They want a smaller state that undermines the obvious need for public provision.

There is little public provision for the disabled anywhere in India.

The issue is presented as a conflict between the relative merits of private and public provision.

A third, since 1979, has been a conscious (and accelerating) ambition to limit public provision.

I also pay taxes and therefore pay for the public provision.

It stands as a qualification to the problems of public good provision.

The market has failed to work in most areas of public provision, it increases costs and reduces quality.

At that time no public provision was made to take care of abandoned infants.

Most people in Britain depend on public provision for health care and education.

Under the conditions outlined above, this is likely to reduce the economic efficiency of public provision.