Subject(s): Government Policy -- Sustainable development -- Institutional Issues -- Decentralized Government -- Poverty- magnitude and missing dimensions : Growth and poverty in India, trends, macro polices and direct programs, eradicating poverty- missing policy dimensions -- Raising resources for sustainable development- issues in tax policy and reform : Fiscal relations between rich and poor countries, taxing consumption- some reflections on US debate, evaluation of tax reforms in India, central tax and administration reform in 1990s, design and enforcement of fiscal instrument for pollution control in India -- Institutional issues- poverty alleviation under decentralized governance : Intergovernmental fiscal relations- universal principles, local applications, rethinking federalism- overview of current debate with some reflections in Indian context, implementation rules for fiscal decentralization, poverty alleviation under fiscal decentralization, rural development and poverty reduction- Sri Lankan perspective