The text discusses and summarises the principal findings of the various articles in the report. It also develops the theme of ensuring value for government expenditures through inter alia Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Public Finance Initiatives (PFIs). Government expenditures on vital so
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Competition, Regulation and Strategy: The Information Technology Industry
The Information Technology (IT) industry, both software and hardware, is characterised by 'vast consumer side scale and scope economies' which are incomparably larger than in other industries with supply side network economies like pipelines or electricity distributio
Commercial Aircraft Industry And Governments
This paper deals with the evaluation of the civil aeronautics sectors since the 1930s in the background of Government intervention & technological changes. The paper has tried to contrast the active interference by European nations in the domestic aviation sector
Expenditure Accountability in India: The Interlinkages
The chapter brings out the nature of public expenditure accountability in India especially at the federal level. The perversities - large role for off budget items, the process that leads to expanding expenditures with little functional but much procedural control, ar
Public Investments in India: Delays and Cost Overruns
Public Investments in India have witnessed large delays and cost overruns. The same are estimated and shown to continue to be large, even though they have declined despite many changes in economic policy. What has brought about change in efficiency of overall investme
India Infrastructure Report 2003: Overview
The third report covers the processes involved in government expenditure and the perversities therein that result in poor accountability. A very broad approach of the expenditure process has been taken. The discussions are driven by the need for and the feasibility of
Comments On The Draft Electricity Bill 2001
The paper comments upon the Draft Electricity Bill of 2001. Given than the reform of the power sector had made little headway, there is much concern that something needs to be done. Little progress has been made in the Bill, so that most of the comments made then rema
The Challenge of Governance of India Today
This chapter attempts to delineate the possible role of governance oriented reform in India today. It raises conceptual and historical difficulties with the notion that sees governance failure as the cause of poor economic performance and discusses why there are certa