Resuming Punjab's prosperity: the opportunities and challenges ahead (English)

Punjab is India's most prosperous and developed state with the lowest poverty rate. At the end of the 1990s, more than 94 percent of Punjab's citizens were above the poverty line, 70 percent were literate, 94 percent of the six year olds were enrolled in primary schools, 72 percent of children under twelve months were immunized, 99 percent of households had access to safe drinking water, and the average life expectancy of its citizen was 68 years...

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Document Date
2004/01/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
31585
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Resuming Punjab's prosperity: the opportunities and challenges ahead
Keywords
access to safe drinking water

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

IN-Punjab Development Report -- P085661

Major Sector

Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

Education

Public Administration

Energy and Extractives

Industry, Trade and Services

Theme

FY17 - Public Expenditure Management,FY17 - Fiscal Policy,FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform,FY17 - Fiscal sustainability,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Debt Management,FY17 - Public Finance Management,FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance

Sector

FY17 - Other Industry, Trade and Services,Power,FY17 - Primary Education,FY17 - Sub-National Government,FY17 - Agricultural Extension, Research, and Other Support Activities

TF No/Name

TF051478-UK-DFID AND WORLD BANK PARTNERSHIP FOR INDIA - SASPR

Topics

Agriculture and Food Security,Education,Health,Poverty,Water,

Historic Topics

Health, Nutrition and Population,

Historic SubTopics

Educational Sciences, Food Security, Health Care Services Industry, Hydrology, Inequality,

Unit Owning

Econ. Policy & Poverty Sector (SASEP)

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Final

Product Line

Economic and Sector Work

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Resuming Punjab's prosperity: the opportunities and challenges ahead (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/534321468033301372

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