Agenda for Improving Governance/edited by Bibek Debroy. New Delhi,
Academic Foundation, 2004, 652 p., tables, diagrams, ISBN 81-7188-358-3.
Agenda for Improving Governance/edited by Bibek Debroy. New Delhi,
Academic Foundation, 2004, 652 p., tables, diagrams, ISBN 81-7188-358-3.
Contents: Editor's introduction: the reform agenda in governance. 1. Agenda for improving governance/Bibek Debroy. 2. How is the state functioning?: a comparative analysis of growth, governance and social issues during 8 to 9 plan period/Debashis Chakraborty. 3. A review of administrative reforms in India/Rahul Mukherji. 4. Administrative reforms in India/Amir Ullah Khan. 5. Suggested agenda for administrative reforms/Jayaprakash Narayan. 6. Concept and practice of administrative reforms in Indian states/P.S.A. Sundaram. 7. E-governance: government initiatives in India/P.D. Kaushik. 8. Reforming infrastructure: survey of recommendations of select committees/Debashis Chakraborty. 9. Water management in India: policy issues/Mohammed Saqib. 10. Reform agenda for agriculture/C.H. Hanumantha Rao. 11. Social sector schemes: a brief review/D. Shyam Babu. 12. The state of India's education: a survey of literature/Paromita Shastri. 13. A note on educational policy for India/P.V. Indiresan. 14. The health status of Indians: a perspective/Laveesh Bhandari and Aarti Khare. 15. Institutional reforms in the administration of Criminal Justice in India/Arnab Kumar Hazra. 16. An economic freedom index for India's states/Bibek Debroy, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay and Laveesh Bhandari.
"This collection of papers is about governance, variously defined and interpreted. Taken collectively, these sixteen papers set out the reform agenda for governance, or alternatively, for the role of the state. This is a critical subset of second or third generation reforms. If this agenda is implemented, the 2020 dream will materialize sooner rather than later."