The Fourth India Policy Forum (IPF) conference was held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on July 17–18, 2007. Prof T N Srinivasan, Samuel C. Park Jr. Professor of Economics,Yale University delivered the fourth annual IPF lecture on “Economic Reforms, External Opening and Growth:China and India”. This fourth volume (India Policy Forum 2007/08,Volume 4) was been published in July 2008. The India Policy Forum is a joint activity of NCAER and The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

2007|8, Volume 4, Papers

• • • The Political Economy of the Indian Fiscal Federation
      by Indira Rajaraman
      

   

• • Can Schooling Policies Affect Schooling Inequality? An Empirical Evaluation of School Location Policies in India
    by Anjini Kochar
    

• • Mortgaging the Future? Indian Higher Education
    by Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
    

• • Microfinance Lifespans: A Study of Attrition and Exclusion in Self-Help Groups in India
    by Jean – Marie Baland, Rohini Somanathan and Lore Vandewalle
    

• • • The Power Sector in India: An Inquiry into the Efficacy of the Reform Process
       by Saugata Bhattacharya and Urjit R. Patel
      

   

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