Debt Sustainability of Subnational Governments in India: Lessons from International Debt Crises

ISBN-13: 9780198903116 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str.

Dwivedi

O autorze

Dr. Hari Krishna Dwivedi is a distinguished Indian civil servant and the current Chief Secretary of the Government of West Bengal. He has previously served in many key positions, including State Finance Secretary and Head of Taxation in the state. Dwivedi was a recipient of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program in 2004-05, under which he pursued an M.Sc in Development Management from the London School of Economics (LSE). He also holds a PhD in Development Studies from Calcutta University. A prolific writer, his publications primarily cover topics such as community participation, women's empowerment, rural development, debt sustainability, local body finances, state finances, fiscal consolidation, and fiscal federalism. As the State Finance Secretary, Dwivedi has been instrumental in introducing wide-ranging reforms in financial restructuring and fiscal management of the state finances.