1st Edition

Efficiency of Social Sector Expenditure in India

By Brijesh Purohit Copyright 2015
266 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 37 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty. Hence, budgetary expenditure to be mobilized for such investments needs to be efficiently allocated and utilized to maximize the greatest good. This book focuses on the social sector in India and provides an overview of the sector. The book looks... Read more

1. Social Sector In India: Achievements and issues  2. Policy Issues In Financing: Sources and options for financing  3. Conceptual Framework for Economic Performance Measurement and Efficiency of Health and Education System  4. Our Model and Methodology  5. Efficiency in Health and Education Sector: A macro analysis  6. Efficiency in Health and Education Sector: A state level analysis  7. Conclusions

Biography

Brijesh C. Purohit is currently Professor at Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Mysore/ Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. Dr. Purohit began his academic career in 1986 and has held various positions. He worked as a researcher at the Center for Policy Research, New Delhi (1986); an economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi (1986-90); an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur (1990-96); South Asian Visiting Scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (October 1996-March 1997). He has published in various national and international journals in the areas of health economics and financing and public and corporate finance.