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100			_aNayyar, Dhiraj
245			_aAlleviating poverty: role of good governance and constitutional reform
260			_c2000
300			_ap.3739-742
362			_aOct
520			_aThe persistence of poverty in independent India has been the subject of extensive research and intensive debate. Yet absolute poverty is a state of being for more than one-third of India's population at the turn of the century. Issues relating to the review of the Constitution have been at the centre of controversy in recent times. Issues relating to the reform of government itself have been largely ignored. The intersection of the three themes remains unexplored. Can an improvement in governance brought about by constitutional reform assist in the task of poverty alleviation, a task on which successive governments have failed to deliver for the last 53 years? The paper addresses this question and suggests that the answer is in the affirmative. - Reproduced
650			_aIndia - Constitution
650			_aPoverty - India
650			_aPoverty
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a46575
999			_c46575 _d46575