1st Edition
Social Sector Spending, Governance and Economic Development Perspectives from Across the World
Introduction
RAMESH CHANDRA DAS
1 Political Economy Underlying Corruption and Its Macroeconomic Implications: An Introspection
SANGHITA GHOSH AND MAINAK BHATTACHARJEE
2 Social Credibility and Institutional Informality in the Governance of Public Space: The Commons Perspective
PASCHALIS ARVANITIDIS AND GEORGE PAPAGIANNITSIS
3 Governance, Social Sector Development and Employment in European and Sub-Saharan African Countries
NWOKOYE STELLA EBELE, IFEOMA AUGUSTA EBOH, EBIKABOWEI BIEDOMO ADUKU AND PRISCA CHIBUZO EGBUCHULAM
4 Effectiveness of Good Governance on Human Development: Empirical Evidence from Selected Countries in the World
KISHOR NASKAR, SOURAV KUMAR DAS AND TONMOY CHATTERJEE
5 Linkages between Social Sector Spending, Governance and Economic Growth: Case Study of India and China
RAJIB BHATTACHARYYA
6 Governance, Social Sector Spending and Sustainable Growth in Selected African Countries
EBIKABOWEI BIEDOMO ADUKU, RICHARDSON KOJO EDEME AND OGOCHUKWU CHRISTIANA ANYANWU
7 Is Fiscal Decentralization a Means to Poverty and Inequality Reduction? An India–China Comparative Study
SOVIK MUKHERJEE
8 The Culture of Corruption in Pakistan and Afghanistan: Impacts on Socio-Economic Profiles
DEBASISH NANDY
9 Do Emerging Market Economies Have Sustainable Development? A Panel Vector Autoregression Analysis
ADEM GÖK AND NAUSHEEN SODHI
10 Governance Reforms from a Global Perspective: Some Dimensions
ASIM KUMAR KARMAKAR AND SEBAK KUMAR JANA
11 Effectiveness of Social-Sector Expenditure and Governance on Economic Development: A Comparative Study between Developing and Developed Economies
MADHABENDRA SINHA, DURLAV SARKAR, ANJAN RAY CHAUDHURY AND ARINDAM METIA
12 Some Issues on Health, Urbanization and Wage Inequality in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: An Introspection
DEBASHIS MAZUMDAR AND MAINAK BHATTACHARJEE
13 Healthcare in India with Respect to Sustainable Development Goals: A Comparative Study within South Asian Countries
BAPPADITYA BISWAS AND ROHAN PRASAD GUPTA
14 Transformation of Microfinance and Financial as well as Social Inclusion in India
SUDHAKAR PATRA
15 Knowledge Deprivation Index: Measurement for the UG Students in Purulia and Paschim Bardhaman Districts of West Bengal, India
SAPTARSHI CHAKRABORTY AND CHANDAN BANDYOPADHYAY
Biography
Ramesh Chandra Das is Professor of Economics at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.
