This paper examines social sector expenditures in fifteen Indian states between 1980/81 and 1999/2000 to find out whether the far-reaching economic reforms that began in 1991 had any significant impact on the level and trend of these expenditures; and if there was any such impact, what were the reasons behind the ensuing changes. The empirical analysis in this study shows that revenue became a major determinant of social sector expenditures from the mid 1980s with the result that real per capita social sector expenditures in most states started to decline even before the economic reforms began as states' fiscal deficits worsened in the 1980s. Economic reforms, therefore, largely did not have a major negative impact on expenditures. In fact there was a positive impact on some states, which often were those that received more foreign aid than other states. By the late 1990s, states expending more on the social sector changed from states with a traditionally strong commitment to the social sector, such as Kerala, to states having higher revenues including aid from outside the country.
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雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
31
発行年
2005-06-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
343.7
JEL分類
JEL:H51 - Government Expenditures and Health
JEL:H52 - Government Expenditures and Education
JEL:H72 - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
JEL:I19 - Other
JEL:I22 - Educational Finance
地域/国名
インド
キーワード(LSH)
Economic reform
Public expenditures
Social sector
Economic policy
India
公共支出
経済政策
インド
Economic Reform and Social Sector Expenditures: A Study of Fifteen Indian States 1980/81-1999/2000
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