| ID | 126026 |
| Title Proper | Building on Bihar |
| Other Title Information | as a new government is formed in Kathmandu, how can Nepal not only learn from the changes underway in Bihar, but capitalise on them |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Glencorse, Blair |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Poor infrastructure, weak human capacity, politicised local bureaucracies, difficult caste relations, debilitating power shortages and deeply entrenched poverty - driving around Bihar recently, it was clear that the state has yet to transform into the orderly, prosperous society that recent press coverage has suggested. That said, there is no doubt that a nascent but carefully structured institutional reform process is allowing for the slow emergence of a 'naya' Bihar. Since 2005, the government of Nitish Kumar has consolidated rule of law, built critical infrastructure, begun to deliver services, increased revenues and expenditures, improved bureaucratic functionality, and generated an important sense of citizenship among many of the state's communities. The economy has grown at over 10 percent per year for the past six years, despite the separation of resource-rich Jharkhand in 2000, periodic floods and droughts, and the recent global financial crisis. |
| `In' analytical Note | Himal Vol.24, No.12; December 2011: p.44-46 |
| Journal Source | Himal Vol.24, No.12; December 2011: p.44-46 |
| Key Words | India ; Nepal ; Bihar ; Global Financial Crisis ; Institutional Reform ; Reform ; Economic Development ; Politics ; Bureaucracy ; Social Welfare |