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100			_aKarnik, Ajit
245			_aOvercoming political obstacles to economic reforms via redistribution
260			_c2002
300			_ap.2059-064.
362			_a25 May
520			_aPolitical obstacles to the reforms process is a genuine problem in most reforming economies. Such obstacles, it is feared, shackle a reforming government, which is then unable to complete the reforms agenda. This paper argues that the magnitude of political economy problems may be exaggerated and that a way out of the impasse is possible. An approach to political calculus is developed that sets out the conditions under which broad-based reforms may be introduced by the government without electoral dangers. This approach is tested using Indian data. - Reproduced.
650			_aEconomic reform
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a52510
999			_c52510 _d52510