1. Strengthening India's Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers : Learnings From the Asian Experience
- Author
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Abdul D. Abiad, Çiğdem Akın, Bruno Carrasco, Jurgen Conrad, Shikha Jha, Navendu Karan, Sonalini Khetrapal, Abhijit Sen Gupta, Rishav Singh, Lei Lei Song, Abdul D. Abiad, Çiğdem Akın, Bruno Carrasco, Jurgen Conrad, Shikha Jha, Navendu Karan, Sonalini Khetrapal, Abhijit Sen Gupta, Rishav Singh, and Lei Lei Song
- Subjects
- Finance, Public--India, Intergovernmental fiscal relations--India
- Abstract
This publication assesses India's fiscal federalism framework and presents recommendations to strengthen the country's fiscal framework that include a combination of unconditional, specific purpose and performance-based transfers. A mechanism for allocating performance-based grants to Indian states is proposed based on improvements in governance index. The publication also contributes to a deeper understanding of decentralization reforms across Asian countries. It synthesizes learnings from the experiences of Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea on the design of intergovernmental fiscal transfer systems and the use of performance-based transfers for promoting subnational governance and outcomes in social sectors such as education and health.
- Published
- 2020