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The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission adopted a reform-linked funding approach, the culmination of two decades of active debate and experimentation in the urban development sector. Yet, progress of both fund utilisation and reforms under the programme has been tardy. As a second phase of the mission is planned, the three major themes of importance are decentralisation, especially in the fiscal arena, commercial financing of infrastructure projects, and service delivery to the urban poor.
Published in Economic and Political Weekly (XLV No 28, pp. 20-23) on July 10, 2010.
Link to the original article - A Glass Half Full? Urban Development (1990s to 2010).
“A Glass Half Full? Urban Development from 1990s to 2010”, in Economic and Political Weekly, July 10, 2010, Vol. XLV No 28, pp. 20-23 (Jointly with Dinesh Mehta). (https://www.epw.in/journal/2010/28/commentary/glass-half-full-urban-development-1990s-2010.html)