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The Political Economy of Business-State Deals in Indian States

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Asian Studies Centre
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Kunal Sen speaks at the South Asia Seminar on 28 November 2017
India has historically performed badly in the World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators and a key objective of the current Indian government is about improving de jure rules around investment decisions so as to facilitate economic growth. Using a novel methodology, I show that de facto deals rather than de jure rules characterise the business-state relationship in Indian states and more deal making is prevalent in states with weak capacity. I argue that reforms initiatives to increase the ease of doing business in India is unlikely to succeed when deals rather than rules characterise investment decisions and when state capacity is weak and prone to capture by the business sector.

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Asian Studies Centre
People
Kunal Sen
Keywords
india
indian states
political economy
Department: St Antony's College
Date Added: 13/03/2018
Duration: 00:45:58

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