India - State of Bihar

Accounting for Bihar’s Productivity Relative to India’s: What Can We Learn from Recent Developments in Growth Theory?

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India’s second most populous state, Bihar, also remains one of its poorest. However, over the past decade, Bihar has attracted a lot of attention for experiencing a turnaround, recording one of the fastest growth rates within India. In this paper Areendam Chanda conducts a longer-term investigation into Bihar’s relatively poor productivity. Drawing upon developments in the field of economic growth, he examine Biharalong the lines of convergence, development accounting, total factor productivityaccounting, fertility–education trade-offs, etc.

Publication_Date: 
Wed, 2011-08-31
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IGC Bihar Growth Conference

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The IGC Bihar Growth Conference is a unique event which brings together an eminent range of panelists from academia, government and the private sector. The conference included thematic sessions on Education Sector Reforms, Health and Rural Development, Water Resources Management, Agricultural Growth, Fiscal Policy and Special lectures by leading academics.

Event Type: 
Workshop

The IGC Bihar Growth Conference is a unique event which brings together an eminent range of panelists from academia, government and the private sector. The conference comprised five main sessions and two special lecture series.  The event agenda is available here.

The following lists the presentations delivered at the event.  Please click on the title of the presentation to view the document in PDF form.

Education sector reforms in Bihar: the road ahead

Dates
Date: 
Wed, 2011-12-14 00:00 - Thu, 2011-12-15 00:00
Organizer: 
Esha Chhabra
Contact Email Address: 
esha.chhabra@theigc.org
Location: 
Patna
Open Attendance: 
0
Institution: 
IGC Bihar
Country Engagement: 
India-State of Bihar

Ranu Sinha

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First Name: 
Ranu
Family Name: 
Sinha
IGC Hub: 
None

Ranu Sinha, Deputy Country Director, IGC India- Bihar, holds an MPA in Public and Economic Policy from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining the IGC, she worked with the World Bank for the past four years on issues of water resources management, flood and natural disasters, and public sector reform in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. She is a native of Bihar and has been working closely with the government in Bihar on issues of flood management. She holds a BA degree in International Studies and Business Administration from Bentley University in the United States

Affiliation: 
Deputy Country Director

Recommendations of the Thirteenth Finance Commission – Implications for Bihar

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To understand the implications of the Thirteenth Finance Commission’s transfers for State finances, Pinaki Chakraborty (NIPFP) undertook this project for the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar.

Publication_Date: 
Fri, 2011-07-01
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Recommendations of Thirteenth Finance Commission: Implications for Bihar

To understand the implications of the Thirteenth Finance Commission’s transfers for State finances, Pinaki Chakraborty (NIPFP) undertook this project for the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar.

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To understand the implications of the Thirteenth Finance Commission’s transfers for State finances, Pinaki Chakraborty (NIPFP) undertook this project for the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar.

Authors
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Classifications
Engagement: 
India-State of Bihar
Group: 
State capabilities
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Jill Shirey

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First Name: 
Jill
Family Name: 
Shirey
IGC Hub: 
IGC Hub

Prior to joining the International Growth Centre as IGC Fellow, Jill undertook both research and programme development work in several different countries. For example, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to Sri Lanka, where she designed and implemented research on the garment industry. Jill later worked for the Sri Lanka/India office of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity on anti-human trafficking programs. She has also done research on the microfinance sector in India for the Centre for Microfinance (Chennai).

Email: 
jill.shirey@theigc.org
Affiliation: 
International Growth Centre Hub Economist

Suryakant Kumar

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First Name: 
Suryakant
Family Name: 
Kumar
IGC Hub: 
None
Email: 
kumarskant@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
IGC-India State of Bihar

Maitreesh Ghatak

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First Name: 
Maitreesh
Family Name: 
Ghatak
IGC Hub: 
None

Anjan Mukherji

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First Name: 
Anjan
Family Name: 
Mukherji
IGC Hub: 
None

Anjan Mukherji retired as the Reserve Bank of India Professor of Economic Theory at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in July 2010 after teaching there for thirty seven years. He is currently the Jawaharlal Nehru National Fellow and is associated with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi during the duration of the Fellowship. He has previously held positions at the London School of Economics, Cornell University as well as at the University of Tsukuba and Osaka University, both in Japan.

Email: 
anjan.mukherji@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
IGC-India State of Bihar

Shaibal Gupta

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First Name: 
Shaibal
Family Name: 
Gupta
IGC Hub: 
None

Shaibal Gupta is the Founder Member Secretary of the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) in Patna, Bihar. He is also the Director of the Centre for Economic Policy and Public Finance (CEPPF), which has been set-up in ADRI by the Government of Bihar as a dedicated centre for research on public finance. He is the best known expert on the politics and economics of Bihar. His research focuses on the structure of the Bihar economy as well as on various development issues in Bihar with a political economy perspective.

Email: 
shaibalgupta@yahoo.co.uk
Affiliation: 
IGC-India State of Bihar
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