Government spending, growth and poverty in rural India

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1038-1051

  Fan, Shenggen ^a   Hazell, Peter ^a   Thorat, Sukhadeo ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Government expenditure; India; Productivity growth; Public policy; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SPENDING; RURAL ECONOMY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033662865     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00101     Document Type: Article

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