Evaluation of social sector expenditures and application of the theory of change to enhance good governance in Jammu and Kashmir (Record no. 534008)
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| Personal name | Panda, Gyana Ranjan Goswami, Priyank and Patra, Suresh Kumar |
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| Title | Evaluation of social sector expenditures and application of the theory of change to enhance good governance in Jammu and Kashmir |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Indian Journal of Public Administration |
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| Extent | 72(2), Jun, 2026: p.373-392 |
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| Summary, etc | Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), now a Union Territory (UT) post-August 2019, presents a unique laboratory for studying the relationship between conflict, governance and social sector public expenditure. This article makes a tripartite contribution to the relevant literature: first, it empirically analyses trends in social sector expenditure as a percentage of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from 1995 to 2022 using an autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach, stratified across three politically defined phases: the Peak Militancy Period (1990–2002), the Mass Protest Years (2002–2018) and the Post-Reorganisation Phase (2019 onwards). Second, it provides a comprehensive inter-regional comparison between the J&K divisions, supplemented by a systematic inter-district analysis using the socio-economic development index and health infrastructure index, revealing that while expenditure allocations have historically favoured the Kashmir division, developmental outcomes are paradoxically superior in the Jammu division, a finding attributable to differential institutional capacities in conflict-affected versus relatively peaceful geographies. Third, the article critically evaluates five competing evaluation frameworks—cost–benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost–utility analysis, cost–consequence analysis and multi-criteria decision analysis—and provides reasoned justification for selecting the theory of change (ToC) model as the most appropriate analytical approach for J&K’s multi-sector, district-level governance challenge operationalised through the district good governance index (DGGI). The study finds that social sector expenditure has persistently remained below 3 per cent of GSDP across all phases, with a structural bias towards economic sector expenditure, and argues that the ToC model embedded within the DGGI framework offers a replicable, conflict-sensitive evaluation architecture for governance reform in post-conflict societies.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00195561261450550?_gl=1*12ypbx*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTEwMzgxODQyOS4xNzg1NzM4Nzg 5*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3ODU3Mzg3ODkkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODU3Mzg3ODkkajYwJGwxJGg4ODM0NDQ5NDk. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social sector expenditure, Public expenditure review, Theory of changes, District good governance index, Inter regional comparison, ARDL Model, Jammu and Kashmir, Conflict sensitive governance. |
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