Kala Seetharam Sridhar and A. Venugopala Reddy
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198065388
- eISBN:
- 9780199081264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198065388.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter summarizes the different findings the four case studies on Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Kolkata, discussed in previous chapters. The discussion begins with a summary of the findings ...
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This chapter summarizes the different findings the four case studies on Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Kolkata, discussed in previous chapters. The discussion begins with a summary of the findings on finance, and then moves on to a summary of the findings on expenditure, public service delivery, and the relationship between the two. Based on the findings presented in this chapter, this study implies that the local government units in India have been benefiting from land sales and leasing in order to fund their infrastructure needs. However, the study is able to determine that their expenditures fall below the nationally accepted norms, thus providing a lower standard of these public services. This chapter concludes that spending and municipal revenues are at the core of the problem.Less
This chapter summarizes the different findings the four case studies on Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Kolkata, discussed in previous chapters. The discussion begins with a summary of the findings on finance, and then moves on to a summary of the findings on expenditure, public service delivery, and the relationship between the two. Based on the findings presented in this chapter, this study implies that the local government units in India have been benefiting from land sales and leasing in order to fund their infrastructure needs. However, the study is able to determine that their expenditures fall below the nationally accepted norms, thus providing a lower standard of these public services. This chapter concludes that spending and municipal revenues are at the core of the problem.
Kala Seetharam Sridhar and A. Venugopala Reddy
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198065388
- eISBN:
- 9780199081264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198065388.003.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter serves as an introduction to urbanization and the delivery of public services. It notes that 2007 was considered as an important year for urbanization, due to the increase of inhabitants ...
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This chapter serves as an introduction to urbanization and the delivery of public services. It notes that 2007 was considered as an important year for urbanization, due to the increase of inhabitants in urban areas. Although urbanization is one of the inevitable results of development, it also leads to many undesirable outcomes, such as an increasing demand for the services of urban infrastructures. The pattern of urbanization in some Asian countries is studied, before moving on to the state of public service delivery in Indian cities. The delivery of finance and services is studied in one section, while another section provides a review of literature on service delivery. It then moves on to a description of the methodology, the sample of Indian cities, and scope of the research. The chapter ends with a discussion of the implications of policy.Less
This chapter serves as an introduction to urbanization and the delivery of public services. It notes that 2007 was considered as an important year for urbanization, due to the increase of inhabitants in urban areas. Although urbanization is one of the inevitable results of development, it also leads to many undesirable outcomes, such as an increasing demand for the services of urban infrastructures. The pattern of urbanization in some Asian countries is studied, before moving on to the state of public service delivery in Indian cities. The delivery of finance and services is studied in one section, while another section provides a review of literature on service delivery. It then moves on to a description of the methodology, the sample of Indian cities, and scope of the research. The chapter ends with a discussion of the implications of policy.