Strategy for economic reform in West Bengal

Source : Maitreesh Ghatak , London School of Economics

This paper reviews the performance of different sectors [industry, higher education, state of public finance, etc.]in West Bengal and makes a number of suggestions for policy reforms. This paper also stresses the importance of small-scale industries to help overcome some specific market imperfections [access to credit, technology and distribution channels etc] which the West Bengal government is not prepared to do.

Click here to read article [PDF] »