1st Edition
Social Sector Spending, Governance and Economic Development Perspectives from Across the World
Economic development depends heavily on the growth of social sectors like education, healthcare, gender equality, as well as factors like income, consumption, investment and trade. This book examines the interlinkages between development, good governance and spending on social growth.
The book focuses on different areas of social growth, public welfare and poverty reduction including managing human resources, corruption in public institutions and public spaces as well as health and welfare measures. The chapters in the volume highlight the role of government interventions in boosting human development – particularly in developing countries in Asia and Africa and many developed countries in the post-COVID scenario. The book also examines the foundations of government spending on development and effective governance while underlining the impact which social growth has on the economy.
Rich in theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book will be useful for students and researchers of economics, sociology, political studies, public finance, development studies as well as for policymakers and think tanks working in the areas of human development.
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.
