Optimum Size of Government Intervention: Emerging Economies and Their Challenges - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032048387 ISBN 13: 9781032048383

Publisher: Routledge India, 2023

Synopsis

This book critically examines the optimum range and duration of government interventions in the economic activities of a modern state based on theoretical and empirical frameworks, and assesses their role and extent in various economies. With a special focus on emerging economies across the globe, it discusses themes such as income growth; social sector development; good governance and economic progress; threshold limits; optimum budget policy and economic growth; sustainable distributional managements in public projects; food for work programs; agricultural infrastructure development; technological progress and economic growth; and distributional equities. The policy suggestions provided here offer helpful blueprints for developmental projects.

Rich in data and figures, the book addresses sector-specific case studies like healthcare; irrigation and agriculture; infrastructure; taxation and economic growth; and public sector enterprises. It will be an excellent read for scholars and researchers of economics, Indian economics, macroeconomics, political economy, public policy, political science and management, development studies, development economy and governance. It will also be useful to policymakers, administrative officials, and government and corporate bodies.

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About the Author

Ramesh Chandra Das is Associate Professor and Researcher in Economics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032048387
• ISBN 13: 9781032048383
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Das Ramesh Chandra