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The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India

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  • Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes
  • Mogues, Tewodaj
  • Moszoro, Marian
  • Soto, Mauricio

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South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human and economic development, India has shown a strong commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. This paper focuses on the medium-term development challenges that South Asia, and in particular India, faces to ensure substantial progress along the SDGs by 2030. We estimate the additional spending needed in critical areas of human capital (health and education) and physical capital (water and sanitation, electricity, and roads). We document progress on these five sectors for India relative to other South Asian countries and discuss implications for policy and reform.

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  • Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes & Mogues, Tewodaj & Moszoro, Marian & Soto, Mauricio, 2022. "The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India," MPRA Paper 117232, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Human Capital; Infrastructure; India;
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    JEL classification:

    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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