Teme:
KERALA DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMPARISION
Online pristup:http://10.26.1.76/ks/003766.pdf
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520 |a Despite an accentuation of consumption inequality in recent years in Kerala, development in the social sector has been more or less equitable across districts. Kerala's achievements in human development have been primarily due to the active intervention of the government in the social sector. The high priority to social sector spending has posed serious challenges to the state in terms of upkeep and also in tackling second generation problems of its model of development. It has also contributed to a large fiscal imbalance. Decentralisation is a step that was introduced in the mid-1990s to sustain the path of Kerala's development through local-level planning incorporating local needs and preferences  
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