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Synopsis Public policies to eradicate poverty emphasize an optimal mix of strategies involving acceleration of growth along with direct anti-poverty interventions. This volume examines the multidimensional facets of poverty, trends in India, and the effective and equitable instruments to raise resources necessary for human development and creation of physical infrastructure. The essays discuss an important institutional dimension—provision of public services in a multi-level fiscal framework. They analyse: Trends in poverty; The relationship between economic growth and poverty; Taxation policies and implications for sustainable development; Fiscal relations between developed and developing countries Tax reforms in India; Fiscal instruments for pollution control; Fiscal decentralization, rural development and poverty alleviation. An essay on fiscal policies and poverty reduction in Sri Lanka provides useful comparisons with the Indian scenario. For development scholars, university students, civil servants, and policy-makers, this is an important book.