The Challenge of Fiscal Adjustment in a Democracy : The Case of India /

India's fiscal problem has deep roots in its federal fiscal system, where multiple players find it difficult to coordinate adjustment. The size and closed nature of the Indian economy, aided by its deep domestic capital market and large captive pool of domestic savings, has disguised the cost o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hausmann, Ricardo
Other Authors: Purfield, Catriona
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/168
Online Access:Full text available on IMF