Introduction

Public policies, what history says, have undoubted impacts upon the economy and society. The role of fiscal policy has become more prominent in recent years, especially during times of economic crisis. It has direct impacts upon the income generation activities in one hand, and the social sectors on the other. Again, the monetary policy, especially in the developing countries, has income-generating effects which lead to enhancements in the social sector developments. But a good governance practice is always holistic for lubricating the executions of the fiscal and monetary policies upon the social sectors, in particular, for the development of a nation. Against this background, the proposed edited book aims to divulge with modern data whether public policies combined with good governance practices do have growth and infrastructural impacts upon social sectors from the perspectives of the countries in the world. Having twenty-one chapters divided over two parts, the essence of the covered chapters are that fiscal and monetary policies coupled with good governance mechanisms do have definite positive impacts upon the social sectors including education, health, gender parity, human development, etc. but a lax governance revert the conclusion.