World Bank2013-08-152013-08-152000-01-31https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15106This report is a pilot in the Bank's new approach to country economic reports, embodying the Comprehensive Development Framework. It begins with a chapter on reducing poverty, followed by a chapter on human development. Chapter 3 focuses on the Indian states, which are key actors in human development and infrastructure provision, as well as regulation and governance. Chapter 4 deals with governance issues, a major concern of the Bank because of its links to poverty reduction and development. The next three chapters deal with ways to increase growth and its poverty reducing content through improvements in a) infrastructure, b) the incentive and regulatory framework to encourage efficiency and labor demand, and c) the financial system and corporate governance. Chapter 8 deals with recent developments, the sustainability of growth and ways to reduce vulnerability to macroeconomic crises that hurt the poor. Finally, Chapter 9 provides a brief forecast of India's prospects and summarizes policies that would accelerate poverty reduction and sustained development. Gaps in the knowledge base and in country experience have been identified as issues deserving further analysis and research. The most important ones include: improving the delivery of social services to the poor; the links between growth, poverty reduction, and governance; and the nature, causes, and cures of urban poverty.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYADMINISTRATIVE REFORMSADVERSE CONSEQUENCESAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTUREANNUAL GROWTH RATEAUTHORITYBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITAL FORMATIONCDCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITCIVIL SERVICE REFORMSCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMPETITIVE MARKETSCOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTCOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKCONFEDERATIONCONSTITUTIONCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTCORPORATE GOVERNANCECORPORATE SECTORCOURT SYSTEMCPICRISESDATA ANALYSISDEBT SERVICE RATIODECENTRALIZATIONDEMOCRACYDEREGULATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIRECT INVESTMENTDISCLOSUREDOMESTIC DEMANDDUMPINGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC RESEARCHEMPLOYMENTENTERPRISE GOVERNANCEENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTEXPENDITURESEXPORT GROWTHEXPORTSEXTERNAL DEBTFINANCIAL AUTONOMYFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SYSTEMFISCALFISCAL CRISISFISCAL DEFICITFISCAL PROBLEMSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN LOANSFREE PRESSGDPGNPGNP PER CAPITAGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE DATAGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNANCE ISSUESGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT FINANCEGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATIONGROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT INDEXHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SAMPLEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPORTSINCOMEINDEX NUMBERSINFANT MORTALITYINFLATIONINSURANCEINTEREST RATESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITYLABOR MARKETSLITERACY RATESLOCAL BODIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTLONG TERMM3MACROECONOMIC POLICIESMARKET PRICESMINISTRY OF FINANCEMONETARY POLICYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONSOILPER CAPITA INCOMEPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRODUCERSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC ENTERPRISESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESREDUCING POVERTYREGULATORY AGENCYREGULATORY AUTHORITYREGULATORY BODIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASRURAL POVERTYSAMPLE SURVEYSSAVINGSSECURITIESSHORT TERMSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSTATE GOVERNMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARIFF BARRIERSTAX ADMINISTRATIONTAX REVENUETAX STRUCTURETEAM MEMBERSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE BALANCEURBAN POPULATIONVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDWAGE RATESWHOLESALE PRICE INDEXWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTO POVERTY REDUCTIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERYPILOTSURBAN POVERTYGOVERNANCEHEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTYEDUCATION & THE POORPUBLIC INFORMATIONIRRIGATION SYSTEMSPOWER SECTOR REFORMLOCAL LEVELFISCAL FEDERALISMDECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENTRULE OF LAWBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTTAX ADMINISTRATIONINFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATIONDEREGULATIONLABOR MARKETSWOMEN WORKERSTRADE POLICYFINANCIAL SYSTEMSCORPORATE GOVERNANCEINFLATIONTARIFF PROTECTIONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSWorld Bank10.1596/15106