It's all good to be tactical - keep China out of strategic markets; hit back in the same coin if it looks to keep India's key sectors out - but don't shoot yourself in the foot.
by T.N. Ninan | On 21 Jun 2020 This paper presents India’s trade in apparel products by sub-sectors and key markets, and analyses its trade competitiveness across different sub-sectors. It examines the impact of trade agreements an...
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 04 Feb 2019 In 2017, global investment in renewables and energy efficiency declined by 3% and there is a risk that it will slow further; clearly fossil fuels still dominate energy investment. This could threaten...
by Jeffrey D. Sachs | On 28 Jan 2019 This paper classifies the arguments around data localisation into three broad categories - the civil liberties perspective; the government functions perspective and the economic perspective. It examin...
by Rishab Bailey | On 12 Jan 2019 The paper constructs a new measure of the changing generosity of deposit insurance for many countries, empirically model the international influences on the adoption and generosity of deposit insuranc...
by Charles W. Calomiris | On 03 Sep 2018 This report assesses the impact of NDCs on the energy sectors of ADB’s DMCs in terms of projected changes to the power mix, anticipated investment in energy technologies, as well the resulting emissio...
by Yongping Zhai | On 16 Aug 2018 The policy brief aims to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on food security, ASEAN established a rice reserve on 4 October 1979. The rice reserve was developed to alleviate poverty and to eradi...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 10 Aug 2018 This study provides a systematic review and summary of the extant knowledge on the impacts of decentralization on health in the Philippines. Despite the country’s twenty-five years of experience in de...
by Michael R.M. Abrigo | On 03 Jul 2018 This paper therefore argues that using aggregate measures like migration incidence in an area wherein homogeneity is assumed and obtaining a significant and positive effect may erroneously amplify the...
by Aubrey D. Tabuga | On 28 Jun 2018 This paper is to studies how manufacturing plants in India adjusted to trade liberalization during the period 1998–99 to 2007–08. It estimates how the labor share changed due to tariff reduction. The...
by Prachi Gupta | On 05 Jun 2018 This paper estimates production efficiency and shadow prices of
CO2
emissions for thermal
power plants in India. It employs a unique sample of 56 power plants for 2000-2013 acquired
primarily...
by | On 29 May 2018 Developing countries, including India, are increasing relying on foreign direct
investments (FDI) for raising finance for infrastructure development and other
projects. Consequently, coun...
by Tanu M Goyal | On 09 May 2018 This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management
in Indian cities. It presents an assessment of the rapidly rising volume of municipal solid...
by | On 26 Apr 2018 Services are a major component of global gross domestic product and employment, and a
rising component of global trade and investment flows. This
is the largest sector of the Indian
...
by Avantika Kapoor | On 25 Apr 2018 The conventional theory of human capital developed by Becker (1962) and Mincer (1974) views education and training as the major sources of human capital accumulation that, in turn, have direct and pos...
by Zafar Mueen Nasir | On 29 Mar 2018 This paper examines the background of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement, the nature of this obligation on developed country Members that pertains to the promotion of technology transfer to LDC Membe...
by Jayashree Watal | On 20 Mar 2018 The report says that as per the UN National Accounts Statistics data, India’s ranking improved from 14th position in 2006 to 7th position in 2016, among the world’s 15 largest economies in terms of ov...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 This paper analyzes 2015-TPA voting patterns in the Congress in the context of the trade negotiating objectives.
by Yoon Joon | On 24 Jan 2018 The digital economy has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, mostly as a result of new
digital technologies that are promoting a global transformation to industry 4.0. The resulting expa...
by Padmashree Gehl Sampath | On 23 Jan 2018 This issue brief takes a broad overview of the journey of CWC and OPCW during the last two decades.
by Ajey Lele | On 17 Jan 2018 his paper develops the contours of an ambitious approach to fossil fuel subsidy reform using the multilateral trade system.
by Joel Trachtman | On 26 Dec 2017 This paper explores the policy measures that will best lead to the most positive outcomes as standards diffuse through global value chains.
by Raphael Kaplinsky | On 26 Dec 2017 The overall goal of this paper is to review and document the likely impacts of climate change on China’s agricultural production, efforts that China might be able to make in reducing greenhouses gas e...
by Jinxia Wang | On 21 Dec 2017 The report says that Manitoba is a province rich in agricultural lands, where the agriculture sector is a cornerstone for the economy.
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 18 Dec 2017 This paper aims to promote competitive access for telecommunications providers.
by Krystal Uy | On 14 Dec 2017 This paper presents and analyzes the key findings from a comprehensive review of value chain-related studies on the commodities and horticulture sectors, focusing on what this literature reveals about...
by Man-Kwun Chan | On 06 Dec 2017 Services are a major component of global gross domestic product and employment, and a rising component of global trade and investment flows. This is the largest sector of the Indian economy contributi...
by | On 30 Nov 2017 Most empirical studies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) use cross-sectional data or case studies, making causality hard to establish. The paper overcomes this limitation by using panel data on...
by Shuangqi Wu | On 23 Nov 2017 This report will also summarize experiences with the technical assessment process as of early 2017 and offer an overview of initial REDD+ results reporting and technical analyses of those reports.
by Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO] | On 31 Oct 2017 This informative note presents soil carbon sequestration as an option for offsetting this emissions through a market-based mechanism within the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International...
by Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO] | On 16 Oct 2017 This study analyzes the India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) over the past decade. It is noted that bilateral trade between the countries has increased steadily and India became the most favored...
by Kavita Iyengar | On 13 Oct 2017 The briefs says that the urban population in India is growing and so are motorisation rates.
by Sujaya Rathi | On 13 Oct 2017 The empirical context of our study is Indonesia, a country with a long tradition of regulating consumer energy prices and a recent change in subsidy policies, facilitated by dramatically falling oil p...
by Sebastian Renner | On 29 Sep 2017 Regional integration (RI) is a process by which countries enter into an agreement to upgrade cooperation through common institutions and rules. The objectives of the agreement could range from economi...
by Research and Information System for Developing Countries | On 24 Aug 2017 The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Singapore came into effect on 1st August 2005. It was the first such comprehensive FTA signed by India with any country coveri...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 24 Aug 2017 With one of the Middle East’s largest economies, a growing population,
and rising incomes, Iran contributes significantly to the region’s agricultural commodity consumption. Iran’s rising food demand...
by Mesbah Motamed | On 18 Aug 2017 This paper undertakes an evaluation of the Labour and Environment chapters of the TPP Agreement, with a view to determining India’s stand if the same or similar provisions are proposed in multilateral...
by Anwarul Hoda | On 08 Aug 2017 The report narrates that the Accord provided a framework for a fair and reasonable degree of consistency in the application of capital standards in different countries, on a shared definition of capit...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 03 Aug 2017 Low carbon development has gained policy prominence and is a concern of both environment and development policy globally and in China
and India. This paper discusses the role of China and India as im...
by Shailly Kedia | On 03 Aug 2017 This paper examines the emerging strength of BRICS in hightechnology
trade. We reviewed trends in high-technology trade primarily in
BICS (excluding Russia). Given that China and India are leading e...
by | On 03 Aug 2017 The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Agreement (CECA) between India and
Singapore came into effect on 1st August
2005. It was the first such comprehensive
FTA signed by India with any country
c...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 02 Aug 2017 RCEP member countries cover half the world population, 30 per
cent of world GDP and a quarter of world trade. The regional grouping has
several countries including China whose economies are among th...
by V Seshadri | On 31 Jul 2017 The main objective of the paper is to of add clarity to the debate over the economic effects of regulations like the CPP. It is shown that studies of the same regulation
using similar methodologies c...
by Noah Kaufman | On 28 Jul 2017 The expert paper further estimates significant potential for an overall improvement in balance of trade with increased blending in the context of an expected recovery in global crude oil prices.
by Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy CSTEP | On 27 Jul 2017 Previous studies have examined how demographic characteristics, education, culture, and labor policy suppress Indian women’s labor supply. However, not enough attention has been paid to the role of po...
by Lei Lei | On 27 Jul 2017 The report discusses the most recent projections pertaining to climate change and climate change impacts in Asia and the Pacific, and the consequences of these changes to human systems, particularly f...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 14 Jul 2017 This study is part of the Asian Development Bank’s initiative to support greener and more sustainable transport systems that are convenient and lessen carbon dioxide emissions. Read how congestion cha...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 03 Jul 2017 This report focuses on the relatively complex account structure and drawdown rules of the two funds, which are the same in the CTFs of the RMI and the FSM. Using an investment return simulation model,...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 30 Jun 2017 This study informs decision makers regarding major climate change risks to development and provides feasible policy recommendations for consideration to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability in...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 Jun 2017 The paper suggests that the impacts of climate change in Southeast Asia may be larger than previously estimated, possibly reaching 11% of gross domestic product by 2100.
by David Raitzer | On 19 Jun 2017 This report measures the size of associated subsidies on these fossil fuels including direct transfers, tax exemptions, subsidized credit, and losses of state enterprises in India, Indonesia, and Thai...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 14 Jun 2017 The report as that there are currently 17 emissions trading systems (ETS) in place in four continents and account for nearly 40% of global gross domestic product. In Asia and the Pacific region, there...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 Jun 2017 The present paper focuses on the first and internationally the largest mode of dispute resolution, that is, Arbitration. However, prior to looking at how arbitration functions in the country, it would...
by Bibek Debroy | On 17 May 2017 This publication highlights the results of a successful partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM) with cofinancing from the...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 10 May 2017 The ecological complexity of the Central and West Asian region gives way to diverse ecosystems
with rich natural resources and hydrocarbon reserves; countries in this region are not only
exposed to...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 May 2017 Indian cities are facing the problem of severe air pollution and vehicles are a major source. The economically vibrant cities like Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai provide numerous job opp...
by Sudakshina Gupta | On 24 Jan 2017 This WWF Living Planet Report comes at a critical juncture following the remarkable successes in 2015 of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the agreement on the Sustainable Development Goals fo...
by World Wide Fund | On 23 Dec 2016 “Men, Masculinities and Climate Change: A Discussion Paper” aims to establish a rationale for understanding boys’ and men’s multiple roles in climate change by conducting an analysis of masculinities...
by | On 13 Oct 2016 Although evidence shows that women are both victims of climate change and important contributors of knowledge and skills in disaster risk, adaptation and mitigation strategies, the gender perspective...
by | On 23 Sep 2016 The 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are the only country grouping to have a dedicated article in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Article 4.9 commits all parties to the conv...
by | On 22 Sep 2016 The Indian steel industry has made a rapid progress on strong fundamentals over the recent few years. The industry is getting all essential ingredients required for dynamic growth. The government is b...
by | On 19 Sep 2016 The report begins with an overview of the Iron and Steel Industry in the context of its importance to Indian economy and introduces the objective of this study. The status of the industry by productio...
by | On 19 Sep 2016 According to the Basketball Federation of India, Basketball is now the fastest-growing sport among boys and girls, with five million participants-which they claim is second only to soccer 2 The Indian...
by | On 09 Sep 2016 This paper attempts to examine the impact of government expenditure in social sector on economic growth at the state level for 15 major states. The study reveals that the share of social sector expend...
by | On 07 Sep 2016 The Global Forest Watch (GFW) Climate online platform
catalyzes action on climate change by providing timely and
credible answers to questions about the impacts of tropical
deforestation on global...
by nancy Harris | On 12 Aug 2016 In the last decade, the resource-rich Philippines has bet heavily on the mining industry as a development strategy,
an approach that has come under growing scrutiny. With 47 large-scale mines in oper...
by Cecilia Olivet | On 10 Aug 2016 This Work Programme will leverage research and innovation to address major societal challenges. Ensuring food and nutritional security, together with resource efficiency, and facing climate change. Ac...
by European union | On 09 Aug 2016 The share of coastal shipping in the modal mix of domestic freight
transportation in India is currently very low despite it being more costeffective,
fuel-efficient and environment-friendly compared...
by Lavanya Ravikanth Anneboina | On 03 Aug 2016 This paper examines social sector expenditures in fifteen Indian states between 1980/81 and 1999/2000 to find out whether the far-reaching economic reforms that began in 1991 had any significant impac...
by | On 19 Jul 2016 This paper analyses what is possible as a low carbon scenario for India using India Energy Security Scenarios-2047 tool developed by the erstwhile Planning Commission and later refined by its successo...
by Montek Ahluwalia | On 19 Jul 2016 This paper reviews the current state of the literature on Indian urbanization to analyze existing urban development trajectories at the state level in order to understand the challenges Indian cities...
by Meenu Tewari | On 15 Jul 2016 This paper analyzes the absence of correlation between China-ASEAN economic interdependence and dispute settlement in the South China Sea, against liberals’ prediction. It argues that there are a few...
by | On 13 Jul 2016 Taxation policies in India have historically not been environmentally oriented. A tax system is needed whic is environmentally more rational. It is argued in this study that India is currently going...
by D K Srivastava | On 01 Jul 2016 In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social...
by Michal Bauer | On 24 Jun 2016 Honor and stigma play a role in environmental protection. Environmental honors are bestowed on
people and firms who go out of their way to do right by the environment. Similarly, environmental
stigm...
by Prasenjit Banerjee | On 03 Jun 2016 Rising emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and growing economic
inequalities have emerged as key challenges for policymakers over the
past two decades and the problems are likely to intensify in th...
by Unmesh Patnaik | On 03 Jun 2016 This inaugural report provides an analysis of developing countries’ overall RE and EE initiatives, as well as specific projects and case studies that detail their countries’ implementation of EE and R...
by United Nations Environment Programme UNEP | On 02 Jun 2016 Today, more than half of international trade is regulated through preferential trade agreements (PTAs). While in the past, these agreements served as tools to eliminate further tariffs between the pa...
by | On 01 Jun 2016 With growing populations and demand for food, farmers in ASEAN member states (except Singapore) are required to produce more and more food from land that continues to decline due to population growth,...
by | On 31 May 2016 The present publication reinforces the importance of biodiversity, particularly in the context of sustainable development. It attempts to give an overview of the issue, by analysing the main thematic...
by | On 18 May 2016 The transition to a low carbon economy heralds an economic and social transformation that is exciting as well as challenging. The challenges that face India include: enhancing economic opportunities a...
by | On 02 May 2016 The Indian Patents Act, 1970 provides patent protection in India. The same is in accordance with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement. The recent conferment of “product patent” along with the “proces...
by Ministry of Commerce and Industry GOI | On 27 Apr 2016 The objective of this report is to identify which of the 375 items on the 2013 Model List of Essential Medicines (MLEM) of the World Health Organization (WHO) (18th edition) are patented and where. Gi...
by | On 26 Apr 2016 India's Design Act, 2000 was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to protection of design and to comply with the articles 25 and 26 of TRIPS agreement. The new act, (earlier Patent and De...
by Ministry of Commerce and Industry GOI | On 26 Apr 2016 India's Design Act, 2000 was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to protection of design and to comply with the articles 25 and 26 of TRIPS agreement. The new act, (earlier Patent and De...
by Ministry of Commerce and Industry GOI | On 26 Apr 2016 India's Design Act, 2000 was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to protection of design and to comply with the articles 25 and 26 of TRIPS agreement. The new act, (earlier Patent and De...
by Ministry of Commerce and Industry GOI | On 26 Apr 2016 The Communication sets out the EU's vision for a transparent and dynamic, legally binding United Nations climate change agreement that sets the world on a pathway to prevent global warming from reachi...
by European union | On 26 Apr 2016 Energy is used to heat and to cool buildings and homes, transport goods, and power the economy. But with ageing infrastructure, poorly integrated markets, and uncoordinated policies, our consumers,
h...
by European union | On 26 Apr 2016 India-Bangladesh relations are advancing rapidly in recent times. There are of course some impediments such as non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in trade, and the Teesta water-sharing dispute that need to be...
by Chandrani Sarma | On 21 Mar 2016 This paper attempts to examine the impact of such price controls on the revenue and profitability of the seed providers in India. Using a panel data for 9 cotton growing states in India over 2002- 200...
by Anchal Arora | On 16 Mar 2016 This paper tries to examine and assess the contribution of services towards India’s manufacturing exports at the firm level. The findings confirm that services have contributed to enhanced export comp...
by Sonia Mukherjee | On 15 Mar 2016 This report aims to support the national carbon emission reduction plan in railway station buildings; to learn and make use of the advanced technologies in international building management; and to en...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 On January 25, 2012, one year has passed since the protests began on Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Events in the Middle East and North Africa over the past year have altered many previously held beliefs abou...
by | On 14 Mar 2016 The United States and North Korea resumed talks in Beijing on February 23–24, 2012, after a delay following the death of Kim Jong Il two months ago. Present at the talks were a delegation of the DPRK...
by Sangsoo Lee | On 14 Mar 2016 Mergers and acquisitions (M and A) are common strategies of firms to increase its performance. Although, the motives of M and A are different however, the determinants are discreet. This study tries t...
by Nikita Agarwal | On 11 Mar 2016 South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. need a more effective anti-ballistic missile system to counter North Korea’s increased nuclear and missile threats. Yet Seoul has so far wavered in agreeing to the dep...
by | On 10 Mar 2016 Unlike earlier literature that documented positive association between inflation and the dispersion of relative prices over time, the empirical evidence from this study suggests that the relative pric...
by Sartaj Rather | On 10 Mar 2016 The share of income held by the top 1 percent in many countries around the world has been rising persistently over the last 30 years. But we continue to know little about how the rising top income sha...
by Richard V. Burkhauser | On 09 Mar 2016 According to the 2009 HSBC ‘The Future of Retirement’ report, the world’s ageing population will increase from 550 million today to 1.4 billion by 2050. Such a big number directly conjures up images o...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 04 Mar 2016 The recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico concluded on a generally positive note as growing optimism replaced the disappointment that defined the 2009 talks in Copenhagen.While...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 03 Mar 2016 As with previous annual meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), outcomes of the recently concluded 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) have implications for...
by J. Ewing | On 03 Mar 2016 The Fourth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes – otherwise known as the Bali Process – was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on 29-3...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 03 Mar 2016 Amidst heightened expectations regarding ASEAN’s contribution to international order, particularly in the context of a trend towards multilevel security governance, ASEAN is attempting to transform it...
by Holly Haywood | On 02 Mar 2016 The controversy surrounding the Australia¬Malaysia refugee swap agreement that would have seen 800 asylum seekers sent to Malaysia in exchange for 4,000 processed refugees took a decisive turn on 31...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 02 Mar 2016 This paper analyses the various legal, political, military and economic circumstances of the two territorial disputes in the ECS, and it evaluates the approaches by both sides to turn the ECS from a `...
by Reinhard Drifte | On 01 Mar 2016 There has been much discussion on aging and peoples’ concerns for old age. However, few studies have been done on the aging experience from an emic perspective. This geroanthropological paper makes an...
by Seetha Kakkoth | On 01 Mar 2016 The analysis of the paper begins in the next section by setting out broad economic changes in India as key context for change in Palanpur, with a particular focus on the three drivers set out above; s...
by Himanshu Prof | On 29 Feb 2016 Empirical evidence suggests that the emergence of international production networks in East Asia results from market-driven forces such as vertical specialization and higher production costs in the ho...
by Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong | On 29 Feb 2016 The toolkit contains a list of practical climate friendly initiatives that can be adopted by individuals, educational institutions, and workplaces with detailed calculations of annual CO 2 emissions r...
by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Chang GOI | On 29 Feb 2016 Against the trends of increasing global travel, rapid urbanisation and growing population, the threat of infectious diseases looms large on the horizon. In Asia, the series of health crises brought...
by Gianna Gayle Amul | On 27 Feb 2016 This paper examines the effect of land reform and land transfer actions of farmer beneficiaries on land ownership concentration. A case study of two rice-growing villages was used to track down owners...
by Marife M. Ballesteros | On 25 Feb 2016 With the surge in energy demand in developing Southeast Asia, the propensity of using nuclear energy as an option is growing. Singapore needs to adapt itself and explore the benefits of a ‘nuclearised...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 This paper is an integration of the studies commissioned under the DFA-PIDS memorandum of agreement to explore the priority areas during the Philippines' APEC hosting in 2015 under the theme: "Buildin...
by Erlinda M. Medalla | On 25 Feb 2016 The principle of non-discrimination which comprises national treatment and most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment is an important pillar of the multilateral trading system. The World Trade Organization (...
by Sherzod Shadikhodjaev | On 25 Feb 2016 On December 24, 1998 the Government of Pakistan (GOP) received a Call Notice from the US Government for consultation regarding the establishment of quantitative restraints on Pakistani exports of Comb...
by S. M. Hussain | On 25 Feb 2016 The growing development in and possibly greater diffusion of biotechnology products have further accentuated the intensity of trade restrictions on the entry of these goods in countries like EU, Japan...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 25 Feb 2016 This paper focuses on Indonesia’s trade policies after the economic crisis. It examines the trend towards protection and addresses the issues of competitiveness. The concluding part briefly discusses...
by M. Basri | On 25 Feb 2016 The Copenhagen Summit in December 2009 failed to yield a concrete, politically-binding agreement among states to reduce carbon emissions in order to mitigate climate change. This is so despite the wid...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 24 Feb 2016 Abstract: The development of China-ASEAN trade and economic relations within the recent 15 years has of great significance not only for both sides but also for the whole East-Asia region. This paper i...
by Zhao Jianglin | On 24 Feb 2016 This study looks at Indonesia’s commitments to multilateral trade agreements, and assesses policies adopted by the government to meet the criteria set by those agreements. Particularly, three sectors...
by Titik Anas | On 24 Feb 2016 This is a preliminary report for the World Bank regarding emissions of greenhouse gases from hydropower reservoirs in India. The objective of the work, according to the terms-of reference, is, inter a...
by World Bank | On 24 Feb 2016 Seventy per cent of the world’s population are expected to live in urban areas by 2050. Food production to feed this larger, more urban and richer population will have to be done in the face of changi...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward agreements, usually at predetermined prices for the production and supply of agric...
by Larry Digal | On 23 Feb 2016 Growing food demands and escalating environmental stresses create a series of challenges throughout Southeast Asia. Projected population and consumption patterns strongly suggest that food production...
by J. Ewing | On 22 Feb 2016 Feeding Asia’s growing population requires modern agriculture based on the latest science and technology. Asian countries should embrace modern farming techniques and invest in R&D to develop sustaina...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, yet one billion people are hungry. Biotech approaches to food production will not enhance food security in Asia unless severe distortions in existin...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 This paper examines the economic case for the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement signed on January 6 th, 2004 by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. It s...
by Tercan Baysan | On 21 Feb 2016 The South Asia region is home to the largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line, coupled with a fast-growing population. The importance of access to basic infrastructure services on wel...
by Dan Biller | On 21 Feb 2016 South Asian countries, facing challenges in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand, can benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation and trade by harnessing complementarities in...
by Anoop Singh | On 21 Feb 2016 The South Asia region is lagging behind many regions in the world in regional electricity cooperation and trading, despite the huge anticipated benefits. This study uses an electricity planning model...
by Govinda Timilsina | On 21 Feb 2016 Myanmar’s recent suspension of a China-funded dam project draws attention to cross-border electricity inter- connectivity between China and its southern neighbours Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, apart fr...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 The world’s biggest summit on environment and development in 20 years will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June this year. What are the opportunities and challenges for this global multilater...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 The May 2012 NTS Alert entitled ‘Back to the future: Is Rio+20 a 1992 redux or is there cause for optimism?’ explored the prospects for the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20),...
by | On 19 Feb 2016 Zero-tillage, residue management and precision nutrient management techniques are being promoted in the rice–wheat (RW) production system of Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGPs) to enhance climate change adapt...
by Tek Sapkota | On 19 Feb 2016 This study investigated the effects of different mixing ratios of crop residues and biochar with liquid digestate from anaerobically treated pig manure on CH4, CO2, and N2O emissions over 84 days in a...
by Vu Quynh | On 18 Feb 2016 Johor’s growth has been both rapid and encompassing, and includes evolving trends in demographic, industrial, transportation and social spheres. Such growth raises significant questions for Singapore,...
by | On 17 Feb 2016 Most countries depend on three “food taps” – imports, self-production, reserve stocks – to make food available. All countries import some amount of food to meet their increasingly diverse dietary dema...
by | On 17 Feb 2016 This NTS Insight explores the possible effects of rapid development in Iskandar Malaysia for air quality on both sides of the Straits of Johor. It unpacks relevant regulatory structures in Malaysia, a...
by | On 17 Feb 2016 The increasing use of disaster risk governance today suggests that there is a deeper problem with how disasters are being managed. It does not mean governments have been ineffective. But they do have...
by | On 17 Feb 2016 Educational outcomes of children are highly dependent on household and school-level inputs. In poor countries remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behin...
by Lisa Höckel | On 17 Feb 2016 Agriculture is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, but how do emissions differ among countries? The relative contribution of agriculture to countries’ emissions budgets can infor...
by Meryl Richards | On 17 Feb 2016 Successful implementation of the AEC2015 should have a positive impact on ASEAN’s agri-food sector, leading to improved food availability for the region and increased exports. Sadly, early signs are n...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 The current episode of haze is the first after Indonesia ratified the ASEAN agreement to tackle haze pollution in 2014. It is also the first after Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 cam...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 All eyes are on Paris where world leaders will meet for the much anticipated 2015 climate change conference. They are expected to reach a consensus on a legally-binding climate agreement for all count...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 The Paris Agreement on Climate Change hailed as the first truly universal and unanimous agreement on climate was celebrated as progress in humanity’s collective fight against climate change. But what...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 Pressure has been building for the conclusion of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Getting the deal done is important, but the TPP is not just another free trade agreement (...
by Deborah Elms | On 16 Feb 2016 Industrialized countries had their share of carbon emissions. Can the developing countries also get a fair share in their deal for reducing carbon emissions and clear their way to development?
by Aakriti Singh | On 15 Feb 2016 The continued withdrawal of ISAF forces and the handover of responsibilities to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) along with a strong Taliban military push dominated the security realm. The ANSF...
by Vanda Felbab-Brown | On 14 Feb 2016 The excerpt below introduces a book chapter written by Vanda Felbab-Brown for the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior anthology, Afghanistan 2014, published in March 2014. In this chapter, Dr. F...
by Vanda Felbab-Brown | On 14 Feb 2016 The Toolkit o#ers a step-by-step guide for integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into the coastal and marine ecosystem management that will be quite useful for the "eld pra...
by Sriyanie Miththapala | On 14 Feb 2016 This paper uses panel data from a pilot project and evaluates the impact of conditional cash transfers on consumption, education, and nutrition outcomes among poor rural families in Bangladesh. Given...
by Céline Ferré | On 12 Feb 2016 This Report produced by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Employment analyses the need for the global economy to grow in order to create jobs, and the need for jobs in order to susta...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 Intellectual Property and Competition Law is one further contribution of the ICTSD Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development to a better understanding of the proper role of...
by | On 10 Feb 2016 Beijing currently has a relatively active policy with regards to UN peacekeeping, especially when compared to its history or the commitment of other major powers. China’s active policy on UN peacekeep...
by | On 09 Feb 2016 This paper assesses whether current trade regulatory frameworks, in particular WTO agreements, adequately support innovation as a policy objective in the context of the knowledge economy and the digit...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 Although there is an extremely robust positive correlation between various measures of trade and financial development on the one hand, and economic growth, on the other, the evidence concerning the d...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 Pakistan is a federal country. Distribution of resources has a profound impact on income, development, backwardness, and poverty. The paper briefly discusses the federation, its needs and importance i...
by Usman Mustafa | On 06 Feb 2016 Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide, and it paints an alarming picture. Not one single c...
by Transparency International TI | On 05 Feb 2016 During the period covered by this study, Palestine faced a number of positive and negative developments. The most significant was the continued political divide, resulting in an ongoing disruption to...
by Transparency International TI | On 05 Feb 2016 A specific proposal is suggested for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to pilot a pay for results agreement – using a Cash on Delivery (COD) approach – to slow climate change through reductions in deforest...
by William Savedoff | On 03 Feb 2016 Remittances and financial developments have been an important and overgrowing source in accelerating the growth process of many transitional economies. The economies that have enough source of remitta...
by Unbreen Qayyum | On 03 Feb 2016 This study evaluates the link between disaggregate energy consumption (coal, petroleum, electricity, renewable energy consumption), economic growth and environment for Asian Developing countries. Coin...
by Ali Cheema | On 03 Feb 2016 This paper offers a novel perspective on the concept of freedom of conscience in Islam and the rules of apostasy in which the author, YehyaJad revises the notion of the death penalty for the apostate....
by | On 02 Feb 2016 This study argues that religion will have an important role in determining the form and nature of the democratic transition in Egypt during its next phase. It also demonstrates that there is no longer...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 In addition to providing multiple services and goods, forests can play a key role in tackling climate change. Forestry, as defined by the IPCC accounts for around 17.4 per cent of global GHG emissions...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The introduction and diffusion of new technologies is crucial in meeting the challenges of climate change and fostering a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy. Such technologies are expected to in...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 About 2.7 billion people do not have access to modern energy. Without it, they have little chance of achieving a decent living standard. Much more economic progress is needed to lift the living standa...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 This paper focuses on liberalizing environmental goods (EGs) in the transport sector. The reduction or removal of trade restrictions affecting transport-related EGs supports the deployment of cl...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 This study provides trade negotiators, policy-makers and other stakeholders with a clear, practical comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the various safeguard clauses included i...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 The paper highlights the trend in bilateral trade between the two countries. It notes that barring setbacks in certain years, the bilateral trade between the two countries has been growing briskly. It...
by Indra Nath Mukherji | On 30 Jan 2016 It is argued in this paper that both the negotiations and the analytical literature pertaining to Rules of origin (ROO) display a lack of sound understanding of the implications of rules of origin. De...
by Ram Upendra Das | On 30 Jan 2016 With the rise of global value chains (GVCs) and the growing prominence of services as both facilitators or very objects of supply chain dynamics, it has become commonplace for goods and services to be...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 With increasing urbanization and economic growth, air pollution is becoming an urgent concern in South Asian countries. The study upon which this paper is based has been conducted at SDPI, to look int...
by Mahmood Khwaja | On 28 Jan 2016 The way the world trades has changed since the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established. Fewer goods and services originate from any one supplier or country. Components and intermediate services...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 Important synergies or complementarities exist between trade liberalization initiatives and the application of measures to suppress anti-competitive practices or arrangements. In fact, both anti-compe...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 New challenges are facing the global food and agriculture trading system in the 21st century. The present paper identifies options for how policies and international trade rules can respond to this ne...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on the extensive margins of trade. Using OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators – which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bal...
by Robert Teh | On 27 Jan 2016 The paper assembles detailed information about the IP provisions contained in active RTAs notified to the WTO. The goal was to expand beyond the more commonly studied RTAs, to review the full array of...
by Maegan McCann | On 27 Jan 2016 Despite the growing activism and debate around the right to food in the past decade, there has been little exploration of what the right means in everyday life and in the routine encounters between st...
by | On 26 Jan 2016 To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both...
by Robert Anderson | On 26 Jan 2016 The paper, nonetheless, acknowledges that delivering these benefits would involve significant practical and political challenges. It concludes that if the challenges can be overcome and the mutual ben...
by Kodjo Osei-Lah | On 26 Jan 2016 The WTO’s plurilateral Information Technology Agreement (ITA) reduced tariffs to zero on many IT products. This paper presents a comprehensive study of its trade impacts by incorporating recent insigh...
by Christian Henn | On 26 Jan 2016 This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and the intensive margins of trade for a sample of 149 exporters at the HS6 digit level. We measure trade policy uncertainty...
by Nadia Rocha | On 26 Jan 2016 While greater focus has been cast on analysis of policy changes affecting trade in goods in the aftermath of the financial crisis, little is known about the direction of policies affecting trade in se...
by Martin Roy | On 26 Jan 2016 This paper investigates whether TBT provisions included in RTAs differ from those under the WTO TBT Agreement, and, if they do, whether they entail broader commitments. Our analysis covers 238 RTAs, o...
by Vira Khoroshavina | On 26 Jan 2016 Harmonisation of intellectual property rights among the members of WTO has in the recent years seen informed debates on access to medicines. While the developing countries are lured to such agreements...
by Samira Guennif | On 26 Jan 2016 The paper examines the spatial pattern of poverty in India and tries to understand how multiple deprivation leads to reproduction of poverty especially in forest-based economies in the central-eastern...
by Amita Shah | On 26 Jan 2016 The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the Republic of Korea is the first such free trade agreement signed by India with an OECD country. It was signed in August 200...
by | On 25 Jan 2016 Electricity markets in fast-growing economies face different challenges than those in more mature markets. Mature markets with stable demand for electricity are transitioning to a more sustainable mix...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 25 Jan 2016 This paper states that the sheaf of trade- and investment-agreements that India and Bangladesh have now signed will open up opportunities for New Delhi to look at, and beyond, its near-East neighbour...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 As the diverse countries of South Asia seek to manage changes at home, this paper suggests that China, with its new links to the region, can play a significant role, as both sides are developing stake...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 Instead of viewing the growing links between China and Russia through the prism of Sino-American sensitivities, this paper believes that South Asian countries like India and Pakistan can benefit from...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 Research suggests that development interventions that do not take mountain specificities into account may threaten rather than facilitate development for the inhabitants in a sustainable mountain envi...
by Brigitte Hoermann | On 23 Jan 2016 In the backdrop of rise in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in developing countries, particularly after the global financial and economic crisis, Bangladesh is still ambivalent in setting its strategies r...
by Khondaker Moazzem | On 23 Jan 2016 A recent project under the CMI-CPD institutional collaboration agreement has looked at the effect of corruption on investment in the energy sector. A distinction is made between the extraction of ener...
by Arne Wiig | On 23 Jan 2016 While the Pakistani military and civilian leaders, so often the opposing forces, now seem inclined for cohabitation at the highest echelons of power, the country’s latest move towards a ‘comprehensive...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 This document outlines one component of India’s INDC submission to the UNFCCC focussing on the renewable energy contribution to its future electricity mix. So far, the Government of India has articula...
by Sudatta Ray | On 22 Jan 2016 World trade has experienced a significant slowdown since the 2008 financial crisis. Over this period, the global ratio of trade expansion to income growth has halved. An effective global trade and inv...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 22 Jan 2016 The effort has been to ensure that these studies are fact-based and objective and are not seen as a “government study”. We believe that the debates and negotiations on climate change are best served b...
by Climate Modelling Forum CMF | On 22 Jan 2016 The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has emerged as a major regional initiative for trade and investment liberalisation and towards enhancing competitiveness of the twelve participant countries drawn f...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 21 Jan 2016 The paper highlights the economics of IIT in the context of FTAs in a manner not explored before, by building on the new trade theories. The paper demonstrates both theoretically and empirically, with...
by Ram Upendra Das | On 21 Jan 2016 Over one billion people around the world live with a disability. However, disability issues are not included in any of the Millennium Development Goals, targets or indicators, thereby representing a l...
by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNDESA | On 20 Jan 2016 The Conference on climate change in Paris in December 2015 demonstrated what an uphill road it is for all nations to ‘come together and save the world’. India, the fourth-largest contributor to worldw...
by Chandrani Sarma | On 20 Jan 2016 The Paris Agreement on climate change has united the world in the pursuit of an ambitious climate goal. However, goals alone will not avert catastrophic climate change. Credible commitments to aggress...
by Noah Deich | On 19 Jan 2016 This collaborative working paper, and the shorter technical briefing note derived from it, discuss hidden dimensions of urban poverty, and the different ways in which they impact men and women. This g...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 Human trafficking is one of the most widely spread and fastest growing crimes in the world. However, despite the scope of the problem, the important human rights issues at stake and the professed inte...
by Ngan Dinh | On 19 Jan 2016 This brief outlines the context, current proposals and concerns around the proposed carbon tax and summarises the recommendations of the Davis Tax Committee on the carbon tax, which were released as p...
by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies TIPS | On 19 Jan 2016 In recent decades, research and development has become a key new arena of globalization. Whereas multinational corporations once conducted R&D primarily in their home countries, it is now often disper...
by Andrew Kennedy | On 18 Jan 2016 The recent success of India and Bangladesh in settling the complicated issue of political enclaves in each other’s territories could be traced to the spirit displayed by the leaders of the two countri...
by | On 18 Jan 2016 Mental health is an important component of the total positive health and is interwoven closelywith the physical and physiological dynamics of the human body. Migrant population, being a non-native pop...
by Reshmi R S | On 13 Jan 2016 India’s current trade negotiations have three agreements as top priorities. Two of these the India ASEAN services agreement and the bilateral trade and investment agreement with the European Union (EU...
by Laldinkima Sailo | On 09 Jan 2016 The paper throws light on the view that the Indian state has been one that has been perpetrated by injustice irrespective of a series of ground-breaking legislative acts that enshrine a number of soci...
by John Harriss | On 09 Jan 2016 The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help from regional institutions in promoting the creation of a single Asian market. W...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 07 Jan 2016 Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America...
by Ganeshan Wignaraja | On 07 Jan 2016 International trade is redefined today in terms of trade in value added and global value chains. Most countries trade both in finished goods as well as intermediates. India, a less talked about countr...
by | On 07 Jan 2016 This paper investigates and analyzes the present status, potential, and prospects of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN Economic Co...
by Suthiphand Chirathivat | On 07 Jan 2016 Singapore is the most industrialized and urbanized country in Southeast Asia and is totally dependent on oil and natural gas imports to satisfy its energy needs. Its national energy policy framework s...
by Tilak Doshi | On 07 Jan 2016 Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the challenges faced by the Asian “noodle bowl” — overlapping, multiple trade rules, reg...
by Richard Baldwin | On 07 Jan 2016 The paper looks at some issue-based plurilateral agreements — such as the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), the Financial Services and Basic Telecommunication Services Agreements, and the Anti-C...
by Michitaka Nakatomi | On 07 Jan 2016 This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It finds that firm-heterogeneity matters in RT...
by Ganeshan Wignaraja | On 07 Jan 2016 The findings from The Asia Foundation's fifth public opinion poll in Afghanistan, Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People, which covers all 34 of Afghanistan's provinces.
by The Asia Foundation | On 02 Jan 2016 Southeast Asia is vulnerable to climate change, yet is also on a carbon intensive development trajectory.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has analyzed the potential role the region can play in climate...
by Jindra Samson | On 29 Dec 2015 This paper aims to provide a non-technical explanation of the concept of trade in value added, with particular reference to East Asia. The trade in value added approach allows us to redefine the relat...
by Satoshi Inomata | On 29 Dec 2015 The India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement has been in operation for more than a decade. The paper provides the Sri Lankan perspective of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) highlighting both the positive ou...
by Saman Kelegama | On 29 Dec 2015 This report presents lessons and results of specific relevance to shaping the post-2015 development framework derived from 20 Joint Programmes supported by the MDGF. These studies contain lessons to e...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 The implementation of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) renders both threats and opportunities to India’s Textile and Clothing (T&C) industry in the wak...
by Vinoj Abraham | On 26 Dec 2015 This paper examines the gains for South Asian economies from integratingwith East Asia and India’s role in this process. Evidence of increased pan-Asian integration exists but the process is uneven. B...
by Ganeshan Wignaraja | On 24 Dec 2015 This handbook is designed as guidance for policymakers and practitioners to mainstream pro-poor environment and climate concerns into planning, budgeting and monitoring. Mainstreaming is achieved by p...
by United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] | On 24 Dec 2015 This paper traces urban development in India in the 20th century. It studies urbanisation projections made by different scholars in the past, and speculates on a set of economic policy choice reasons...
by Shubhagato Dasgupta | On 21 Dec 2015 India occupies an intriguing dual position in global climate politics – a poor and developing economy with low levels of historical and per capita emissions, and a large and rapidly growing economy wi...
by Navroz Dubash | On 21 Dec 2015 Preparing and implementing a K–12 transition absorbs considerable financial and human resources. It follows that the reasons for restructuring must be compelling. It follows that the reasons for restr...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 The World Trade Organization (WTO) is in trouble. Its negotiating mechanism has mostly seized up, as reflected in the failure to conclude the long-running Doha Round. No obvious solution to this conun...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 India's Sri Lanka policy has built upon economic engagement to cooperate on initiatives of strategic importance. The lesson one can learn from this is the potential of economic linkages to overcome a...
by | On 18 Dec 2015 The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 21 November 2006, made an unprecedented commitment to those children who had been involved in Nepal’s decade long civil war. It stipulated that those
...
by | On 17 Dec 2015 The paper present concise evidence of recent trends in inequality and labour income shares and to identify possible causes as a basis for developing potential policy responses. This report takes up th...
by Internaional Labour Organization [ILO] | On 17 Dec 2015 Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change. This report looks at how children, and particularly the most vulnerable, are affected and what...
by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 17 Dec 2015 This essay examines India’s position in international negotiations on climate change and domestic mitigation actions, based on scientific evidence and equity. It is argued that India’s stance has larg...
by D Raghunandan | On 17 Dec 2015 Many economists and policymakers advocate a fundamental shift towards "green growth" as the new, qualitatively-different growth paradigm, largely based on enhanced material/resource/energy efficiency,...
by Ulrich Hoffmann | On 16 Dec 2015 The SkyShares model helps policy-makers explore a range of diffe ent policy scenarios. It enables users to relate a target limit for temperature change to a global emissions ceiling; to allocate this...
by Owen Barder | On 11 Dec 2015 This paper reviews the adaptation components of the Intended
Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted by developed,
emerging, and least developed nations, and suggests how such measures...
by | On 11 Dec 2015 A framework for comparing mitigation effort is drawn, drawing from a set
of principles for designing and implementing informative metrics. A template for organizing metrics on mitigation effort is pr...
by William Pizer | On 09 Dec 2015 A fair deal on climate change for developed and developing countries is identified by focusing not on equitable emissions quotas but on fair access to energy services.
by Nancy Birdsall | On 07 Dec 2015 The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, 1998, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissi...
by United Nations UN | On 07 Dec 2015 This report summarizes current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. The implications for local and national food security are examined; and the...
by | On 04 Dec 2015 The future of tropical deforestation is projected from 2016-2050 with and without carbon pricing policies, based on 18 million observations of historical forest loss spanning 101 tropical countries.
by Jonah Busch | On 04 Dec 2015 The report provides a comprehensive review of all existing trade agreements that include social provisions and discusses impacts for enterprises and workers.It also helps assess the challenges for ari...
by International Labour Organiztion [ILO] | On 23 Sep 2015 This paper discusses the different agreements and
decisions reached in the Bali Ministerial Conference and the potential implications for the post-Bali work
program. The results of the Bali Minister...
by Eugenio Díaz Bonilla | On 16 Sep 2015 The benefits of strengthening physical connectivity in a geographically contiguous region are increasingly being recognised. These links are expected to increase economic activity and people-to-people...
by Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury | On 07 Sep 2015 This brief provides an overview of civil society in Myanmar. With a view to strengthening ADB cooperation with civil society organizations, the NGO and Civil Society Center periodically prepares repor...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 07 Sep 2015 The aim of the paper is to review trends in developments of bilateral agreements (BAs) and MOUs focussing on low-skilled migration based on a global mapping exercise and and highlight agreements which...
by Piyasiri Wickramasekara | On 26 Aug 2015 the paper provides an overview of the growth and status of Indian tea plantation sector delineating the trends
in economic performance in the global context in a historic perspective. It then examine...
by Viswanathan P K | On 25 Aug 2015 This study aims to help identify how a future multilateral agreement on agricultural trade can provide a secure framework within which developing countries can pursue effective policies to ensure thei...
by Stephen Devereux | On 21 Aug 2015 This publication attempts to study major concepts of WTO and present some perspectives on Nepal’s membership in this rule based global trading organization. The chapters presents an introduction with...
by Nepal Rastra Bank NRB | On 17 Aug 2015 In this paper the results are documented which derived from the Perception and Attitudes towards Ageing and seniors (PATAS) survey completed in early 2014. These results delve into respondents beliefs...
by Mathew Mathews | On 11 Aug 2015 This working paper embodies the results of trade and transport facilitation audit which was carried out in the Bangladesh context, as part of a South Asian regional study.The study documents the major...
by Naimul Saif | On 11 Aug 2015 The Philippines has been more cautious in its policy toward free trade agreements (FTAs) than other ASEAN member-states, having signed, so far, only one bilateral agreement with Japan in addition to t...
by Rafaelita M. Aldaba | On 20 Jul 2015 Attempts have been made to arrive at a comprehensive settlement of the land boundary between India and Bangladesh (the erstwhile East Pakistan) since 1947. The Nehru-Noon agreement of 1958 and the agr...
by Ministry of External Affairs, GoI MEA | On 07 Jun 2015 The Policy aims to holistically address the issues of vehicular emissions, vehicular technologies and auto fuel quality in a cost efficient manner, while ensuring the security of fuel supply.
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 07 May 2015 The paper provides the Sri Lankan perspective of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) highlighting both the positive outcomes and the negative aspects. The paper shows that the FTA has worked in favor of Sr...
by Saman Kelegama | On 16 Mar 2015 This FAQ is intended to be a ready reckoner for trade and industry including their associations and bodies; students of international trade, academicians, trade researchers etc for understanding the s...
by | On 16 Mar 2015 This report examines the evidence on aid, and finds that while aid alone cannot solve the deprivation experienced by people living in poverty or redress the extreme imbalance of wealth that characteri...
by Oxfam International | On 03 Feb 2015 This report examines the evidence on aid, and finds that while aid alone cannot solve the deprivation experienced by people living in poverty or redress the extreme imbalance of wealth that characteri...
by Oxfam International | On 03 Feb 2015 Developing countries do not come with a clear plan or proactive position to climate change negotiations, whereas industrialised nations do - to erase their contribution to the emissions already presen...
by Sunita Narain | On 22 Jan 2015 This paper discusses the impact of WTO commitments on changes in MFN applied tariffs, isolating pure trade policy changes from any other change in the level of protection due to market conditions by f...
by Valeria Groppo | On 22 Jan 2015 The bilateral Joint Announcement on Climate Change Agreement released by the US and China on 11 November on the sidelines of the APEC Meeting in Beijing has imparted a new momentum to the troubled neg...
by D Raghunandan | On 21 Dec 2014 Given the commonalities in terms of history, culture, languages and trade complementarity in many cases, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Corridor is a win-win arrangement. The linkages of tr...
by Pravakar Sahoo | On 15 Jul 2014 This policy note offers a preliminary assessment of the compatibility between the WTO and efforts to protect the human right to adequate food as part of the post-crisis food security agenda. Existing...
by Olivier Schutter | On 02 Dec 2013 ASEAN, for China, is the focal point for Chinese diplomacy with Southeast Asian countries. Beyond ASEAN, China’s overall relations with Russia, Central Asia and most South Asian countries are relative...
by Chaobing Qiu | On 29 Nov 2013 This
paper is an attempt to compute Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission from
fossil fuel consumption for firms in Indian manufacturing sector from
2000 to 2011 by adopting the IPCC Reference Approach. Th...
by Santosh Kumar Sahu | On 26 Nov 2013 The continued difficulties of the World Trade Organization to achieve further multilateral trade liberalization in the Doha Round negotiations have raised questions about its continued relevance. This...
by Biswajit Dhar | On 19 Nov 2013 The paper calls the attention of policymakers to address critical constraints affecting the effective utilization of free trade agreements, growth, trade facilitation and customs administration, servi...
by Gilberto M. Llanto | On 15 Nov 2013 The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports...
by Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs YAS | On 28 Sep 2012 In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it.
Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human deve...
by United Nations Development Programme UNDP | On 21 May 2012 The paper undertakes an examination of the experience of developing countries with dispute settlement vis-à-vis developed countries during the 17 years since the entry into force of the WTO Agreement....
by Anwarul Hoda | On 08 May 2012 Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions
worldwide and threatens the world.s most diverse ecosystems. The prevalence of illegal
forest extraction in the tropi...
by Robin Burgess | On 08 May 2012 It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries thro...
by Rema Hanna | On 03 May 2012 This paper reviews economic development and the regulatory environment of audiovisual services in the Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcas...
by Yeongkwan Song | On 19 Apr 2012 Thailand has made significant progresses toward green and low-carbon development; however, there is a need to further address the issue. The country has to focus on the implementation of no-regret pol...
by Qwanruedee Chotichanathawewong | On 16 Apr 2012 The burning of agricultural field residue, such as stalks and stubble,
during the wheat and rice harvesting seasons in the Indo-Gangetic
plains results in substantial emissions of trace gases and pa...
by Ridhima Gupta | On 28 Mar 2012 Welfare Economics is fortunate that there are two Fundamental Theorems of Welfare Economics. Positive Economics on the other hand is seemingly endowed with none. One of the fundamental results of Posi...
by Anjan Mukherji | On 15 Mar 2012 The purpose of this report is twofold. First, a compendium of relevant data is presented on the state of the services sector in the ACI (ASEAN, PRC and India) countries, focusing on its contribution t...
by Ben Shepherd | On 12 Mar 2012 The Gender Quality Action Learning programme initiated a village level intervention in 2007 in 10 districts to increase knowledge, change perception, attitudes, and practice/behaviour of the villagers...
by Md. Abdul Alim | On 03 Feb 2012 The paper discusses the pros and cons of
the already proposed international cooperative mechanisms toward climate change
mitigation and highlights the problem of information revelation, particularly...
by Meeta Keswani Mehra | On 27 Jan 2012 This paper uses a large panel database to investigate the determinants of forest clearing in
Indonesian kabupatens since 2005. The study incorporates short-run changes in prices and demand
for palm...
by David Wheeler | On 28 Dec 2011 The paper reviews selected initiatives taken by Asian countries to comply with emerging global sustainability standards, reporting, and management systems, and tracks the response of Asian businesses...
by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi | On 26 Dec 2011 The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (DPEA) initiated at the Conference of Parties (CoP 17) mandated to finalise by 2015 a new legal structure to govern greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of nations c...
by D.Raghunandan | On 20 Dec 2011 The study tries to better understand three fields which seems
to be essential with respect to the problem of a facilitated
access to medicines :
1. the ambiguous position of intellectual property...
by Bastein Briand | On 17 Nov 2011 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been engaged in discussions on the future of the climate change regime. While the principle of “common but differenti...
by Anuradha R. V. | On 01 Nov 2011 Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food
security and climate change. Agriculture plays a significant role in
both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing
...
by Claire Schaffnit Chatterjee | On 26 Sep 2011 International Rivers strongly supports policy measures that can promote a rapid expansion of
renewable energy sources. But these measures need to be based on a holistic understanding of
sustainabili...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 07 Sep 2011 The ever-growing number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) is a prominent feature of international trade. The World Trade Report 2011 describes the historical development of PTAs and the current...
by World Trade Organisation WTO | On 22 Jul 2011 Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution,
environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines
the effectivenes...
by Michael Greenstone | On 11 Jul 2011 The two day consultation on access to health care of vulnerable groups in Mumbai
was organised by the Mumbai chapter JSA. Vulnerable groups taken are people
living in institutions, queer women, sex...
by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan | On 08 Jul 2011 While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, reg...
by ZhongXiang Zhang | On 27 Jun 2011 The objective of this research and policy brief is to analyse different mechanisms of access to land for the rural poor in an era when redistribution through expropriative land reform is largely incon...
by Alain de Janvry | On 10 Jun 2011 India’s economic growth has accelerated in recent years, and its share
of world trade has expanded. These are welcome developments for
the country and, given India’s large share of the world’s popul...
by Sandra Polaski | On 10 Jun 2011 Although advances in medical treatment have reduced mortality in people living with HIV, thousands of children will continue to cope with the stress of living with a parent who has a chronic, potentia...
by Asha Menon | On 09 May 2011 The paper puts forward a small but novel idea of how can the incidence of
bribery be cut down.There are different kinds of bribes and what this paper is concerned with are bribes that people often h...
by Kaushik Basu | On 05 May 2011 The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with th...
by Nisha Taneja | On 29 Apr 2011 Economists are excessively influenced by the so-called positive
economics view, which says that economists should only describe and not
prescribe. Here the author argue that this view is flawed beca...
by Abhijit V. Banerjee | On 04 Mar 2011 Many WTO (World Trade Organization) member countries, including India, are
defensive about opening up of the audiovisual sector in the Doha Round due to reasons of
cultural sensitivity. On the other...
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 17 Feb 2011 This study is aimed at assessing the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) from the perspective of the developing countries such as India and identifying the improvements and clari...
by Anwarul Hoda | On 08 Feb 2011 Despite low expectations, the UN climate change negotiations in Cancún made important progress thanks to decisive Mexican diplomacy and a renewed conviction that reducing emissions can drive green gro...
by Caio Koch Weser | On 25 Jan 2011 Large-scale antipoverty programs have achieved significant and positive results in many developing countries around the world in the past decade. This paper explores the challenges of “scaling up” sma...
by Raj M. Desai | On 21 Dec 2010 The paper analyses credibility and reputation in the context of peace negotiations.
Where war provides economic gains to one side, peace is not incentive compatible, and
peace agreements will necess...
by Tony Addison | On 08 Dec 2010 Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world’s two largest developing countries,
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and
intra-regio...
by Swapan K. Bhattacharya | On 06 Dec 2010 This paper connects experience with emissions
trading, from programs like the U.S. Rain program, to
lessons for implementation of a Trading Pilot Scheme
in India. This experience suggests that four...
by Esther Duflo | On 16 Nov 2010 The Indian economy has recently grown at historically unprecedented rates and is now one of the
fastest-growing economies in the world. Real GDP per head grew at 3.95 percent a year from
1980 to 2...
by Angus Deaton | On 05 Oct 2010 In this paper we demonstrate that the positive effects of comparative advertising are
significantly diluted when a compared-to brand retaliates. Retaliation introduces
sequencing in advertisements....
by Patrali Chakrabarty | On 24 Aug 2010 Sports retail is a small but fast growing segment of modern retail in India. Recently, the
country has been hosting many international sports and this has given a boost to this
sector. Many foreign...
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 13 Aug 2010 With the alarming rate of growth in vehicle population and travel demand, the energy consumption has increased significantly contributing to the rise of GHG emissions. Therefore, the development of a...
by P. Balachandra | On 30 Jul 2010 As a consequence of the flexibility mechanisms incorporated in the Kyoto Protocol (KP), incentive-based policies
such as emissions trading and the clean development mechanism (CDM) are being widely d...
by Shreekant Gupta | On 07 Jul 2010 This paper looks at the possible impact of ongoing tariff negotiations on South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, at an aggregate level or at the Multilateral T...
by Prabhash Ranjan | On 21 Jun 2010 In this paper, the effects of introducing constraints on government borrowing have been examined by using a continuous-time overlapping generations model of a small open economy. Government placing co...
by Koichi Futagami | On 27 May 2010 Until recently, India’s intransigent negotiating posture has conveyed the impression that it will not accept any
carbon emissions limits without full compensation and more stringent carbon limitation...
by David Wheeler | On 20 May 2010 This study attempts
to provide an analysis of the gender concerns of the proposed EU India FTA in the field of agriculture and
suggest policy changes both in the FTA text as well as in domestic poli...
by Roopam Singh | On 04 Mar 2010 India is currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, which includes not
only liberalization of commodity trading, but also a wide range of chapters including deep services
...
by Ranja Sengupta | On 17 Feb 2010 This conference is one of the most important and most complex in the history of climate policy negotiations. The objective is to form a treaty as a successor for the Kyoto Protocol. To enable a breakt...
by Eric Heymann | On 26 Nov 2009 This manual is provided as a reference tool to assist Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereafter referred to as the Convention) (Annex I Parties) in the implementa...
by UN Framwork Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC | On 20 Nov 2009 Did you know that there has been no warming of the globe over the past decade?
by T.N. Ninan | On 16 Oct 2009 The paper discusses the impacts of free-trade policy on the agricultural exports of Kerala.
by Ranjit Devraj | On 08 Oct 2009 This paper addresses the issue of establishing a regulatory regime along the production, supply and value chains of multinational corporations in terms of setting labor standards and protecting worker...
by Fichter Michael | On 08 Jul 2009 North-South free trade agreements (FTAs), bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments often contain a number of provisions that can increase the likelihood of a...
by Third World Network | On 28 Jun 2009 Can young people help to increase awareness about climate change and its impacts working through local bodies? A perceptive and informative presentation by the UN-HABITAT Youth Advisory Board Member a...
by John Anugraha | On 15 Jun 2009 The 1994 Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (the WTO Agreement), requires each WTO member to “ensure the conformity of its laws, regulations and administrative procedures wi...
by Chaisse Julien | On 04 Jun 2009 The production, transportation and consumption of energy resources, especially of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, generate negative environmental externalities including air pollution....
by Deepa Menon Choudhary | On 18 May 2009 A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl"—i.e., overlapping regiona...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 13 May 2009 The paper discuses the effects free trade with United States of America will have on New Zealand, and its economy.
by Bill Rosenberg | On 29 Sep 2008 The paper analyzes the impact of Colombia,s free trade with USA on the economies of US and Colombia. It also discuses the relationship between USA and Colombia.
by Nicole Lee | On 25 Sep 2008 This study is an inter-sectoral analysis of state domestic product data to
understand the determinants of the services sector growth in India during the
recent years. It is a demand side analysis wh...
by Deepita Chakravarty | On 11 Aug 2008 Last fall, the United Kingdom issued a major government report on global climate change directed by Sir Nicholas Stern, a top-flight economist. The Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Chan...
by Kenneth J. Arrow | On 24 Mar 2008 Critics of the Stern Review do not think serious action to limit CO2 emissions is justified, because there remains substantial uncertainty about the extent of the costs of global climate change, and b...
by Kenneth J. Arrow | On 17 Mar 2008 Contents Page
Risk, inequality and the economics of disaster
Marcellus Andrews
A XXI-century alternative to XX-century peer review
Grazia Ietto-Gillies
Trade and inequality: The role of econ...
by Post Autistic Economic Review PAE Review | On 17 Mar 2008 The paper compares policy responses of China and India to the global requirements of trade and environment regimes as well as the domestic compulsions are compared.
by Sankar U | On 11 Feb 2008 What is the position of the Prime Minister among his Cabinet colleagues after signing the nuclear deal with the US?
by T.N. Ninan | On 15 Oct 2007 This study examines the consequences of a) a domestic carbon tax policy, and, b) participation in a global tradable emission permits regime on carbon emissions, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and pover...
by Vijay Prakash Ojha | On 07 Jul 2007 The report intends to provide general and specific recommendations to both provider and recipient nations that they should take into consideration while undertaking any TA programme in a recipient nat...
by Rajesh Sagar | On 25 Feb 2007 Contents:
Data Exclusivity: Another Self-Goal and a Trade Barrier S.Srinivasan.
Medico Friend Circle Letter to PM on DE.
DE in International Trade Agreements.
IDMA on DP and DE.
Safeguards if...
by Medico Friend Circle | On 01 Feb 2007 Data Exclusivity: Another Self-Goal and a Trade Barrier S.Srinivasan
Medico Friend Circle Letter to PM on DE
DE in International Trade Agreements
IDMA on DP and DE
Safeguards if Decision by Go...
by Medico Friend Circle | On 03 Nov 2006 A comprehensive inventory of bilateral FTAs on a global scale, with sections on Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the key points of e...
by Bilaterals.org | On 03 Nov 2006 This article reflects on the effectiveness of trade liberalization, as
envisaged in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of the WTO,
for promoting ICT use and production in developing countrie...
by K.J. Joseph | On 29 Jul 2006 Neo-liberal economic policies have threatened land security, security of employment opportunities and food security. In the background representatives of the peasantry have to transform themselves int...
by Vijoo Krishnan | On 26 Mar 2006 The Cotonou Agreement introduces new fundamental principles with respect to trade between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries relative to the Lomé Convention: in particula...
by Alexander Keck | On 19 Dec 2005 This paper looks at the effects of WTO/TRIPS and pharmaceuticals on women. The focus is on the poor and women. The first part of the paper tries to show the linkages between the idea of intellectual p...
by S Srinivasan | On 27 Nov 2005 In order to advance regional integration in East Asia, there needs to be a rapid expansion of FTAs. The obstacles in promotion of FTAs need to be resolved. Some of the features in realising FTAs are:...
by Shujiro Urata | On 22 Nov 2005 An East Asian community(EAC) is an idea now being seriously pursued in spite of significant challenges. Proliferating bilateral deals in Asia could emerge as building blocks towards the EAC, provided...
by Rahul Sen | On 22 Nov 2005 Motivated by the commitment to strengthen intra-SAARC economic cooperation to maximise the realization of the region's potential for trade and development for the benefit of their people, in a spirit...
by Anonymous | On 13 Aug 2005 U.S. Presidential Executive Order 13141 commits the United States to a "careful assessment and consideration of the environmental impacts of trade agreements." The most direct mechanism through which...
by Josh Ederington | On 06 Aug 2005 |