Governance performance of Indian states: Changes between 2001-02 and 2011-12

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 51, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 55-64

  Mundle, Sudipto ^a   Chowdhury, Samik ^b   Sikdar, Satadru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

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EID: 84986214953     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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