01434pab a2200181 454500 180718b2006 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Pethe, Abhay Towards economic empowerment of urban local bodies in Maharashtra 2006 p.635-41. 16 Feb Scarcity of resources for urban infrastructure is a universal concern in developing economies. Also, prudent mandate of macroeconomic management has led to a reduction in hand-downs from higher governments. The sub-national governments have had to look at several alternatives with a sense of urgency. In this paper we focus on the possibilities of the sub-national governments accessing, the financial markets in general and the debt market in particular. Our paper focuses on the need to create virtual entities - self-help groups amongst the urban local bodiws - that could expand the domain of eligible ULBs. We visualise a scheme for capital market access by ULBs, which would work without the state acting as an intermediary and also without any new institution being set up. We provide the theoretical underpinnings, illustrate and operationalise the idea with the help of data related to ULBs in the state of Maharashtra. - Reproduced. Local government - India - Maharashtra Local government Lalvani, Mala Economic and Political Weekly 68963 68963 68963 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 41, Issue no: 7 AR69419 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR