Doubling Kerala’s NSDP In 3 Years – Implications for Investment and its Financing

Pillai N., Vijayamohanan (2008): Doubling Kerala’s NSDP In 3 Years – Implications for Investment and its Financing.

Abstract

This brief note was prepared for the State Planning Board of Kerala in India in response to a question on how to double Kerala’s net state domestic product in three years and on its implications for investment and its financing. We show that this ambition lies in the realm of impossibles.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Kerala, State income, Growth, Investment, Financing
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

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