Workshop on Public Sector Governance in India Organized by The Indian Institute of Public Administration in partnership with the Government of Japan and the World Bank Institute At The Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi November 14-18, 2005

Readings Theme I: Fiscal Federalism Session 1: Assigning Responsibilities in a Decentralized Fiscal System Required Reading W.Oates. 1999. “An Essay on Fiscal Federalism”, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol 37, No.3, pp. 1120-1159 Optional Readings Shah, Anwar. (1994). “Chapter 1: Design of Economic Constitutions,” in Shah, Anwar, The Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Developing and Emerging Market Economies. Policy and Research Series Number 23. Washington, DC: World Bank. Boadway, Robin and Anwar Shah (forthcoming). “Chapter 1: The Role of Governments in Federal Countries,” in Boadway, Robin and Anwar Shah. Fiscal Federalism: Principles and Practices. Cambridge University Press. Session 2: Intergovernmental Finance Shah, Anwar (2003). “Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements – Lessons from International Experience,” working paper. Shah, Anwar (forthcoming). “A Framework for Evaluating Alternate Institutional Arrangements for Fiscal Equalization Transfers”, in Jorge Martinez and Bob Searle, “Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations”. Edward Elgar Press. Session 3: Fiscal Policies for Regional Development Shankar, Raja and Anwar Shah, 2003. "Bridging the Economic Divide within Nations: A Scorecard on the Performance of Regional Development Policies in Reducing Regional Income Disparities," World Development, August 2003, Vol. 31, No.8, pp.1421-1441.

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Session 4: Fiscal Responsibility and Fiscal Discipline Howes, Stephen.2005. Fiscal Responsibility Legislation at the State Level in India: Is it working? Kochhar, K. and C.Purfield. 2004. Rules-Based Adjustment in a Highly Decentralized Context: The Case of India. In George Kopits (Edited) Rule-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets: Background, Analysis and Prospects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Kopits, George. 2004. Overview of Fiscal Policy Rules in Emerging Markets. In George Kopits (Edited) Rule-Based Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets: Background, Analysis and Prospects. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Theme II: State and Local Government Organization and Finance Session 5: State-Local Fiscal Relations V Alok to distribute Session 6: State and Local Government Finance including Borrowing Government of India, Ministry of Finance. 2004. Report of the Twelfth Finance Commission (2005-10) Chapter 3. Trends in Central and State Finances. Pradhan, P K. Local Government Finance and Bond Markets. Paper presented at the ADB Conference on Local Government Finance and Bond Market Financing, 19-21 November 2002, ADB Headquarters, Manila. Session 7: State and Local Government Finance including Borrowing: Discussion Session Session 8: Local Government Organization and Finance: International Perspectives Kitchen, Harry. “Delivering Local/Municipal Services,” paper prepared for “International Seminar on Local Public Finance and Governance”, A Seminar organized by the Ministry of Finance, China, The Canadian Agency for International Development and the World Bank, Dal, China, August 9-12, 2004.

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Theme III: Innovations in Public Management Session 9: Reinventing Government – New Public Management OECD (2001). “Government of the Future,” OECD Public Management Policy Brief, PUMA Policy Brief No. 9, June 2001. OECD (2001). “Public Sector Modernisation: A Ten Year Perspective,” Note by the Secretariat, 24th session of the Public Management Committee, Chateau de la Muette, Paris, November 5 – 6, 2001. Jones, L R and Donald F Kettl. 2003. “Assessing Public Management Reform in an International Context”. International Public Management Review, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2003. Shah, Anwar. 2005. “On Getting the Giant to Kneel: Approaches to a Change in the Bureaucratic Culture”, in Anwar Shah (edited) Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series: Fiscal Management. World Bank, Washington DC. Session 10: Combating Corruption and Malfeasance Shah, Anwar and Mark Schacter. 2004.”Combating Corruption: Look before you leap”, in Finance and Development. 41,4:40-43, December 2004, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC. Shah, Anwar. 2005. Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance. Session 11: Public Financial Management: Internal Controls and External Oversight Holmes, Malcolm and Vinod Sahgal. 2004. State Financial Accountability Assessment: Synthesis Study. Session 12: Performance-based Budgeting and Management Andrews, Matthew.2005. “Performance-Based Budgeting Reform: Progress, Problems, and Pointers, in Anwar Shah (edited) Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series: Fiscal Management.World Bank, Washington DC.

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Theme IV: Service Delivery Session 13: Public Service Delivery: Practices, Reforms and Lessons Chand, Vikram. 2005. “Reforming Services in India: Drawing Lessons from Success.” Executive Summary. Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Report, World Bank, South Asia. Session 14: Developing a Monitorable Data Base for Delivery of Public Services A C Ittyerah to distribute. Session 15: Finance and Provision of Education: Efficiency and Equity Pritchett, Lant and Vinod Pande. Making Primary Education Work for India’s Rural Poor: A Proposal for Effective Decentralization. Presentation at the the Workshop on Public Expenditure Management in Orissa, August 2005. Session 16: Finance and Provision of Health: Efficiency and Equity Filmer, Deon, Jeffrey Hammer and Lant Pritchett. 2000. “Weak Links in the Chain: A Diagnosis of Health Policy in Poor Countries”. The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 15, no.2, August 2000, pp1999-224. Filmer, Deon, Jeffrey Hammer and Lant Pritchett. 2000. “Weak Links in the Chain II: A Prescription for Health Policy in Poor Countries”. The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 17, no.1, Spring 2002, pp 47-66. Das, Jishnu and Jeffrey Hammer. 2004. “Strained Mercy: Quality of Medical Care in Delhi”. Economic and Political Weekly, Feb 28, 2004, pp 951-961.

Theme V: Accountability and Transparency Session 17: E-government Required Reading Kanungo, Vikas. 2005. Leadership and Capacity Building Framework for e-Government. Bhatnagar, Subhash, and Deane, Arsala. 2004. “Building blocks of e-government: lessons from developing countries”. PREM notes, Number 91, Public Sector, World Bank, August 2004.

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Optional Readings Bhatnagar, S C, and Chawla, Rajeev. 2004. “ India: Online Delivery of Land Titles to Rural Farmers in Karnataka, Scaling Up Poverty Reduction: A Global Learning Process”.Presented at the Shanghai Conference, May 25-27, 2004. Bhatnagar, Subash. 2003. “Transparency and Corruption: Does E-Government Help?”. Draft paper prepared for the compilation of CHRI 2003 Report OPEN SESAME: Looking for the Right to Information in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2003. Ray, Subhajyoti and Rao, V Venkata. 2004. “Evaluating Government Service: A Customer’s Perspective of e-Government”. Presented at the 4th European Conference on e-Government, Dublin, June 17-18, 2004. Session 18: Governance, Transparency and Voice Thampi, Gopakumar and Suresh Balakrishnan. 2002. Public Policy and Civil Society: Ambiguities and Possibilities. Public Affairs Center, Bangalore. Thampi, Gopakumar. 2005. Community Voice as an Aid to Accountability: Experiences with Citizen Report Cards in Bangalore. Paper presented at the World Water Week, Stoklholm, August 20, 2005. Andrews, Matthew and Anwar Shah. 2005. “Citizen-Centered Governance: A New Approach to Public Sector Reform”, in Anwar Shah (edited), Public Sector Governance and Accountability Series: Public Expenditure Analysis. World Bank, Washington DC.

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