We study the effect of revenue decentralization (RD) and expenditure decentralization (ED) on sub-national growth in India from 1981-1982 to 2015-2016 for 14 large (non-special-category) states. Our study provides evidence ...

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are crucial to human development. Lack of WASH affects girls' health and school attendance, particularly after puberty. This has long-term consequences on gender equality and empowerment. ...

The literature on growth convergence has focused to a great extent on the role of initial incomes as a primary determinant of long-term growth outcomes. Expanded versions of growth models have used other explanators to ...