Reengineering urban infrastructure
This paper unpacks the key mechanisms, strategies and processes the IFIs have used to build agreement with their policies among government, donor and corporate circles. It also throws light on the ways in which the state (Union and State Governments) has accepted and actively advanced a policy programme for an urban reforms agenda that privileges PSP in urban infrastructure and helps restructure state and municipal governance with respect to the design and delivery of urban infrastructure. Of focal importance is the role played by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Union Government