Previous studies find mixed results about how a fee on high order-to-trade (OTR) ratios impacts market quality. Using a natural experiment where such a fee was introduced twice for different reasons,...
by Nidhi Aggarwal | On 25 Apr 2019 Certificates are widely used as a signaling mechanism to mitigate adverse selection when information is asymmetric. To reduce information asymmetry between lenders and borrowers, Chinese peer-to-peer...
by Maggie Rong Hu | On 24 Apr 2019 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 This paper explores how these mechanisms - innovation, inclusion and efficiency – have been integral to microfinance operations in the past, and how innovations in digital technology may be yet anothe...
by Saon Ray | On 04 Feb 2019 This paper examines the role of consumer finance, a high growth segment of the Indian financial sector in promoting financial inclusion. Consumer finance involves granting credit to consumers to enabl...
by Saon Ray | On 03 Feb 2019 The employment structure of India’s organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last decade with a steep rise in the use of contract workers in place of directly hired wo...
by Radhicka Kapoor | On 03 Feb 2019 Reverse mortgages provide an alternative source of retirement funding by allowing older homeowners to borrow against their home. However, a recent pilot program of reserve mortgage products in several...
by Katja Hanewald | On 03 Feb 2019 This paper tries to understand the trends and the pattern of Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) by Indian firms and the factors that determine OFDI from India through Cross-Border Mergers and Ac...
by P.L. Beena | On 31 Jan 2019 This paper analyzes the conditions under which an existing bilateral free trade area (FTA) prefers to expand in size and when it prefers consolidation through customs union (CU) formation when the exi...
by Sunandan Ghosh | On 31 Jan 2019 This paper describes the Indian credit market and presents an argument for the need for personal insolvency law. It provides a brief overview of the provisions on personal insolvency in the IBC. It ma...
by Renuka Sane | On 30 Jan 2019 The paper reviews green markets, technologies, and practices with a focus on developing Asian countries, and offers a set of policy options to enable governments and development finance institutions t...
by Daniele Ponzi | On 29 Jan 2019 This study documents the frequency and characteristics of multi-product firms in Vietnamese manufacturing. The major findings are as follows. First, multi-product firms are larger, more capital-intens...
by Ha Thi Thanh Doan | On 29 Jan 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 study reviews how green finance in Singapore is working, examines existing barriers, and suggests some solutions. Singapore, a well-established financial hub in Asia, aims to be a hub for green f...
by Youngho Chang | On 20 Jan 2019 The Government of India launched the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), in November 2015, with an objective of “Power for All”. Under the UDAY scheme, selected States agreed to convert 75 per cent...
by Amandeep Kaur | On 11 Jan 2019 This paper describes and evaluates the range of P2P lending systems on offer to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in several countries, considering different regulatory regimes. In some countr...
by Naoko Nemoto | On 07 Jan 2019 This paper, confines the focus to a discussion of how inadequate marketing diluted the scheme’s impact. Specifically, several commercial banks could not tailor elements of their marketing mix—includin...
by Talha Nadeem | On 03 Jan 2019 Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Asian economy. They make up more than 96% of all Asian businesses, providing two out of three private-sector jobs on the continent. Th...
by Naoyuki Yoshino | On 02 Jan 2019 This paper contributes to the literature in two ways: First, it delineates a concrete application of DLTs in the field of green financing, which offers the potential to increase social welfare. Second...
by Naoyuki Yoshino | On 20 Nov 2018 A large empirical literature finds that financial development is beneficial for economic growth, although some recent evidence suggests otherwise. The paper contributes to the finance–growth literatur...
by Gemma Estrada | On 19 Oct 2018 This paper develops an environmental dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (E-DSGE) model with heterogeneous production sectors. In particular, the model comprises some low-carbon emission firms that...
by Maria Teresa Punzi | On 19 Oct 2018 This paper studies the optimal structure of procurement contracts between public and private sectors by mainly comparing two typical procurement types: traditional procurement and public–private partn...
by Hojun Lee | On 27 Sep 2018 This paper examines how women’s participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women’s rights to an...
by Harold Glenn A. Valera | On 26 Sep 2018 Private–public partnership (PPP) methods are considered to be an effective way to narrow the gap between demand and supply of social infrastructure. If successfully pursued, PPP can deliver benefits t...
by Jungwook Kim | On 19 Sep 2018 The paper presents a granular understanding of the associated challenges of mobilizing such finances, drawing from the Indian perspective. It contributes to the present understanding by identifying th...
by Gopal K. Sarangi | On 24 Aug 2018 This paper analyzes a critical aspect of expanding private finance to infrastructure by examining the role of bank lending to public–private partnership (PPP) projects through the project finance moda...
by Vivek Rao | On 24 Aug 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 Infrastructure development in Southeast Asia has been financed mainly by public funds, which leave wide gaps in majority of countries. Governments have tried to attract the private sector by offering...
by Fauziah Zen | On 16 Aug 2018 The expansion of green renewable energy has been very limited in all the Asian countries, despite their various differences. The contributing factors are numerous, but, the financial factor has been t...
by Hooman Peimani | On 16 Aug 2018 The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with fossil fuel-based energy projects, because the operating costs for renewable energy...
by Purkayastha Dhruba | On 13 Aug 2018 This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of different financial schemes for introducing PV facilities in terms of the suitability of funding vehicles and investment mechanisms. Given the p...
by Ranaporn Tantiwechwuttikul | On 13 Aug 2018 This paper develops a framework identifying channels through which economic gains can be derived from PPP arrangement. The framework helps derive an empirically tractable specification that examines h...
by Minsoo Lee | On 11 Aug 2018 This study attempts to understand the role of greater access to finance, i.e., stocks, bonds, and bank loans, in public–private partnership (PPP) investment in developing countries. Most developing co...
by Suk Hyun | On 10 Aug 2018 This paper verifies the impact of bank account information, such as information on deposits and withdrawals, that is not necessarily fully accounted for in conventional internal ratings and that can a...
by Naoko Nemoto | On 10 Aug 2018 . This paper applies survival time hazard analysis to estimate how project-related, macroeconomic, and institutional factors affect the hazard rate of the projects. Empirical results show that governm...
by Minsoo Lee | On 25 Jul 2018 A recent WHO database (2018) has identified several of India’s top cities with some of the highest levels of air pollution. Kanpur, Faridabad, Gaya, Varanasi and Patna are the top five most polluted c...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 16 Jul 2018 This paper aims to analyze the determinants of household energy portfolio in urban and rural areas and to determine how choices are affected by price shocks and weather variabilities in the Philippine...
by Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy | On 29 Jun 2018 This paper finds that transparency and efficiency in collection should be improved through automation and accurate recording. Project identification and investment programming must also adhere to the...
by Sheilah G. Napalang | On 29 Jun 2018 This paper attempts to understand what drives the public expenditure efficiency among the States. For this, it looks at the role of economic growth as well as quality of governance. The results of inp...
by Ranjan Kumar Mohanty | On 20 Jun 2018 The PILER 2016 report on the Status of Labour Rights, sixth in the series, based on the secondary research, aims to present an overview of the status of labour and the issues in the year impacting lab...
by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER) | On 14 Jun 2018 The solar energy market has seen huge growth in recent years with a vast increase in solar cumulative capacity worldwide. One of the key drivers behind this growth is the decline in solar module price...
by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary | On 11 Jun 2018 By employing a sample of 20,956 observations of non-financial SMEs headquartered in the Euro area, between 2009 and 2015, the paper tests whether young businesses are more likely to face credit reject...
by Danilo V. Mascia | On 06 Jun 2018 This paper studies a field experiment among energy-intensive Indian manufacturing plants that
offered
energy consulting to raise energy productivity, the amount plants can produce with e...
by Nicholas Ryan | On 30 May 2018 Biofuels are derived from renewable bio
-
mass resources and, therefore,
provide a strategic advantage to promote sustainable development and to
supplement conventional...
by Government of India GOI | On 17 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 India’s health sector is characterized by modest health indicators, a paucity of medical
financing schemes that have successfully scaled, high per capita out-of-pocket health expenditure,
and very l...
by | On 06 Apr 2018 This paper empirically examines the impact of differences in contract attributes on project outcomes. The hypothesis is to test whether better incentive structure and stricter administrative controls...
by Chandan Kumar | On 05 Apr 2018 This paper analyses the Indian PPP framework, including its bidding process and the standard concession agreement. The paper argues that the existing bidding method (i.e. premium/grant based method) c...
by Chandan Kumar | On 05 Apr 2018 This paper attempts to find the answer to this question. It examines the contract design of the Indian PPP road contracts and analyzes its strengths and weaknesses to avoid the opportunism or hold-up...
by Chandan Kumar | On 05 Apr 2018 In a theoretical model of an environmentally conscious (“green”) monopolist, we show that increasing greenness does not always mean lower output and environmental damages. The Author assumes that a gr...
by Rupayan Pal | On 04 Apr 2018 The informal sector is widely considered as a crucial segment of the economy, whose mere presence convince the policy-maker to reorient the development strategy to promote jobs and equity.
by A. R. Kemal | On 02 Apr 2018 To what extent do the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and
the World Bank remain central today and how much influence do they still wield in shaping
the global agenda? While...
by | On 30 Mar 2018 This study based on the firm level data for eleven industries for the period ranging from
1998 through 2010 makes an attempt to capture the effect of R&D on employment in the
backdrop of the debate...
by | On 29 Mar 2018 Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is an integral part of business activities, and various
models of e-commerce have emerged with liberalisation and technological developments.
Global e-commerce trade...
by | On 28 Mar 2018 The report indicated a widespread stagnation of women’s work participation in poorer districts, a narrowing of their work, income, prospects and opportunities, growing wage differentials between men a...
by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies CBPS | On 23 Mar 2018 Four decades of neoliberal market fundamentalism and its relentless assault on the public
sector and our understandings of publicness have generated a profound crisis of social
reproduction and envi...
by | On 21 Mar 2018 Sustainable access to energy has the power to catalyze
social and economic development and promote better
educated, healthier, more productive and resilient
communities. Yet many families across th...
by | On 16 Mar 2018 There is a large concentration of chemical firms around Mumbai, and the Maharashtra
Pollution Control Board has been actively monitoring them. However, there is a large
variation in the degree of co...
by | On 13 Mar 2018 In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India issued an emergency ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a nation-wide shock to the li...
by Emily Breza | On 10 Mar 2018 The paper attempts to understand the significance of the Green Solow
Model, in the context of a developing country such as India. It gives
particular importance to the role of population density, in...
by | On 27 Feb 2018 The paper says that the Government of India (GoI) recently announced plans for transition to all electric transportation by 2030.
by Tanmay Sarkar | On 26 Feb 2018 The paper examines how endogenous social preferences could affect economic incentive design to encourage biodiversity protection on private land. A 'green' farmer may enjoy esteem from leading by exam...
by Rupayan Pal | On 22 Feb 2018 A study was conducted to forecast the electricity consumption and demand for Karnataka (as seen by the utilities) for 2017-2022.
by Arijit Chanda | On 13 Feb 2018 Cambodia’s agriculture sector remains the backbone of the country’s economy. Most of Cambodia’s
people live in rural areas and rely heavily on agriculture for their livelihoods. In recent decades, th...
by Sam Oeurn Ke | On 06 Feb 2018 India continues to undertake and effectively implement a large number of actions relating to
energy, environment and climate, in particular, covering renewable energy, energy efficiency,
sustainable...
by Arun Jaitley | On 01 Feb 2018 During 2017-18 (till January), monetary policy remained steady with only one policy rate cut
in August. As the Y-o-Y effect of demonetisation wore off, the growth rate of both Currency in
Circulatio...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 most of the major policy measures promised by this government to the Indian
farmers have not seen the light of the day. No social security measures have been taken for
farmers above the age of 60 or...
by ASHA Kisan Swaraj Alliance | On 31 Jan 2018 The paper says that the productivity growth of the service sector would foster economy-wide productivity and it can be achieved by the mitigation of misallocation of resources in service sectors.
by Choi Hyelin | On 26 Jan 2018 Introduction: India bears a disproportionate burden of open defecation in spite of investing
more and more funds and ushering in several institutional efforts including Swachh Bharat
Mission in the...
by Arijita Dutta | On 23 Jan 2018 The brief says that China has been proactive in intelligence gathering and has even installed signal and intelligence equipment in other countries.
by Vijay Sakhuja | On 23 Jan 2018 Linkages with the native place as well as integration within the city constitute backward and forward linkages of slum dwellers. Remittances are important part of these linkages.
The paper explores t...
by | On 18 Jan 2018 The paper talks about the growing demand in the clean energy industry is expected to increase LCE
production to about 410,000 tonne by 2025.
by Tanmay Sarkar | On 12 Jan 2018 The report says that sun radiates energy uniformly in all directions in the form of electromagnetic waves. Solar energy is clean, non-depleting and abundantly available to mankind.
by National Institute of Advanced Studies | On 09 Jan 2018 The case studies undertaken mainly from India revealed that a large number of local and village communities and also from backward communities are involved in the production of the GIs products.
by N. Gopalakrishnan | On 28 Dec 2017 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 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 This paper discusses the practice of energy dual pricing in the broader context of fossil fuel subsidy reform.
by Anna Marhold | On 20 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 study aims to describe and examine organizational structures, business processes, and capacity development, as they relate to the design of DSWD’s Convergence Strategy.
by Jose Ramon G. Albert | On 11 Dec 2017 This paper narrates about the challenge of meeting energy demand is likely to get more complex, as it is growing to keep pace with the population growth and expanding economy.
by Muhammad Iftikhar | On 01 Dec 2017 Impact of changes in policy rate of interest on demand for bank credit is examined for seven emerging market economies including India for the period 2002 to 2010. Panel data techniques are used after...
by | On 01 Dec 2017 This paper reviews the investment situation in energy sector of Pakistan. Using secondary data sources,
official documents and pledges by development partners.
by Huma Khan | On 30 Nov 2017 This paper examines the potential for sector-specific productivity growth, human capital, credit markets, and infrastructure to contribute to the development of stable, well-paid employment in rural a...
by | On 20 Nov 2017 The study focus on the existing social assistance schemes targeted towards the extreme poor.
by Rabia Tabassum | On 16 Nov 2017 A look into the effect of an e-Governance initiative in Bangladesh is on efficiency in the
public sector. The electronic Filing (e-Filing) system was introduced to all the Deputy Commissioners'
(DC)...
by Wahid Abdallah | On 15 Nov 2017 Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are seen, in particular by the Government of India, as a mechanism to improve the performance of utilities and generate efficiency gains in the delivery of water ser...
by Asian Bank | On 15 Nov 2017 This analysis has identified three major challenges, which need to be addressed to make module manufacturing competitive in India
by Bhupesh Verma | On 02 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 How do public–private collaborations enable secure and inclusive rural economies? Alongside private sector investment, government provision of infrastructure, research and extension services and suppo...
by Institute of Development Studies IDS | On 31 Oct 2017 This study is a part of Indo-US bilateral JCERDC project for Development of Sustainable Advanced Ligno-cellulosic Biofuels Systems (SALBS). We profusely thank our Director, Prof. S. Galab for his cons...
by M. Gopinath Reddy | On 27 Oct 2017 This paper examines in detail Pakistan’s export performance in the light of emerging global challenges and identifies key structural and policy issues that stifle Pakistan’s exports.
by Afia Malik | On 25 Oct 2017 Iran’s game-changing nuclear deal with the West and imminent ending of the US-led sanctions open a window of opportunity for deeper Indo-Iranian relations. On the sidelines of the BRICS summit in
Ufa...
by Research and Information System for Developing Countries | On 17 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 The report narrates that the Government of India has announced an ambitious solar power target of 100 GW by 2022.
by Bhupesh Verma | On 12 Oct 2017 The report says that, Karnataka is the second most arid state in the country.
by Mohd. Ali | On 11 Oct 2017 The study also provides recommendations on how the identified issues can be addressed.
by Marife M. Ballesteros | On 29 Sep 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 This paper introduces a new dataset of orders passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the insolvency cases under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code or IBC. It builds this dataset to atte...
by Sreyan Chatterjee | On 18 Sep 2017 This paper tests the bank lending channel against the aggregate demand channel as an explanation for slow credit growth by estimating the determinants of credit and of non- performing assets (NPAs) us...
by Ashima Goyal | On 15 Sep 2017 The World Health Organization considered that its mission demanded it
should play a part in this debate, with the objective of illuminating how intellectual property rights might affect public health...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 14 Sep 2017 Shifting cultivation remains the main source of employment for large sections of the rural people who depend on agriculture for their livelihood in the hill areas of Manipur. Its inputs continue to be...
by Marchang Reimeingam | On 12 Sep 2017 The paper discusses the nature and extent of non-farm activities in India using India Human Development Survey unit record data. An exercise carried out to understand the determinants of income from n...
by Meenakshi Rajeev | On 11 Sep 2017 The report says that the global financial meltdown contributed to slowing down of global solar deployment, and allowed Indian developers to squeeze their costs further, demanding preferential rates an...
by Mohd. Ali | On 29 Aug 2017 The report narrates about, should India’s national defence budget be discussed and deliberated in public domain?
by Deba Mohanty | On 28 Aug 2017 The paper argues that as bankers consider deposits a means for security, easy and attractive deposit schemes should be introduced in rural areas.
by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 23 Aug 2017 This study’s framework could serve as an
alternative development paradigm for India and other developing countries.
by Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy CSTEP | On 14 Aug 2017 The present paper attempts to explore the macroeconomic implications of the “demonetisation” exercise announced on November 8, 2016, for the Indian economy on three board parameters of growth, distrib...
by Pradymna Rawat | On 09 Aug 2017 The present study assesses the public procurement system and recent reform initiatives in India and outlines the need for changes in the institutional frameworks.
by Bhabesh Hazarika | On 09 Aug 2017 The paper attempts to find out whether the credit risk regulatory capital of Indian banks is commensurate with the default experience associated with ratings assigned by the Indian rating agencies. Th...
by Ajay Kumar Choudhary | On 04 Aug 2017 A rich panel dataset on
Indian states is used to propose a situational theory of distributive politics which states that incentives for exclusive targeting of affiliated states in dominant party syst...
by | On 02 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 The purpose of this research is to elucidate and analyse the underlying thinking behind the CFE strategies in order to determine potential gaps that could arise as the strategies are implemented in po...
by Tan Tai Loong Alex | On 01 Aug 2017 An analysis of the impact of government borrowing from the scheduled banks on the credit to private
sector in Pakistan, using monthly data from 1998:M6 to 2015:M12. We find that a one percentage
poi...
by Sajjad Zaheer | On 31 Jul 2017 The report concludes with the strategies that Karnataka should focus on in order to achieve the objectives of 24x7 Power for All.
by Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy CSTEP | On 31 Jul 2017 The major components in a ST plant are the heliostats, receivers, tower, HTF, working fluid and
power block.
by G. Srilakshmi | On 28 Jul 2017 The seventh goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is dedicated to ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. While energy was implicit in the Mi...
by Hannah Goozee | On 28 Jul 2017 his series of project publications aims to capture the tools, methods, and processes developed under the EC and ILO joint project entitled “Strengthening the
Impact on Employment of Sector and Trade...
by Internaional Labour Organization [ILO] | On 28 Jul 2017 This paper analyse data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey for the year 2010/11 to determine the extent to which these programs have reached the poor. The Government of Nepal has been providing fin...
by Dipendra Bhattarai | On 28 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 current policy climate in India is rightly addressing the challenges of electric buses, providing an
environment to accelerate their adoption and implementation.
by Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy CSTEP | On 27 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 The incidence of parent-child co-residence in India is among the highest in the world. This paper examines the role of intra-household exchanges and potential bequests in creating incentives for adult...
by Sonalde Desai | On 27 Jul 2017 This paper also highlights the need for a coordinated approach to
SDG implementation by demonstrating the case of gender
equality and urban planning.
by Shrimoyee Bhattacharya | On 26 Jul 2017 This report summarizes the investments in clean energy made by the operations departments of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2014.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 26 Jul 2017 This report presents a framework for sustainable energy access planning that planners and policy makers can use to design cost-effective clean energy supply systems that both poor and nonpoor can sust...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 24 Jul 2017 The report provides outlines of business models relevant to pursuing the renewable energy and energy efficiency targets adopted by the five Greater Mekong Subregion countries: Cambodia, the Lao People...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 20 Jul 2017 Greater gains in energy savings are possible from improved energy efficiency and conservation measures, both as a smart business investment, and an imperative for the global community.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Jul 2017 Renewable energy is a challenge, but also an opportunity for new industries, employment, and new ways to reduce dependency on fuel imports, provide electricity to poor remote areas, reduce air polluti...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Jul 2017 This study was undertaken under ABMI. It addresses two key questions: (i) Why is local currency bond financing not more widely used for infrastructure projects in ASEAN+3? and (ii) What can be done to...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Jul 2017 The NEP anticipates major transformations on the energy demand and
supply sides arising out of fast evolving technology, consumer behaviour
and air quality considerations. It provides for a flexible...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 13 Jul 2017 This publication summarizes the results of a pilot study to quantify water and energy use in high-effciency irrigation systems in Viet Nam.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 10 Jul 2017 This report summarizes the initial activities of the Regional Hub, and contextualizes the challenges in Asia and the Pacific with the global efforts to reach the 2030 targets.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 06 Jul 2017 This publication offers a snapshot of the region’s energy sources and how they are used, and presents recent developments and challenges that emphasize the urgency and necessity of sustainable energy...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 05 Jul 2017 This study measures the size of fossil fuel subsidies such as underpricing of petroleum products and electricity, tax exemptions, and subsidized credit; examines the potential economic, energy, and en...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 Jul 2017 This study measures the size of fossil fuel subsidies such as tax breaks for diesel and natural gas, market price support for natural gas for vehicles, and free electricity for low-income consumers as...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 Jul 2017 This publication is part of a series of six country reports on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Each report presents cur...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 29 Jun 2017 The paper says that Sri Lanka has emerged in recent years as one of the most dynamic countries in South Asia. With a rich cultural heritage, an increasingly sophisticated work force, and a strategic l...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 19 Jun 2017 The report herein provide in-depth analysis of the state of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in Nepal.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 19 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 This report narrates that ADB has scaled up its assistance to Papua New Guinea for power infrastructure, with an emphasis on clean energy solutions, in line with the government’s prioritization of pow...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 08 Jun 2017 This report summarizes the investments in clean energy made by ADB in 2015, condensing information from project databases and formal reports in an easy-to-reference format. This report was prepared by...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 08 Jun 2017 The project briefs are culled from case studies of good practices, new approaches, and working models on sanitation and wastewater management from different countries, and demonstrate solution options...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 05 Jun 2017 Myanmar's transport sector institutions are currently ill adapted to the new situation. Although government reform attempts have been in the right direction, more is needed to shape a strong basis for...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 02 Jun 2017 This report presents a preliminary economic analysis of road user costs and fees, partly drawing from the World Bank’s Road User Charge (RUC) model and analysis framework, and a review of the tolling...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 01 Jun 2017 The paper uses a food systems approach to analyze the bidirectional relationships between climate change and food and nutrition along the entire food value chain. It then identifies adaptation and mit...
by Jessica Fanzo | On 30 May 2017 Growing demand for public expenditures, limitations in expanding fiscal space and limited scope to deviate from common harmonized tax system under the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime may...
by Sacchidananda Mukherjee | On 25 May 2017 The report says India can save 64% of anticipated passenger road-based mobility-related energy demand and 37% of carbon emissions in 2030 by pursuing a shared, electric, and connected mobility future....
by Shikha Juyal | On 17 May 2017 The paper narrates that the Government of Japan raises significant amounts from domestic capital markets to finance government expenditures, mainly through the issuance of Japanese Government Bonds (J...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 16 May 2017 ADB recognizes four types of fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS)—conflict-affected, fragile,transitional, and subnational—and each situation has its own unique set of characteristics, and...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 May 2017 The paper narrates that as local government units (LGUs) have strived to carry out the responsibilities and activities devolved to them by the 1991 Local Government Code, they have explored and availe...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 11 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 This report updates by presenting infrastructure investment needs for all
45 DMCs from 2016 to 2030, the final year of the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. Two sets of estimates are pre...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 05 May 2017 The focus of this report is on energy storage for the power grid in support of larger
penetration of renewable energy. The emphasis is on energy storage and associated
power electronics that are dep...
by Pramod Jain | On 05 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 This study contributes to a growing body of research demonstrating that adoption of
internationally available and well-proven energy efficiency measures can improve the
effectiveness, sustainability...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 May 2017 High growth rates during the precrisis period have helped South Asia reduce poverty rates and raise living standards.
But despite gains in alleviating poverty, the number of poor people in the region...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 May 2017 In recent years the comply-or-explain approach for enforcing corporate governance norms has gained
ground in regulatory parlance. The comply-or-explain approach has the advantage of tailoring
govern...
by Subrata Sarkar | On 04 May 2017 The paper asks what drives insurance coverage in low income households by analysing repurchase
patterns of micro-insurance policies. The paper uses data on customers of a financial services provider...
by Renuka Sane | On 03 May 2017 Agriculture sector as a whole has developed and emerged immensely with the infusion of science and
technology. But this latest emergence is not capable of plummeting the ignorance of women labour as...
by Mun Mun Ghosh | On 01 Mar 2017 The problems of water, energy, climate change, and urbanisation, are all intertwined; they are, also, all 'wicked'. There is little consensus on how to effectively navigate these problems, let alone,...
by | On 02 Feb 2017 The Global Wind Energy Council is pleased to present this 6th edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook, looking at the future of our industry out to 2020, 2030 and ultimately to 2050. What happens in...
by | On 05 Jan 2017 Shortage of electricity prompted the countries to give a momentum to renewable energy resources. Renewable energy refers to energy resources that Aries naturally and repeatedly in the environment and...
by | On 04 Jan 2017 Indian economy is now trillion dollar economy. After introducing significant reforms in financial sector, we have improved efficiency and stability in our economy. As per most economists we will achie...
by | On 04 Jan 2017 Demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes in India on November 8, 2016 is different from
many other countries’ scrapping of high value notes in two respects – the withdrawal of their
legal tende...
by Ashok K. Lahiri | On 02 Jan 2017 This paper estimates the cost of effluent discharge regulations for firms
located in the lower Kelani River catchment in Sri Lanka. The river provides
water for many economic purposes including drin...
by Asha Gunawardena | On 23 Dec 2016 India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlines its intent to scale up the country's clean-energy capacity. At the same...
by | On 21 Dec 2016 This paper analyses how non-performing loans (NPLs) of Indian banks behave
through the cycle. We find that a one-percentage point increase in loan growth is
associated with an increase in NPLs over...
by Pallavi Chavan | On 15 Dec 2016 After the demonetization, it has become difficult to make payments through cash. How make digital payments is explained here. [MoEF].
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 14 Dec 2016 In collaboration with the Government of Bihar, India, a large-scale experiment is conducted to evaluate whether transparency in fiscal transfer systems can increase
accountability and reduce corrupt...
by Abhijit Banerjee | On 02 Dec 2016 The argument posited in favour of demonetisation is that the cash that would be extinguished
would be “black money” and hence, should be rightfully extinguished to set right the perverse
incentive s...
by | On 17 Nov 2016 The study focuses on four industries, which were identified by the Government as the growth poles of Mauritius’ economy: sugar agriculture, textiles, tourism (hotels) and financial services.3 The empl...
by International Labour Organization [ILO] | On 08 Nov 2016 The paper shows that disincentives generated by the successive governments in Kerala through imposing artificial barriers on the freedom of farmers and
agricultural entrepreneurs resulted in the coll...
by Lekshmi R Nair | On 08 Nov 2016 To provide for protection of rights of transgender persons and their welfare and for
matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. [Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment unde...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 13 Oct 2016 This brief outlines a particular iteration of a compact approach that incorporates critical components—such as shared outcomes for refugees, host country ownership and focus on longer-term transition,...
by Cindy Huang | On 10 Oct 2016 The recent changes in the institutional and fiscal architecture of the country following the
constitution of NITI Aayog and release of report of the Fourteenth Finance Commission,
have implications...
by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability CBGA | On 04 Oct 2016 Black women in current cohorts ages 50 to 72 years have lower employment than similar white women, despite having had higher employment when they were middle-aged and younger. Earlier cohorts of older...
by Joanna Lahey | On 28 Sep 2016 This report presents a summary of methods and results of the latest WHO global assessment of ambient air pollution exposure and the resulting burden of disease.
Air pollution has become a growing con...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 28 Sep 2016 This study involves the determination of outsourcing based on the market
structure technology imports and technical efficiency for the automotive
sector in India. An important characteristic of this...
by Santhosh K. Sahu | On 26 Sep 2016 Engaging is a major concern. Utilising the leisure time of the youth and harnessing their exuberance and raw energy for creative activities is essential. Simultaneously, but more substantially there i...
by United Nations (UN) | On 21 Sep 2016 The Indian banks in general, and the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in particular, are grappling with the huge stock of stressed assets that has piled up in the system over the years. Any amount of discus...
by N.S. Viswanathan | 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 This is particularly so when the current solar power capacity in the country has just touched
8000 MW by July end, 2016, and no country in the world has such an ambitious target as
India has set out...
by Ashok Gulati | On 16 Sep 2016 Climate change is a term that refers to major changes in temperature, rainfall, snow, or wind patterns lasting for decades or longer. Both human-made and natural factors contribute to climate change”...
by | On 14 Sep 2016 The question here is, whether it’s the responsibility of the Government or the Central Bank to ensure price stability in an economy? For instance, what was the role of the RBI when the prices of pulse...
by Deepthi Mary Mathew | On 07 Sep 2016 India is one of the world’s largest producers as well as consumer of food products, with the sector playing an important role in contributing to the development of the economy. Considering the critica...
by FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Indu | On 01 Sep 2016 Store formats exist in three forms of convenience, variety and experience. Shopping involvement
tends to change across these formats. This current study (a) establishes the role of store formats
on...
by Piyush Kumar Sinha | On 01 Sep 2016 There are many states in India which have high number of women entrepreneurs. There are states which have many policies to encourage women entrepreneurs.
by Lakshmi Priya | On 30 Aug 2016 Using a global computable general equilibrium model, the paper analyzes the potential effects of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the Philippine economy. The analysis involves an...
by | On 30 Aug 2016 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (referred to as “Ningxia”
below) is one of the most water stressed regions in China. In order to help governments and corporations gain a better understanding of water s...
by Lijin Zhong | On 29 Aug 2016 According to MSME Ministry’s Annual Report for 2015-16, MSME sector in India today is
a network of 51 million enterprises providing employment to 117.1 million persons and
contributing 37.5 per cent...
by S.S. Mundra | On 29 Aug 2016 We use a relatively new and unique panel dataset collected from rural households in Bangladesh to examine the effect of microcredit program participation on household food security. The main distingui...
by | On 25 Aug 2016 This paper studies the entire class of liability rules,
and considers the bilateral care accidents. It is shown that the ‘causationconsistent’ liability provides a basis for an efficiency characteriz...
by Ram Singh | On 19 Aug 2016 Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are a backbone of the Philippine economy. One
factor that hinders the growth of these enterprises is their difficulty in accessing finance from
banks and o...
by Gary V Maningo | On 19 Aug 2016 Infrequent but turbulent episodes of outright sovereign default on domestic creditors are considered a “forgotten history” in Macroeconomics. This paper proposes a heterogeneous-agents model in which...
by Pablo D'Erasmo | On 17 Aug 2016 The pressure fiscal expansion exerts on the economy via credit markets in Pakistan is analysed.
Melina and Villa (2014) is extended by allowing government to compete with the private borrowers (firms...
by Sajawal Khan | On 16 Aug 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 the study has been able to highlight the increasing
role that agriculture credit is playing in supporting agriculture production in recent
times- credit accounted for 16% of the total value of paid...
by Sudha Narayanan | On 10 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 SIDS underscore social development as one of the three dimensions of sustainable development key to ensuring results are achieved for most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Small island developing states...
by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNDESA | On 09 Aug 2016 India being home to the largest number of poor and malnourished
population in the world, the tabling of National Food Security Bill has
renewed the public pressure for universalization of PDS in Ind...
by Sowmya Dhanraj | On 03 Aug 2016 There has to be evidence in the policy dialogue. Some may believe that all it takes to convince the body politic of the necessity to choose one policy over another is to present the evidence, complete...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 03 Aug 2016 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) aims at supporting sustainable production in agriculture sector by way of providing financial support to farmers suffering crop loss/damage arising out of unf...
by Ministry of Agriculture GOI | On 28 Jul 2016 CSTEP organised a stakeholder consultation workshop on the wind energy sector at the request of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently. The main objectives of this workshop were to d...
by | On 27 Jul 2016 The impact of South-South migration on the income of migrants and natives is smaller than for South-North migration. However, even small increases in income can have substantial welfare implications f...
by | On 27 Jul 2016 The paper asks what drives insurance coverage in low-income households by analysing repurchase patterns of micro-insurance policies. It uses data on customers of a financial services provider from thr...
by Renuka Sane | On 26 Jul 2016 At the 16th session of Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the COP adopted
decisions in which it decided to establish a Green Climate F...
by Prodipto Ghosh | On 26 Jul 2016 This paper discusses the role of fossil-based power generation technologies in supporting renewable energy investments. It studies the deployment of technologies conditional on all other drivers in 26...
by Elena Verdolini | On 25 Jul 2016 The agenda is a road map for people that will
build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals and ensure sustainable social and economic progress worldwide. It seeks not only to eradicate ex...
by United Nations (UN) | On 20 Jul 2016 The rapid growth and high levels of internationalization by Chinese firms, raise a natural interest in the study of the factors which have led the notable international presence of Chinese firms. In t...
by Zhao Chen | On 19 Jul 2016 This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared:...
by Azhar Kahn | 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 There is a growing concern among policy makers about how electricity is generated and consumed in the context of energy security and global climate change. In such a scenario, renewable energy sources...
by B. Sudhakara Reddy | On 11 Jul 2016 This paper examines the importance of board size and board composition in determining bank outcomes using data from an emerging economy, India, and using a sample that includes both public and priva...
by Jayati Sarkar | On 09 Jul 2016 In this paper, the evolution of the corporate insolvency resolution framework, with the objective of linking it back to the policy directive of the time is described. It is concluded that when policy...
by Rajeswari Sengupta | On 09 Jul 2016 The third phase of the Agriculture Census comprises the Input Survey. This survey provides valuable information on the pattern of usage of agricultural inputs such as chemical fertilizers, organic man...
by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation GOI | On 07 Jul 2016 This paper presents Asia-Pacific’s likely progress across the Sustainable Development Goals agenda, if trends continue on their current trajectories. Some Asian countries have been the world’s top per...
by | On 07 Jul 2016 Crude oil and other petroleum products play an important role in India’s energy security and in sustaining its high growth rate. Against that background, this document empirically analyses petroleum d...
by Pradeep Agrawal | On 07 Jul 2016 There is a need for a paradigm shift in approach from development to
efficient management by making concerted efforts to achieve higher standards of efficiency in water use in all the three sectors....
by Ministry of Water Resources GOI | On 04 Jul 2016 The Climate Knowledge and Development Network supported a Vulnerability and Risk Assessment process in Uttarakhand to provide the Government of Uttarakhand with the evidence base to refine and priorit...
by Climate and Development Knowledge Network CDKN | On 30 Jun 2016 In recent years, China has developed and implemented
a range of policies to address climate change, reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and transition toward
a low-carbon and climate-resilient s...
by Katherine Ross | On 30 Jun 2016 To understand whether and how inverse relationship between farm size and productivity changes when labor market performance improves, we use large national farm panel from India covering a quarter-cen...
by IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute | On 29 Jun 2016 The slowdown in credit growth has been largely because of stress in the public sector banking and not because of high interest rates. As such, what is required is a clean-up of the balance sheets of p...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 29 Jun 2016 In this paper investigates the success of banking reforms in India where significant banking reforms have been introduced since 1990s. Using the argument that well functioning credit markets would ref...
by Sumon Kumar Bhaumik | On 27 Jun 2016 This study is to scout, spawn and sustain grassroots green innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge. It studies the creative and innovative coping strategies of knowledge rich-economically po...
by Anil K Gupta | On 24 Jun 2016 There was a felt to revise the National Forest Policy, 1988
to integrate the vision of sustainable forest management
based on the principles of ecosystem approach,
landscape level planning and the...
by Indian Institute of Forest Management IIFM | On 21 Jun 2016 India’s expanding partnership with Afghanistan has grown into multi-sectoral activities in all parts of Afghanistan. India’s reconstruction and developmental programmes in Afghanistan follow prioritie...
by Ministry of External Affairs, GoI MEA | On 21 Jun 2016 This technical note describes the data and methodology
used to calculate BWS-China, building on the
methodology described in previous Aqueduct publications
(Shiklomanov and Rodda 2014; Gassert et a...
by Jiao Wang | On 20 Jun 2016 This study is an attempt to use group information collected from different farmers (e.g.marginal, small, and medium farmers and tenants) in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India to address a question relevan...
by Amarnath Tripathi | On 16 Jun 2016 A number of initiatives have been taken by the government as well as the private sector to address the challenge of energy access in India. In this context, WWF-India conducted a study to measure/asse...
by | On 09 Jun 2016 In India, a majority of rural households meet their energy requirements from traditional fuel sources, such as fuel wood, agricultural residues and kerosene. Statistics shows that 21 percent of villag...
by | On 09 Jun 2016 The chapter tries to identify three dimensions of land rights – the type of ownership, tenants’ rights, and the right to transfer – to categorise the diversity of land tenures in colonial India. Also,...
by Anand Swamy | On 08 Jun 2016 The report details how rising CO2 emissions are altering the chemical balance of our oceans and outlines the wide-ranging consequences of this emerging issue on marine food chains and ecosystems as we...
by United Nations Environment Programme UNEP | On 07 Jun 2016 This working document provides an overview of some basic facts and societal challenges related to water. The emphasis in this initial document is on water availability and people’s use of water for ag...
by | On 06 Jun 2016 The role of one
consumption-based solution: shifting the diets of populations who consume high amounts of calories, protein, and animal-based foods are analysed. Specifically, we consider three
in...
by Janet Ranganathan | On 06 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 study, based on analysis of secondary data, assesses the current state of electricity access in PHCs and rural primary schools. Given the increasing policy support for solar energy in India, it a...
by | On 02 Jun 2016 The UNEP Year Book 2012 examines emerging environmental issues and policy-relevant developments,
while providing an overview of the latest trends based on key environmental indicators. It spotlights...
by United Nations Environment Programme UNEP | On 02 Jun 2016 Wind energy is a very important contributor in the global power sector, today, contributing nearly 4% of overall electricity generation. The main drivers include energy security, climate change and en...
by Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy CSTEP | On 01 Jun 2016 The aim of the IT policy is:
1.To position Uttar Pradesh as the preferred IT/ITES investment destination in India
2. To leverage IT as an engine of growth for UP
3.To transform physical communit...
by Uttar Pradesh Government UP | On 27 May 2016 This report explores the role of forests in a green economy transformation in Africa. Its aim is to present policymakers with a strong rationale for linking forests and REDD+ planning with green econo...
by | On 25 May 2016 This research report outlines the journey of the cocoa bean on its way to becoming chocolate, showing how sustainability requires all actors to play their role in greening of the whole supply chain –...
by | On 25 May 2016 Charcoal is the main cooking energy source for people living in Maputo city. It is also a crucial source of income for rural producers in Mabalane district, a key supplier of Maputo’s charcoal. But Ma...
by Sophia Baumert | On 25 May 2016 The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between promoter ownership and capital structure of firms using a sample of Indian publicly listed firms for the period from 2006 to 2013, d...
by Indrani Chakraborty | On 23 May 2016 Since its independence the government
of Bangladesh had taken various measures to reduce the intensity of poverty on rural
people in Bangladesh. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine wh...
by Mahfuza Akther | On 20 May 2016 Climate refugees are basically poor, helpless people forced to migrate from their homes because of climatic changes. Even as migration stands to be the most time-tested coping mechanism of the people,...
by | On 19 May 2016 The policy guidelines were developed as part of the pilot project 'Incorporating Needs and Roles of Women in Water and Energy Management in Rural Areas in South Asia-Capacity Building in Rural Areas o...
by | On 18 May 2016 "Modern energy access” is finally on the international agenda, but the current common definition of 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per capita per year is far too low.
To reflect likely demand and historica...
by Todd Moss | On 18 May 2016 Solving the problem of environmental threats and a dwindling biodiversity has been on the international agenda for some decades now. The formulation of environmental questions, however, is changing sl...
by | On 18 May 2016 The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be large and uneven across the globe. Water-related climate risks cascade through food,...
by World Bank [WB] | On 11 May 2016 A bill further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 03 May 2016 This paper motivates the need for a personal bankruptcy law, and study the
existing Indian legal framework in the form of the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 (PTIA) for Calcutta, Bombay and Mad...
by Siva Raman | On 02 May 2016 This paper provides evidence on the effect of women directors on the performance of family firms with a
case study of India.
by | On 02 May 2016 This paper presents a quantitative assessment of Sustainable Energy Security (SES) of the energy demand sub-system for India by calculating a SES index. The demand sub-system has been evaluated for fo...
by | On 02 May 2016 Using an indicator-based approach, the present study develops a framework for
sustainable energy security of India. First, it presents the energy supply and demand situation in the country under diff...
by | On 02 May 2016 This study investigates the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on the performance of different
microfinance ownership types. The analysis in this study relies on a novel methodological frame...
by Mahinda Wijesiri | On 02 May 2016 ndia's industrial protection and promotion policies for small-scale enterprises have figured prominently in the literature on industrialization policies in developing countries. These size dependent t...
by K.V. Ramaswamy | On 02 May 2016 An absolute insistence on profits in numbers is increasingly driving the modern University system today. The insistence on metrics as an index of scholarship has entailed a shift toward the market mod...
by Pramod K. Nayar | On 02 May 2016 This study has been undertaken to examine the maladies and conceivable remedies that associate with Small and Medium Enterprises and related establishments in India. The researcher uncovers a myriad o...
by | On 29 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 The 2030 Policy Framework confirms the EU's firm commitment to lead by example in tackling climate change. It sets out a binding, economy-wide domestic reduction target of at least 40% greenhouse gas...
by European union | On 26 Apr 2016 Land and buildings are a preferred collateral for lenders in India due to its ease of valuation and
disposal in the event of default. Yet several distortions afflict Indian land markets that make thi...
by K.P. Krishnan | On 12 Apr 2016 K.J. Somaiya Centre for Studies in Jainism organised release of the book ‘Saman Suttam: A Comprehensive Study-Vol.II & III’ on 7th April 2016. The report details that the function started with a Welc...
by Hemali Sanghavi | On 11 Apr 2016 This paper focuses on this agriculture-nutrition link in Nepal in the
context of the country’s decade-long civil conflict. Using panel household data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS), co...
by Elizabeth Bageant | On 30 Mar 2016 India’s principal trade partners are countries/economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and over the last decade the share of APEC in India’s trade has been growing. Specifica...
by Deeparghya Mukherjee | On 28 Mar 2016 The Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2016 ranks 126 countries on their ability to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy. The results of the global Energy Architecture Pe...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 22 Mar 2016 Optimality of pro-cyclical monetary policy in the presence of informal sector and firm level
constraint is analysed. The findings suggest that in case of export demand shock pro-cyclical monetary pol...
by Waqas Ahmed | On 21 Mar 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 The Royal Government of Cambodia is grateful for the timely conduct of the study. The ideas and findings in this report will certainly be useful in providing inputs to support and operationalize the R...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Mar 2016 Budget speech
by Sudhir Mungantiwar | On 18 Mar 2016 Since April 1, 2015, India’s cooking gas subsidies have been distributed by electronic transfer through the Direct Benefit Transfer for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) scheme (known as DBTL, or PAHAL1 )...
by | On 18 Mar 2016 Foreign banks in developing countries are often found to indulge in cream skimming, a lending strategy that targets only wealthy segments of the credit market and exclude small and marginal borrowers...
by Mandira Sarma | On 16 Mar 2016 Budget Speech of Yanamala Ramakrishnudu Minister of Finance.
by Yanamala Ramakrishnudu | On 16 Mar 2016 Environmental quality is often a credence good and consumers are unable to distinguish between green and brown products. The paper aims to investigate the role of certification in providing informatio...
by Charu Grover | On 15 Mar 2016 This paper empirically examines human capital’s contribution to economy-wide technological progress and also on technical efficiency gain depending on its distance to frontier in a panel of 75 countri...
by Sujata Basu | On 15 Mar 2016 The Metaguidelines for Water and Climate Change were developed by the Asia–Pacific Water Forum (APWF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Global Water Partnership (GWP). This pu...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | 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 Tenancy has been on the rise in the post economic liberalization period from the decades of 1990s. It was also viewed that freeing the lease market for land may contribute to equity as well as efficie...
by E Revathi | On 14 Mar 2016 With last week’s WTO ruling against India on a complaint by the US in early 2013 that India’s Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) for some solar power projects violating WTO prohibitions, it is incumbe...
by D Raghunandan | On 14 Mar 2016 Arsenic contamination in water supplies continues to increase in many countries, especially in developing nations, thereby creating both environmental and health hazard. Its sources and effects are mu...
by Zareena Begum Irfan | On 13 Mar 2016 Random effects panel data analysis is applied to identify financial parameters that influence banks in India in complying with Basel I. The private sector and foreign banks are affected by credit risk...
by Sreejata Banerjee | On 13 Mar 2016 We test the effect of excess money growth on inflation using Threshold Regression technique developed by Hansen (2000). The empirical test is conducted using annual data from India for the period from...
by Saumitra N Bhaduri | On 13 Mar 2016 The “shale gas revolution” in the US could provide significant leverage in the US “pivot” to Asia. As China looks to absorb the technological know-how of shale gas extraction from North America, great...
by | On 12 Mar 2016 As India prepares for the release of its long anticipated shale gas policy, pressure continues to mount on New Delhi. An increase in coal imports over the past 12 months has demonstrated the stress on...
by | On 12 Mar 2016 South Korea has so far failed to fulfil its potential as an important player in Overseas Development Aid, with its aid having been too little and spread too thin. Meanwhile, China and other emerging d...
by | On 12 Mar 2016 Myanmar’s transition process has proceeded apace with significant results already achieved. However, bumps are to be expected on the road ahead which may temporarily throw Myanmar off track. Thus ther...
by | On 12 Mar 2016 After a period of stability between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea with positive developments in terms of dispute management, China’s dispatch of a drilling rig to areas west of the Paracel...
by | On 11 Mar 2016 While Russia and China are heralding a new “strategic partnership,” this policy brief explores how competition between the two countries may increasingly emerge in regard to Central Asia—a region wher...
by | On 11 Mar 2016 Biofuels are acquiring importance due to their potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The two most important biofuels – viz., bioethanol and bio-diesel, are largely considered supplementary t...
by K.S. Kavi Kumar | On 11 Mar 2016 This study examines the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth of the preexisting units on a balanced sample for ten years (1998-1999 to 2007- 2008) following the Levinsohn and Petrin (2003) technique...
by Santosh Kumar Sahu | On 11 Mar 2016 This paper studies the effect of domestic macroeconomic news releases on the change in the bond yields of India, China and Japan. We apply event study method to observe whether the large set of new in...
by Sreejata Banerjee | On 10 Mar 2016 Our study investigates the determinants and use of cash holdings by Indian companies. Using a large sample of manufacturing firms that are publicly traded on Bombay Stock exchange for the period of 19...
by Ekta Selarka | On 10 Mar 2016 The adverse fiscal effects of fuel subsidies in developing countries like India are well documented. More recently, few studies have highlighted the fiscal, welfare and environmental effects of possib...
by Brinda Viswanathan | On 10 Mar 2016 In Pakistan, despite an increase in per capita food availability and resultant rise in per capita calorie and protein intake, the prevalence of malnutrition has not improved over last 20 years [Nation...
by Sarfraz K. Qureshi | On 10 Mar 2016 This brief paper is quite focused. It describes the methodology and scope of the household survey carried out by the PIDE between March and July 1999, with an aim to generate nationally representative...
by G. M. Arif | On 10 Mar 2016 Pakistan has implemented various structural change and stabilisation programmes over the last twelve years with a view to improving the levels of efficiency and consequently higher levels of output an...
by A.R. Kemal | On 10 Mar 2016 The objective in this study is to examine the issues and constraints faced by the power sector in Pakistan. The paper will try to evaluate the reasons behind the current energy crisis despite present...
by Afia Malik | On 10 Mar 2016 The aim of this research is to assess the willingness to purchase health insurance in Pakistan and assist the policy makers in formulating a national health insurance programme that meets the needs of...
by Ajmal Jahangeer | On 10 Mar 2016 This article intends to bring to light the energy security concept in the region, while analyzing how this multilateral cooperative energy scheme can contribute to building a new regional economic sec...
by Se Hyun Ahn | On 09 Mar 2016 Capitalism is an economic and social order oriented toward the future. In this paper, I describe the unfolding of the temporal order of capitalism and relate it to the restless dynamism of capitalism...
by | On 08 Mar 2016 The year 2009 marks a new era of change. One would immediately associate it with the Obama administration and its promises for change, such as the US policies in addressing climate change. A shift has...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 06 Mar 2016 Due to the pragmatic need for ensuring energy security, governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have to date emphasised the potential economic and technological benefits of n...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 06 Mar 2016 Notwithstanding the global financial crisis, energy security remains one of the top priorities for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels in th...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 05 Mar 2016 The recent 2010 UN climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico, and the resulting Cancun Agreement, has shown that there is an increasing recognition of the need to protect the poor and vulnerable in...
by | On 03 Mar 2016 The problems caused by Japan’s recent nuclear power plant crisis have revived the debate on the future of nuclear energy. Discussions appear to be centred around the dilemma of whether or not to rely...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 03 Mar 2016 Prior to the triple disaster of March 2011, Japan was perceived as one of the more well-prepared nations in the world in the area of disaster response. However, the earthquake, tsunami and most partic...
by Sofiah Jamil | On 02 Mar 2016 In 2011, China’s nuclear power ambitions were shaken, first by the Fukushima disaster which undermined public trust in nuclear energy worldwide, then by the spectacular crash of China’s flagship trans...
by | On 02 Mar 2016 The Government of India has publicly committed to a doubling or trebling of government health spending by 2012 and launched a major program, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), to help spend the...
by Peter Berman | On 01 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 What do we know about the results of decentralized service delivery? Verifying outcomes and results of decentralized policies is a very challenging exercise, given the large number of stakeholders inv...
by Ehtisham Ahmad | On 01 Mar 2016 India's policy on agriculture in the context of climate change, is foregrounded by the need to produce enough grain to meet the food requirements of the country. To promote sustainable agriculture, po...
by | On 29 Feb 2016 This executive summary attempts to measure developed new techniques of measuring poverty. These techniques will be discussed here. The attempts to measure absolute poverty in India were made to know w...
by Manoranjan Pal | On 29 Feb 2016 The government recognizes the urgency and importance of the actions that need to be taken collectively to meet the ultimate objective of the Convention i.e. stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations i...
by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Chang GOI | On 29 Feb 2016 The GoI, in collaboration with Global Environment Facility (GEF), has been addressing critical gaps related to policy, regulation, capacity, technology, management and finance. The completed GEF proje...
by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Chang GOI | On 29 Feb 2016 Implementation of the Adaptation Fund and GCF direct access modalities is still in a relatively early stage. (The Adaptation Fund accredited its first implementing entities in 2010; the GCF did so in...
by Indira Masullo | On 29 Feb 2016 WRI is keen to track its on-ground impact to serve as a feedback mechanism to Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) and as a learning for other state regulators who may be looking for sol...
by Deepak Sriram Krishnan | On 29 Feb 2016 Government of India constituted the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) in September 2004 as an advisory body and a watchdog for the informal sector to bring about im...
by National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorgan NCEUS | On 29 Feb 2016 In this paper, a review of the literature on the global efficiency consequences of migration and assess a new strand of that literature. This is the new economic case for migration restrictions, which...
by Michael Clemens | On 27 Feb 2016 In September, the Japanese government announced that it would phase out nuclear energy by 2040. Just one week later, it stepped back from specifying an explicit timeframe. The about-turn illustrates J...
by Lina Gong | On 27 Feb 2016 Reactions to December’s UN climate change talks in Doha have been defined largely by frustration with the pace, scope and ambition of the process. Exasperated and often derisive voices lament the va...
by Gianna Gayle Amul | On 27 Feb 2016 On 18 June 2013, Dr J. Jackson Ewing sat down with Professor Ibrahim Gambari to discuss his views on resolving conflicts and building sustainable peace in the 21st century. Professor Gambari’s famil...
by Lina Gong | On 27 Feb 2016 Today, millions of people experience insecurity as a result of new and complex issues threatening human welfare and dignity, such as climate change and the contested or inefficient use of energy and w...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 Energy security is no longer just about the security of supply; it is multifaceted and inextricably linked to public health and environmental issues. Amidst political instability in oil-producing regi...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 In Southeast Asia, primary energy demand is projected to increase from 554.8 Mtoe in 2010 to 1,110.2 Mtoe in 2035. Oil will continue to dominate the energy mix with coal share growing at the fastest a...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 Continuous rise in food prices has been posing a serious policy challenge in India. Milk is a major contributor to the food price rise due to its high growth in demand in the domestic and internationa...
by S. Rajeshwaran | On 27 Feb 2016 THE WORLD’S surging demand for energy, coupled with the urgent need to mitigate the impact of climate change, has pressed many states to explore clean energy alternatives. For many developing countrie...
by Mely Caballero-Anthony | On 26 Feb 2016 The prospect of nuclear energy as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels has increased sharply due to soaring oil prices. This has been further boosted by the challenge of global climate change. D...
by | On 26 Feb 2016 Nuclear energy has emerged as a viable option to provide base load power for many nations. However, countries in Southeast Asia planning to develop nuclear reactors could face a multitude of problems....
by | On 26 Feb 2016 From the Subregional Workshop on Energy Security and Non-Traditional Security Singapore 27 – 29 August 2008, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. The workshop on Energy and Non-Traditional Security (NTS)...
by | On 26 Feb 2016 India’s growth story has largely remained positive on the strength of domestic absorption, and the country has registered a robust and steady pace of economic growth in 2015-16 as it did in 2014-15....
by Arun Jaitley | On 26 Feb 2016 Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subject...
by | On 26 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 The pursuit of energy security traditionally revolves around securing supply sources. Is there more to it than just supply issues? The effectiveness of energy security also depends on whether energy c...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 Alleged market failures and the abuse or overuse of governance have shown that energy security could no longer be sufficiently ensured by working with the market or governance alone. Recent global con...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 Energy supply and price volatility are no longer the only concerns that constitute contemporary energy security problems, which now comprise environmental and socioeconomic issues. Mitigating these no...
by Collin Koh | 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 The ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement signed recently in Thailand marks a milestone for ensuring regional energy security by including a provision for voluntary oil stockpiles. However, mandatory, as...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 East Asia is one of the three main economic blocks in the world. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries – as New Industrial Economies (NIEs) – and China – as an emerging power – are...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 The nuclear power states have not resolved the issue of permanent storage of nuclear spent fuel. Countries with existing nuclear facilities also face challenges to the temporary storage of their spent...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 The present Status Paper for 2015-16 is fifth in this series and reinforces the Government’s commitment to keep the level of public debt within sustainable limits and follow prudent debt management pr...
by Ministry of Finance GOI | On 25 Feb 2016 In India, NCDs have surpassed communicable diseases as the most common causes of morbidity and premature mortality in the country. The indicators and targets are used to track progress of actions desi...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 25 Feb 2016 The study reviewed and assessed nongovernment reforestation in the Philippines vis-a-vis government and total reforestation using primary and secondary data. The end purpose was to identify issues and...
by Danilo C. Israel | On 25 Feb 2016 Speech of Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu introducing the Railway
Budget for 2016-17.
by Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu | On 25 Feb 2016 This paper offers a review of a broad set of issues that are recurrent in international discussions about interconnectedness of energy and security in China’s international relations. The primary purp...
by Zha Daojiong | On 24 Feb 2016 This study is a critical analysis of health services purchasing undertaken by Phil Health which implements the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippines. Purchasing is about how an institut...
by Oscar F. Picazo | On 24 Feb 2016 Inadequate application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been identified by the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) as a major constraint in achieving rice self-sufficiency. The available literature...
by Roehlano M. Briones | On 24 Feb 2016 The World Bank has been requested by the government of India to undertake a study, “Strategies for Low Carbon Growth.” The study considers different options for low-carbon growth trajectories to fisca...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 24 Feb 2016 The key question therefore is what India, as a member of the global community which is to collectively address the global challenge of climate change, can be expected to do?and what it has been alread...
by World Bank | 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 This paper describes the methodology used for the electricity consumption section of the household module of the India Low Carbon Growth Study and presents preliminary results. The module is used to p...
by World Bank | On 24 Feb 2016 The inordinate delays in the indigenous production of India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) have taken a considerable toll of human lives, caused by the malfunctioning of the ‘stop-gap’ foreign flying m...
by | On 24 Feb 2016 This paper aims to analyze how contracts are determined and modified given diverse agricultural settings and to examine the implications of these changes with respect to their efficiency, distribution...
by Leonardo Lanzona | On 24 Feb 2016 If ASEAN intends to meaningfully enhance its energy security, take greater steps to protect itself from instabilities in the international energy market, and effectively underpin its continued develop...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 Much literature on East Asia’s energy security has focused on the dynamics of competition over resources and how potential conflicts could arise from this. While this analytical perspective identifies...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 23 Feb 2016 The Singapore government treats energy security as a means towards achieving sustainable economic growth. It is on that note that the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) and National Energy Policy (NE...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 The next President of the Philippines faces many challenges to his incoming administration. A crucial one is ensuring the country’s energy security. Addressing this will strengthen the Philippine econ...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 Adequate supplies of natural resources have always been preconditions for economic growth. The requirements for energy and metallic mineral resources have been larger and more obvious with the modern...
by Dominic Meagher | On 23 Feb 2016 The nuclear crisis in Japan has received heightened attention in the wake of the tsunami. Will it result in a catastrophic meltdown, as experienced in Chernobyl more than two decades ago, and trigger...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 Existing work on energy security tends to over-emphasise the prospect of competition and conflict over resources while under-exploring the promise of cooperation. This policy brief provides a framewor...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but...
by Kym Anderson | On 22 Feb 2016 Budget speech by the Hon’ble Minister for Finance and Public Works, Government of Tamil Nadu
by O Panneerselvam | On 22 Feb 2016 This paper studies the credit market implications and real effects of one the largest borrower bailout programs in history, enacted by the government of India against the backdrop of the 2008–2009 fin...
by Xavier Giné | On 21 Feb 2016 Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within count...
by Jeffrey D. Sachs | 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 This issues brief outlines key points brought up at an Energy Security Seminar on ‘Risk and Resilience: Securing Energy in Insecure Spaces’ held on 29-30 October 2012 in Singapore. Energy vulnerabilit...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 19 Feb 2016 Southeast Asia is witnessing a revival of interest in civil nuclear energy development in the region. Behind this shift are factors such as political transition in Japan, the lure of economic benefits...
by | On 19 Feb 2016 Based on the recent publication ‘Implementing Value Capture in Latin America’ the Director of the Latin American Program at Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, MartimSmolka, explains the mechanism of va...
by Martim Smolka | 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 Governments have become much more welcoming towards foreign investors over the past several decades. The widespread use of screening, performance requirements, and outright restrictions on foreign own...
by Michael Gestrin | On 19 Feb 2016 This lecture outlines the impact of participation on practice, in particular how it can expand the scope and nature of practice in order to add strategic value to practical work. NabeelHamdi introduce...
by | On 19 Feb 2016 This paper aims to facilitate China’s globalisation process and to enable destination countries to benefit from Chinese ODI potential by having a clear understanding of the institutional background ag...
by Mei Wang | On 19 Feb 2016 If China’s economy is an example of ‘state-capitalism’, then its large, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) could be expected to monopolise key sectors. But previous estimates of industrial concentration u...
by Paul Hubbard | On 19 Feb 2016 The adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December by 195 governments is a major turning point in the global fight against climate change. To date, 190 governments have committed to specific actions t...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 18 Feb 2016 The present study reviews the framework
on adaptation in India and provides an estimation of the public resources devoted to
this sector.
by Kaushik Ganguly | On 18 Feb 2016 Asia’s rapid change across socio-economic and political spheres, amid population growth and rising demand for food, feed and energy supplies, is unprecedented. To strike a balance between economic gro...
by Research Consultative Group on International Agricultural | On 18 Feb 2016 Policy in Pakistan has been fairly path-dependant, placing a higher weight on export promotion and domestic industrialisation development than on domestic commerce. Yet domestic commerce is growing ra...
by Nadeem Ul Haque | On 17 Feb 2016 It is investigated whether differences in quality of firm-level corporate governance can explain the firm-level performance in a cross-section of companies listed at Karachi Stock Exchange. Therefore,...
by Attiya Y. Javid | 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 Despite being the biggest contributors to climate change and home to majority of the world’s population, cities have so far had little say in global climate negotiations. As the frontlines of climate...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 As some Southeast Asian countries consider using nuclear energy, the region should now be preparing a regional nuclear emergency response, incorporating technological and nuclear emergencies into its...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 With the growing urgency of energy security in an era of climate change, the option to increase the share of renewables and nuclear energy in the energy mix will increasingly become attractive in Asia...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 In its founding documents, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) seeks the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to “ensure[s] that food production is not t...
by Meryl Richards | On 16 Feb 2016 This study aims at empirical investigation of the x-efficiency, scale economies, and technological progress of commercial banks operating in Pakistan using balance panel data for 29 banks.
by Abdul Qayyum | On 16 Feb 2016 This paper examines the efficiency of the large scale manufacturing sector of Pakistan using the stochastic production frontier approach. A stochastic production frontier is estimated for two periods—...
by Tariq Mahmood | On 16 Feb 2016 The study employs Girton and Roper (1977) measure of exchange market pressure—sum of exchange rate depreciation and foreign reserves outflow, to examine the interaction between exchange market pressur...
by M. Idrees Khawaja | On 16 Feb 2016 Driven by the increasingly important role of supply chains in global production, this paper studies empirical association between global credit-market shocks and firm behavior towards liquidity needs...
by Yothin Jinjarak | On 16 Feb 2016 Thailand’s increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of ope...
by Suthiphand Chirathivat | On 16 Feb 2016 Like other developing countries, Bangladesh initiated financial sector reform program during 1990’s. The main objectives of the financial sector reform programs were: i) Gradual B 3 | P a g e eliminat...
by Sayera Younus | On 15 Feb 2016 The main objective of this study report is to find out the impact(s) of the refinance scheme of Bangladesh Bank (BB) through comparing the economic well-being of the target group people who have taken...
by Md. Julhas Uddin | On 15 Feb 2016 Basel II consists of three pillars such as Pillar I, II and III. Implementation of this New Accord is a challenge for many developing countries including Bangladesh. This study has made an attempt to...
by Md. Kabir Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 Lower spread is a vital indicator of the efficiency and competition in the financial system and conducive to higher economic growth of a country via investment spending. In Bangladesh, the spread in t...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 The year 2007 marked a milestone in the fight against poverty and corruption. It represented the midway point on the road to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the ambitious global pledg...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 This article examines three elements of the popular narrative of China’s involvement in the development of Afghanistan’s vast natural resource wealth. It argues that Chinese companies invested in Afgh...
by Erica Downs | On 14 Feb 2016 The increased interaction between business and government – as result of privatisations, lobbying and public contracting - has meant increased opportunities for corruption. Conflicts of interest, and...
by Transparency International TI | On 12 Feb 2016 In an environment of increasing importance of South–South bilateral trade partnerships, we assess the potential for improving bilateral trade between India and five Central Asian countries in this pap...
by Pradeep Agrawal | On 11 Feb 2016 Global megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity force a rethinking of this crucial network, especially in the light of a reshuffling of global economic activity and significant demand g...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 This report looks at what a new energy architecture might look like and how best-in-class enabling environments have already helped some high-ranking countries begin their transitions to more efficien...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change’s report, Climate Adaptation: Seizing the Challenge, captures some of the latest thinking in the field of climate adaptation and fina...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 The impending digital transformation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution holds the potential to redefine the very basis of our materials-reliant industrial economy. Enabled by the internet of things,...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 This paper addresses the question of whether it is possible to balance the need for a free flow of information across borders with legitimate government concerns related to public order, consumer priv...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where subprovincial governments freely traded land conversion quotas and investigate the r...
by Nancy H. Chau | On 07 Feb 2016 In this study the relationship between corporate governance and corporate valuation, ownership structure and need of external financing for the Karachi Stock Market is examined for the period 2003 to...
by Attiya Y. Javid | On 06 Feb 2016 This report aims to provide the emerging lessons from a representative sample of 20 country case studies that could help policy makers to address implementation challenges, including overcoming politi...
by | On 05 Feb 2016 How can trade policy respond to the needs and concerns of more than a billion people in the developing world that lack access to energy for fulfilling their daily needs such as cooking and lighting? A...
by | 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 The present study examines the determinants of payment mode choice and deal amounts in financial and nonfinancial sectors mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Pakistan, undertaken during period 2005–2012...
by Yasmeen Akhtar | On 03 Feb 2016 This study explains the underpricing phenomenon through the relationship of underpricing (initial returns), ownership structure and aftermarket liquidity empirically by using cross-sectional data of 5...
by Malik Muhammad Shehr Yar | On 03 Feb 2016 This study investigates the determinants of credit ratings of firms and the impact of credit rating on firms’ performance and stock return for listed firms in Pakistan. For empirical analysis of this...
by Rubina Shaheen | On 03 Feb 2016 This study provides the evidence on the effect of managerial ownership on the firm’s performance and financial policies (debt and dividend) for 140 listed manufacturing firms of Pakistan.
by Haris Arshad | 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 In recent years, Central Asia has increasingly come under the focus of the European Union (EU). This development occurred not least due to a series of interruptions in the supply of Russian natural ga...
by Sijbren Jong | On 03 Feb 2016 This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and w...
by Georg Inderst | On 02 Feb 2016 The Karakoram-Pamir Landscape lies at the junction between the black Karakoram mountains, which mostly lie within Pakistan, and the grey Pamir mountains, which mostly lie within China. It is known for...
by Eklabya Sharma | On 02 Feb 2016 This research paper aims at studying the elements determining the Turkish position towards the Syrian crisis, especially in the period ranging from the start of the protests in mid-March 2011 to the b...
by Ali Bakir | On 02 Feb 2016 Climate change is the most pressing challenge of our time. Addressing it requires an unprecedented mobilisation of human and financial resources to alter our patterns of production, consumption and en...
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 02 Feb 2016 This paper focuses on this new trend in global energy, and examines its influence on oil prices in the international markets, as well as its long-run economic, political, and geostrategic implications...
by | On 01 Feb 2016 Global progress towards reducing undernutrition has been made through enlightened public policies, targeted development assistance, private sector actions and commitments from civil society. Yet every...
by Nicholas Alipui | On 01 Feb 2016 In emerging economies like India, banking sector is very important. But banking sector is at 'crossroads'. There are many issues which this sector is facing and research which would generate fresh i...
by S.S. Mundra | On 01 Feb 2016 Seventy-six years ago, in the midst of the Great Depression, the United States government introduced the New Deal. The New Deal effectively harnessed the fiscal stimulus for environmental as well as d...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 Forests are crucial for rural development, access to water, agricultural productivity, energy, soil conservation, and flood control. Forests are also home to at least 80 per cent of terrestrial biodiv...
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 It is now beyond scientific doubt that the emissions of greenhouse gases need to be reduced significantly to prevent dangerous interference in the climate system and avoid dramatic consequences of glo...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 A temperature increase of 2 degree celsius above pre-industrial levels is the maximum target range established by the scientific community for stabilizing carbon concentrations at a level that prevent...
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 Sustainable development requires a fundamental, global green technological transformation over the next 30 to 40 years. Otherwise, it will be impossible to simultaneously meet the goals of ending pove...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The recent food price spikes have exposed deep structural flaws in the world food system. Although increased financial speculation in commodity futures and options markets seems to have amplified shor...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The multiple challenges that cities face also represent a strategic opportunity to build sustainable cities and reap the benefits of rapid urbanization. Urban development should be understood as a bal...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 Arguably, ensuring food and nutrition security for all people in the coming decades is the major challenge for the global community. Food demand is increasing in aggregate and per capita values, in pa...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 Accelerating progress to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will serve to advance human development and also to lay a solid foundation for the pursuance of sustainable development goals a...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 There is an emerging consensus holding that sustainable development requires a radical transformation of the world’s energy system. This brief suggests that countries will need to manage large and com...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects the ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. CSA aims to achieve food security and broader develo...
by World Bank [WB] | On 30 Jan 2016 caling-up renewable energy as a means to address climate change will require addressing impediments to the global diffusion of sustainable energy goods and services. Trade policy can contribute in thi...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Agricultural prices, along with the prices of primary commodities in general, have been both high and volatile over 2006-11. These developments impact the poor and other vulnerable non-farm households...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Previous agricultural trade negotiations were conducted when global prices were lower. They focused on policies that artificially expanded supply in some countries, or reduced demand in other countrie...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Credit ratings have become a widely accepted measure of firms’ creditworthiness in financial markets. The present study aims to examine the impact of external credit ratings on the financial structure...
by Shoaib Ali | On 30 Jan 2016 Inadequate application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been identified by the Food Staples Sufficiency Program as a major constraint in achieving rice self-sufficiency. The available literature on fert...
by | On 29 Jan 2016 This paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. Existing observations indicate that the temperature is rising at a higher rate i...
by Kumud Acharya | On 28 Jan 2016 The adoption of the ambitious post-2015 agenda centring on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations (UN) in New York in September marks an opportune moment to suggest development...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 Available literature on regional trade integration in South Asia points to a variety of economic and non-economic factors that have slowed the integration process. The major non-economic factors inclu...
by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment SAWTEE | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper provides an overview of the changing patterns of O-FDI from India over 1975-2001. It shows that the increasing number of Indian TNCs during 1990s has been accompanied by a number of changes...
by Jaya Prakash Pradhan | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper draws from a field research experiment to examine the
gendered aspects of willingness to pay for index-based insurance in Bangladesh. Participants were
presented with risky lotteries and...
by Daniel J. Clarke | On 28 Jan 2016 A new generation of 'mega-regional' trade deals have the potential to reshape the landscape of global agricultural trade, by establishing new commitments on market access as well as new regulatory nor...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 With the challenges of access to energy, energy security, and the imperative of climate change becoming more pronounced in recent years, interest in clean energy has surged. Mitigation efforts to limi...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 This publication incorporates all the discussions on marginal and small farmers such as micro financing for agricultural value chains, MahilaKisanSashaktikaranPariyojna, MF for small farmers through e...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 27 Jan 2016 The objective of this working paper is to critically test the assertion that pro-poor "green" tourism is one of the best development options for the majority of least developed countries (LDCs) -- a c...
by Shoaib Akhtar | On 27 Jan 2016 The primary motivation behind this research is the need to accelerate the supply of renewable energy because of the important role that it plays in mitigating climate change and in fostering sustainab...
by | 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 Ensuring sustainable access to basic services in urban India has continued to remain a major challenge for civic bodies. A fast growing urban population has exerted great pressure on the provisioning...
by Keshab Das | On 26 Jan 2016 The relationship between women’s access to credit and their empowerment is a theme that seems to have lost much of its sheen and sharpness during the phase of commercialization of microfinance in Indi...
by Tara Nair | On 26 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 publication summarises CDKN’s partnership work with Bangladesh to date, highlighting key achievements and signposting further information. We are involved at many levels, by investing in policy-r...
by Climate and Development Outlook CDO | On 23 Jan 2016 This study examines the relationship if any among economic growth (output), private sector credit and inflation in Bangladesh. In many developed and developing countries, private sector credit has pla...
by Sayera Younus | On 23 Jan 2016 The thin bond market in Bangladesh faces manifold challenges emanating from several sources including excessive reliance on bank credit, government debt instruments dominated by primary auction based...
by Md. Akhtaruzzaman | On 23 Jan 2016 The statutory liquidity requirement (SLR), as a monetary policy instrument, has experienced infrequent changes in Bangladesh. Past evidence shows that reduction in SLR produced positive impact on bank...
by Sayera Younus | 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 Energy remains one of the key inputs to socio-economic progress in developing societies. South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lank...
by Anoop Singh | On 23 Jan 2016 Alliances’ of public and private actors can play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to sustainable energy systems, and these groupings can be ‘engineered’. Based on research findings from I...
by Institute of Development Studies IDS | On 23 Jan 2016 The focus of this research is on the determinants of low-carbon investment in the world’s two largest emerging economies: China and India. While these countries are responsible for the biggest growth...
by Stephen Spratt | 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 New analysis 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 | On 22 Jan 2016 This report summarizes outcomes of collaboration between ADB and implementing agencies of Bhutan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Viet Nam to address gaps in the production of a...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 Jan 2016 The setting up of the New Development Bank was first suggested by India in early 2012 in order to fund its domestic energy and infrastructure needs, namely power transmission, 11 roads and ports. Fina...
by Stephen Spratt | 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 transition to a clean and green energy system is an economic and social transformation that is exciting as well as challenging. The world today faces a formidable challenge in transforming its eco...
by A. Ganesh-Kumar | 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) agreement was signed on 5 October 2015 by the US and 11 countries in the Asia- Pacific. The writers of the TPP expect the agreement to result in the dynamic evoluti...
by Geethanjali Nataraj | On 21 Jan 2016 This paper is a study of climate change discourse in urban India. It suggests that the policies being articulated to deal with climate issues are premised on incremental changes rather than radical re...
by Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay | On 21 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 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 Increasing coverage and maintaining infrastructure are two of the biggest challenges confronting the water supply sector in both industrialized and developing countries. The last two decades have witn...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 The recent uproar about the toxic levels of pollution in the country’s national capital region has once again brought to fore the failure of the regulatory and legal mechanisms in India to control air...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 Delhi's traffic management is based on a system designed long before motor vehicle ownership in the city had reached its current mammoth size. This system is immensely inadequate to respond to the gro...
by prashant kumar | 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 Research on clientelism broadly assumes that local political agents, or brokers, possess fine-grained information on voters’ political preferences, and often can directly or indirectly monitor their v...
by Mark Schneider | On 18 Jan 2016 The literature on decentralized public programs suggests that errors in the targeting of anti-poverty programs are rooted in the capture of these programs by local elites or local politicians. Consist...
by Mark Schneider | On 18 Jan 2016 The liquidity framework of Basel III assumes added significance for banks in India and many banks have been approaching us to comprehend the finer points of the liquidity regulations, as also with req...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 18 Jan 2016 The paper identifies five important aspects of agriculture that
need immediate attention to bring economic advantages to millions of farm families. First, output
per hectare, which is a common measu...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 18 Jan 2016 This article consists in three parts. The first part deals with theory. We evaluate the pros and cons of government involvement in urban housing and of renting versus ownership. In the second part, we...
by Yves Zenou | On 14 Jan 2016 This study examines the current state of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in health care in Punjab, and possibilities for new kinds of initiatives in this broad category of institutional arrangement...
by | On 14 Jan 2016 From around 2000 onward, donors and recipient governments embarked upon a new aid paradigm. The most important elements include increased selectivity in the aid allocation, more ownership of recipient...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations has major implications for India, which is aspiring for a larger role in the regional architecture of the Asia-Pacific. India will ha...
by Amitendu Palit | On 10 Jan 2016 Land is regarded as an important source of livelihoods to many people, especially rural people. For those people, access to and control over land resources is the source of livelihoods. Therefore, lan...
by Samana Adhikari | On 08 Jan 2016 The report herein provide in-depth analysis of the state of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in Nepal.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 07 Jan 2016 Half of the world’s population — 3 billion people — lives below the poverty line, and Asia has the largest share. In pursuit of sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation, there is great...
by Anbumozhi Venkatachalam | On 07 Jan 2016 Published reports on public health in DPRK are uncommon, but recent planning and financial sustainability exercises, population-based surveys, and other reports, all available online, indicate recover...
by John Grundy | 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 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement seems to have reached a crossroads: it could either be a building block toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the form...
by Inkyo Cheong | On 07 Jan 2016 Japan’s “two lost decades” perhaps represent an extreme example of a weak recovery from a financial crisis, and are now referred to as “Japanization.” More recently, widespread stagnation in advanced...
by Masahiro Kawai | 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 This paper explores the long-term challenges for trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The region has emerged as an important production base...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 06 Jan 2016 Japan has suffered from sluggish economic growth and recession since the 1990s, a phenomenon dubbed “Japan’s Lost Decade.” The People’s Republic of China, many countries in the eurozone, and the Unite...
by Naoyuki Yoshino | On 06 Jan 2016 This study examines the nature of violence faced by lesbians in Indian society. Although there has been substantial theoretical and practical work on violence against women in India, the manifestation...
by Bina Fernandez | On 05 Jan 2016 It is widely proclaimed that capital account liberalisation would immensely benefit developing economies because once capital controls are lifted capital would flow from the capital abundant rich coun...
by Pragya Atri | On 01 Jan 2016 The policy paper reviews selected case studies of Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, a sub-component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission. The paper provides key learnings to the practitioners...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 Jan 2016 This paper investigates if there are gender differences in health expenditures and treatment seeking behavior among cancer patients and finds that the results are consistent with gender discriminati...
by Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay | On 01 Jan 2016 A study of how PPPs have been employed by ADB developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific identified seven initiatives that adopted the underlying principles of PPP in developing and deliverin...
by Jouko Sarvi | On 01 Jan 2016 We study urban, private sector Chinese employers’ preferences between workers with and without a local permanent residence permit (hukou) using callback information from an Internet job board. We find...
by | On 30 Dec 2015 Intense climate-related natural disasters—floods, storms, as well as droughts and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. Is there an ominous link between the global increase of these hydrometeoro...
by Ramón López | On 29 Dec 2015 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 Myanmar’s agriculture sector offers substantial unexploited potential to underpin the country’s inclusive economic development. With extensive land, water, and labor resources, as well as proximity to...
by Jindra Samson | On 29 Dec 2015 This paper documents lessons learned during the implementation of two loans: the Renewable Energy Development Sector Project, and the Power Transmission Improvement Sector Project.Electrification in I...
by Bagus Mudiantoro | 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 Released on the eve of the Paris climate change conference (COP21), this report – a mix of infographics and country case examples – outlines UNDP’s decades-long support to partner countries to tackle...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 29 Dec 2015 Improving physical connectivity between South and Southeast Asia has long been recognized as a key element in promoting greater trade and investment linkages within the region. As an island economy, S...
by Dushni Weerakoon | On 29 Dec 2015 In this publication UN Women highlights the commitments made on gender equality, and explores women's contributions to sustainable development and policy around the world. Focusing on priority areas—s...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 This note presents data regarding Parliament’s productivity during Winter Session 2015.
by Kusum Malik | On 26 Dec 2015 This study examines the relationship between firm characteristics and borrowing from commercial banks by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and five Sout...
by Ganeshan Wignaraja | On 24 Dec 2015 During the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action reflected the importance of the interface between gender equality and sustainable development. It reco...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 24 Dec 2015 Severe chronic poverty persists in India, partly because of the poor capacity of the state in India to provide for its poor. An action research project, underway in five poorest districts in the count...
by Sajjad Hassan | On 23 Dec 2015 This paper examines the domestic sources of the internationalization of national oil companies (NOCs) in China and India. It argues that – counter to notions of state-led internationalization – the go...
by Jonas Mecklinga | On 23 Dec 2015 Employing data for 1992-2012, the article examines the factors affecting the capital structure of publicly listed Indian banks from a corporate finance perspective and compares the findings by exploit...
by Goutam Chatterjee | On 22 Dec 2015 This paper seeks to identify the strategic and economic variables involved in India’s decision about whether or not to pursue a proposed natural gas pipeline from Iran. There is a lot of misinformatio...
by | On 22 Dec 2015 Women form a disproportionately large share of the world’s unbanked population. Gender inequalities in employment and earnings mean that women have lower incomes, making them less able to open account...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 The focus is on South Asia and the starting point of inquiry is on 33 projects that illustrate the roles and forms of NGO and CBO engagement in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The rep...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 21 Dec 2015 This note builds on lessons learned from the Center for Global Development’s work on intergovernmental fiscal transfers for health and lays out three strategies for donors that fund organizations and...
by Amanda Glassman | On 21 Dec 2015 The success or failure of a company is often ascribed to the behavior of its CEO. Yet little is known about what top managers actually do, whether this matters for firm performance, and why it differ...
by Oriana Bandiera | On 18 Dec 2015 We develop a new survey instrument to codify CEOs’ diaries in large samples and use it to measure the
labor supply of 1,114 family and professional CEOs of manufacturing firms across six countries...
by Oriana Bandiera | On 18 Dec 2015 The paper provides evidence to India’s strategy towards FDI in the post-1991 period has been to attract large amount of FDI by offering it freedom of entry and operation. However, India failed to attr...
by Vipin Negi | On 18 Dec 2015 This paper studies the effect of electricity on income, using the Nepal Living Standards Survey-III (NLSSIII), carried out in the years 2010-11. To account for endogeneity issues, we use Three Stage L...
by Matias Fontenla | On 18 Dec 2015 This collection of articles captures and disseminates some perspectives on climate change from the Indian context. Starting from an argument on a new climate deal to highlighting the importance of the...
by Sunita Narain | 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 The challenge of climate change is huge; it requires an urgent response from all generations. As the effects of climate change become more visible and extreme, they are likely to affect adversely the...
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 The metabolic rift describes the relation between the relatively short extractive cycles of the economy and the very long cycles involved in the creation and restitution of natural resources. This rif...
by Barbara Harriss-White | On 17 Dec 2015 Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum w...
by Richard Burkhauser | On 16 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 DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers and adolescent girls by integrating the delivery of a nu...
by Ahmed F. | On 16 Dec 2015 This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is ke...
by Khalid Sekkat | On 16 Dec 2015 This paper attempts to identify the factors that determine access to credit for financing capital expenditures across selected developed, less developed and middle performing states in India. Using a...
by Meenakshi Rajeev | On 16 Dec 2015 The paper examines the current state of funding of school education in India and identifies the inefficiencies and arbitrary nature of allocation of the system and suggests an alternative per-child fu...
by Centre for Civil Society CCS | On 15 Dec 2015 The study finds that micro hydro (MH) has significant impact on reduction in fuel wood consumption. Communities are more inclined to harvest fuel wood from government forest. These led to the promotio...
by Bishwa Koirala | On 15 Dec 2015 This paper examines the historical attributes of energy transition and finds various critical factors that determine the success of such shift: appropriate IPR regimes; local innovation; economic feas...
by | On 11 Dec 2015 The World Economic Forum along with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) convened the National Strategy Day on India on 3rd and 4th of November to provide a platform to boost economic growth and...
by | On 09 Dec 2015 This paper critically examines how lease farming can be a viable livelihood option for landless rural poor, especially women in India. In the absence of land ownership and education, the majority of l...
by | On 08 Dec 2015 Climate change has been the part of many discussions and to understand it causal factors behind it data is needed.
by Ministry of Statistics and Prog Implementation (MOSPI) | On 07 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 government should encourage the use of solar energy.
by T.N. Ninan | On 04 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 This report argues that what is urgently needed is a tested but far from fully exploited approach to funding forest conservation: pay-for-performance transfers, under which public (and private) funder...
by Nancy Birdsall | On 03 Dec 2015 To inform the formulation of policies and interventions to strengthen women’s land rights, this paper analyzes nationally representative data from Bangladesh,
Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to...
by Kathryn Sproule | On 02 Dec 2015 Intense climate-related disasters—floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atm...
by Vinod Thomas | On 30 Nov 2015 The development and utilization of renewable energy sources has been accorded high priority by the Government of India. The policies and programmes implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Ene...
by | On 27 Nov 2015 The Report brings out the different aspects of the insolvency laws which has a two-fold purpose- (i) to give relief to the debtor from the harassment of his creditors whose claims he is unable to meet...
by Ministry of Law and Justice GOI | On 25 Nov 2015 The Bill which proposes fundamental changes to Environmental Governance in India is deeply disconcerting and disruptive of prevailing environmental jurisprudence. The Bill promotes fundamental changes...
by Environment Support Group (ESG) | On 20 Nov 2015 A Bill further to amend the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. This Act may be called the Environment Law (Amendment) Act, 2015. It is a draft of the propose...
by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Chang GOI | On 20 Nov 2015 This report is the result of a cooperation project between the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion of the European Commission and the International Institute for Labour S...
by | On 16 Nov 2015 What the government should is to concentrate on economic issues with diversionary issues being put back in the cupboard.
by T.N. Ninan | On 07 Nov 2015 IFPRI and India’s partnership played a particularly important role following the Green Revolution when that partnership analyzed the necessary policies to both promote domestic food production and to...
by International Food Policy Research Institute | On 03 Nov 2015 This study measures the nutritional status (using Body Mass Index or BMI) of TB patients before, at two months, and after completion of TB treatment (DOTS) to study the changes during treatment and it...
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 29 Oct 2015 This paper examines the relationship between inequality and collective action, and identifies a range of mechanisms that shape the association between income inequality and local collective action. Th...
by | On 29 Oct 2015 This paper analyses the potential implications of mandated CSR under the recently enacted Companies Act, 2013 in India on firm incentives, likely responses of corporates that come under the ambit of t...
by Jayati Sarkar | On 19 Oct 2015 This paper provides evidence on the effect of women directors on the performance of family firms with a
case study of India.
by Jayati Sarkar | On 16 Oct 2015 the influence of the industry financial composition on the export flow between
Pakistan and its trading partners is determined. The importing countries are split according to their OECD membership st...
by Aadil Nakhoda | On 16 Oct 2015 As the Indian Ocean region increasingly becomes a more important geopolitical space, global powers and smaller states are laying down their stakes. This paper examines the military build-up of major I...
by | On 15 Oct 2015 Green revolution has made the country self-sufficient in food grain production, mainly rice and wheat. We now need to usher in a rainbow revolution which encompasses not only agriculture but the allie...
by R K P Singh | On 13 Oct 2015 This paper tries to assess the impact of coping strategies on household welfare. The paper tries to identify the components of vulnerability to better focus policy. India, particularly rural India, h...
by Raghbendra Jha | On 12 Oct 2015 The new dread-word is deflation. What does this mean for India? This can cause a threat for domestic producers. This is because of the global situation. We can be prepared and by improving efficiency...
by T.N. Ninan | On 09 Oct 2015 This paper brings out the importance of soil fertility management (SFM) with respect to agricultural production and livelihood contribution to the rural people. It looks into the farmers' own knowledg...
by B. Suresh Reddy | On 08 Oct 2015 This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and food security, with a particular focus on women as food producers, consumers, and family food managers. The discussion is set against...
by Bina Agarwal | On 29 Sep 2015 This paper, highlights the need for provisioning adequate social protection coverage to the vulnerable sections of population in urban India, assesses the role of the TPDS in reaching out to the depri...
by R. Radhakrishna | On 28 Sep 2015 This paper investigates the determinants of energy and emission intensities of manufacturing firms in India, from 2000 to 2014. Given that Indian manufacturing sector is one of the world’s most pollut...
by Santosh K. Sahu | On 25 Sep 2015 A green economy is necessary if sustainable development is to be realized. However, as this report emphasizes, a green economy can also, if accompanied by the right policy mix, create more and better...
by | On 25 Sep 2015 Using the 2004-05 India Human Development Survey data, The paper aims to estimate and decompose the earnings of household businesses owned by historically marginalized social groups known as Scheduled...
by Ashwini Deshpande | On 24 Sep 2015 The paper attempts to address the problem of undernutrition in India and its adverse effects on children and adults. Today, food security concerns include not only the problems of physical availabili...
by | On 22 Sep 2015 This report – “Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms” is a scorecard to take stock of what reforms have happened, and to identify the way forward for States. The report highlights the...
by World Bank | On 15 Sep 2015 Increasing literacy in the Indian states is possible by increasing enrolments in elementary education. This study explores the later by primary and upper primary enrollments for nineteen major Indian...
by Brijesh C. Purohit | On 14 Sep 2015 Health shocks can affect the household economy through a substantial rise in out-of-pocket medical expenditure and/or loss of income. In such a situation, households use a range of coping mechanisms t...
by Sowmya Dhanaraj | On 14 Sep 2015 Banks pursue profit like any business, but in their role as custodians of domestic savings, they are required to be cautious. Riskier but profitable advances may cause asset quality deterioration, thu...
by Sreejata Banerjee | On 14 Sep 2015 One of the Millennium Development Goals is to provide improved sanitation facilities along with availability of potable water; which are indeed the two basic needs for human survival. However, despite...
by Brijesh C. Purohit | On 14 Sep 2015 There have been numerous investigations in recent years to determine the incidence and prevalence of modern slavery worldwide, and debt bondage in India has been found to be the most extensive form of...
by Sarah Knight | On 10 Sep 2015 This paper summarizes the preliminary findings of Global Nutrition Report (GNR), which we shared at the GNR stakeholder roundtable in New Delhi. The primary recommendations suggested are a set of core...
by | On 04 Sep 2015 In India, research on human development has received considerable importance from both the academic and policy point of view. However, all the previous studies on human development mainly focused on t...
by Swati Dutta | On 04 Sep 2015 The Kerala Perspective Plan 2030 (KPP) is a Government of Kerala initiative that will serve as the basis for implementation of a series of initiatives aimed at fostering sustainable and inclusive grow...
by Government of Kerala Govt | On 04 Sep 2015 This CSTEP study describes the UN’s four guidance principles and defines a Smart City Reference Framework that should provide the overarching principles and guidance to smart city programmes. The rep...
by | On 02 Sep 2015 The study builds on the India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047 tool developed by NITI Aayog by adding a ‘quality of life’ dimension to the energy and emissions pathways. The study aims to evaluat...
by | On 28 Aug 2015 This planning commission paper tries to examine some of the factors that have led to accumulation of excess food grain stocks and make policy prescription on how to deal with the problem of surplus fo...
by Arvind Virmani | On 25 Aug 2015 Until recently, most aid from rich to poor countries was transmitted through official bilateral and multilateral channels. But the rapid growth in private development aid from foundations, charities,...
by Homi Kharas | On 25 Aug 2015 The impacts of climate change, including increasingly severe weather patterns, reach across every country and citizen worldwide, compelling nations to implement sustainable adaptation measures. In ord...
by | On 24 Aug 2015 Global market is in a turmoil. How can India have a stable economy? There are no easy solutions but to play safe.
by T.N. Ninan | On 21 Aug 2015 This study examines the impact of commercial bank credit to the private sector on the economic growth in Nepal from supply side perspectives. The study has applied Johansen co-integration approach and...
by | On 17 Aug 2015 There are basic methodological and conceptual problems with recent research that ends up arguing that private school education is more effective than public education. Such findings have obvious polic...
by | On 17 Aug 2015 The National Policy on Biofuels sets an indicative target of 20per cent blending of biofuels by 2017 to tackle the twin problem of energy security and climate change. Although biofuels seem to be the...
by Gopinath Reddy | On 13 Aug 2015 In 2014 our previous study ‘Future Diets’ (Keats and Wiggins 2014) described how across the world an increasing share of the population is overweight and obese, with the rate of increase particularly...
by Rafael Moreira Claro | On 12 Aug 2015 This report is by the National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India is part of the series on household consumer expenditure on utilisation of...
by National Sample Survey Office NSSO | On 31 Jul 2015 The report looks beyond the proclamations and communiqués to assess what has really changed since the crisis erupted. While not exhaustive, the report looks at: Overseas Development Assistance, both i...
by | On 30 Jul 2015 This paper reviewed the existing accreditation processes and roles of accrediting bodies of Philippine to present a clearer perspective on the current situation of higher education institutions. Simil...
by Marites M. Tiongco | On 20 Jul 2015 The study is an attempt to bring to the fore a Commons perspective of agriculture, livestock and rural livelihoods in the dryland and tribal areas of India. Would agriculture, livestock and rural live...
by Foundation for Ecological Security FES | On 07 Jul 2015 Recent statistics show the majority of workers in developing countries earn their livelihoods in the informal sector. For this paper, a sample of 150 was randomly drawn from the membership database of...
by Poornima Chikarmane | On 06 Jul 2015 This study was carried out by Banking Development and Research Unit of Nepal Rastra Bank, Dhangadhi Office. The study aims at exploring the problems related to the procurement and use of agricultural...
by Nepal Rastra Bank NRB | On 26 Jun 2015 The recent identification of chromite deposits in two districts of Manipur, Ukhrul and Chandel, has led the government to grant mining clearances disregarding constitutional provisions. While environm...
by Franky Varah | On 21 Jun 2015 This report is a report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security. Water is key to food security and nutrition. However there are many c...
by Food and Nutrition Division FAO | On 10 Jun 2015 These reports provide a critical analysis of how governments address the issues of poverty and whether aid and development cooperation policies are put into practice. This 2014 Reality of Aid Report b...
by The Reality of Aid Network | On 09 Jun 2015 India's significant economic growth over the last decade has led to an inexorable rise in energy demand. Currently, India faces a challenging energy shortage. To grow at 9 per cent over the next 20 ye...
by Vivan Sharan | On 05 Jun 2015 India has developed and tested various mechanisms and processes for more effective public-private partnerships in the roads sector, with the goal of achieving an optimal balance of value-for-money and...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 May 2015 The working group is of the opinion that the credit strategy should be aligned to agriculture growth strategy which in turn has to address
broader macro economy concerns of supply management and issu...
by Planning Commission | On 21 May 2015 This Five Year Plan document focuses on Economic Sectors which provides plans for Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Transport, Communication, Rural Development, Urban Development and Other Priority Secto...
by Planning Commission | On 23 Apr 2015 The report documents compendium of state policies from perspective of climate change mitigation with findings such as many states endowed with rich natural resources are naturally very environment fri...
by | On 21 Apr 2015 Coal is an environmentalist’s bugbear. The use of coal to generate energy is the key reason the world is looking at a catastrophic future because of climate change. Recognising this, global civil soci...
by Sunita Narain | On 08 Apr 2015 The lack of access to formal credit at affordable cost (effective interest) is
the most critical constraint faced by the rural entrepreneurs to get
involved in productive profitable business activit...
by Shrabani Mukherjee | On 27 Mar 2015 The February 2015 issue of IMI Konnect (Volume 4, Issue 2) has the following articles - Reinventing India as an Innovation Nation? by Raghunath Anand Mashelkar; Understanding the Underpricing of IPOs...
by IMI Konnect | On 25 Mar 2015 The study attempted to analyse the long-term effects of the FTA on India. It is argued that after full trade liberalization, India’s allocative efficiency will increase, but the terms of trade effect...
by | On 23 Mar 2015 There is a growing realization that a strong and vibrant MSME sector characterized by high growth and continual innovation of products and processes can provide a strong foundation to economic and soc...
by Wadhwani Foundation | On 23 Mar 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 The World Water Development Report is produced by the World Water Assessment Programme, a programme of UN-Water hosted by UNESCO, and is the result of the joint efforts of the UN agencies and entities...
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 13 Mar 2015 This Briefing Paper attempts to present a range of initiatives highlighting policy designs and their implementation in various sectors with states and non-state to set up cooperation on climate chan...
by | On 05 Mar 2015 What does the decision to save groundwater in Punjab or Haryana have to do with air pollution in Delhi? Plenty. We need to know this because many actions have unintended and deadly consequences.
by Sunita Narain | On 26 Feb 2015 Equity and efficiency are two issues that arise again and again the area of infrastructure finance. If the financing of infrastructure projects is to be sustainable the private sector must be entruste...
by Sudakshina Gupta | On 25 Feb 2015 The energy sector unquestionably constitutes one of the major driving forces of Indian economy. Ever since the 12th Plan has projected the growth rate of 8-9 per cent per annum for the economy for the...
by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability | On 20 Feb 2015 The purpose of this paper is to explore current practice, speculate on future patterns of PPP and discuss how partnership can be leveraged in the development process. The paper seeks to view PPP exper...
by Andy Hall | On 16 Feb 2015 This study looks into various sources of financing infrastructure and the demands for infrastructure investments and highlights the mismatch between demand and supply of funds for infrastructure finan...
by Ramprasad Sengupta | On 11 Feb 2015 The report reviews existing agricultural marketing system. It deals with improving efficiency and reducing transaction cost in Agricultural Marketing by strengthening the physical markets, encouraging...
by Planning Commission | On 11 Feb 2015 This report outlines the wide-ranging risks investors and companies face from water scarcity and how global climate change will heighten those risks in many parts of the world. The report makes clear...
by | On 04 Feb 2015 This note presents an analysis of Parliament’s role of financial oversight and examines how to strengthen it. It highlights gaps and solutions to improve the existing structures affecting budgetary an...
by Apoorva Shankar | On 30 Jan 2015 The studies broad aim is to access the welfare impact of solar home systems (SHS) on households and to evaluate the present institutional structure and financing mechanisms. Also it accesses the direc...
by Shahidur R. Khandker | On 27 Jan 2015 This study examines the nature of the relationship between formal agricultural credit and agricultural GDP in India, specifically the role of the former in supporting agricultural growth, using state...
by Sudha Narayanan | On 23 Jan 2015 Recently, the U.S. and China signed a bilateral treaty according to which they would equalise green house emissions by 2030, followed by a gradual reduction in emissions. Not part of the treaty, India...
by Sunita Narain | On 17 Dec 2014 In India, biofuel has gained in popularity in recent years because of its potential
as a clean energy source and a means to stimulate rural development.
Yet, growth in Jatropha, a key bio-fuel crop,...
by Kishor Goswami | On 27 Nov 2014 This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms...
by Saon Ray | On 18 Nov 2014 It is time to go beyond just lip service to push green reforms in building standards. On analysing reports from the Indian Green Building Council, researchers at the Centre for Science and Environment...
by Sunita Narain | On 11 Nov 2014 HFC has been a bugbear in the India-US relationship. One item on the agenda of the much-discussed Narendra Modi-Barack Obama meeting that has Indian commentators flummoxed is hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)...
by Sunita Narain | On 29 Oct 2014 Innovative measures needed in our banking sector which would render it more inclusive, vibrant, productive, efficient and above all, customer-centric. [ seventh Annual Banking Conference “Bank on it ,...
by S.S. Mundra | On 17 Oct 2014 Inadequate infrastructure was recognized in the Eleventh Plan as a major constraint for rapid growth. The Plan had, therefore, emphasized on the need for massive expansion on investment in infrastruct...
by Geethanjali Nataraj | On 16 Oct 2014 There is no question that India and other parts of the still-under-construction world must build green. The building sector is a major contributor to climate change and local environmental destruction...
by Sunita Narain | On 14 Oct 2014 Dryland regions of the country, poorly endowed as they are with natural
resources including water are likely to be disadvantaged in terms of access to
credit. Within the dryland areas too inter-pers...
by Satyasai K J S | On 08 Oct 2014 An evaluation of the country’s buffer stock policy reveals gaps and inefficiencies.
Large quantities of food grains have accumulated in the godowns of the Food Corporation of
India (FCI) and its nom...
by Shweta Saini | On 26 Sep 2014 Environmentalists are rightly alarmed that the NDA government is busy dismantling the environmental regulatory system in the country. Over the past two months, the media has reported that clearances f...
by Sunita Narain | On 22 Sep 2014 The objectives proposed to the problem
are namely (i) To minimize the number of train cabins in the system and (ii) To minimize the
total car miles run by all trains in a schedule cycle under the co...
by Sundaravalli Narayanaswami | On 10 Sep 2014 BRICS leaders have approved creating a new development bank which would fund long-term investment in infrastructure and more sustainable development. This paper documents the scale of unmet needs in t...
by Stephany Jones | On 21 Aug 2014 New strategies are needed to address the impacts of rapid urbanisation around the world, including increasing demands for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health, according to...
by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNDESA | On 21 Aug 2014 An 'Energy Index', which is aggregated from energy indicators is a rich source of information and is
helpful in providing an assessment of a country's performance. This has, however, resulted in
mus...
by Kapil Narula | On 24 Jul 2014 Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is u...
by Motkuri Venkatanarayana | On 23 May 2014 Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of differe...
by Andrea Weber | On 23 May 2014 This position paper identifies that there is a strong need for a new and forward-looking education agenda that completes unfinished business while going beyond the current goals in terms of depth and...
by UNESCO UNESCO | On 16 May 2014 This document represents the first action plan on climate change adopted by Government of Karnataka. Assessments and conclusions presented are based on published research and data. The present knowled...
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 12 May 2014 This research report, which examines the effects of research and development on productivity in India, finds that India is still benefiting from these investments. The report shows that the public ben...
by Robert E Evenson | On 29 Apr 2014 This paper uses long panel survey data spanning over
20 years to examine the dynamics of microcredit
programs in Bangladesh. With the phenomenal growth
of microfinance institutions representing...
by Shahidur R. Khandker | On 26 Apr 2014 The recent global food crisis can be seen as a wake-up call which can be turned into an opportunity by developing countries and the international community to revitalize global agriculture producti...
by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | On 22 Apr 2014 The study seeks to understand women’s land rights by documenting how women acquire land, their feelings about tenure security to that land, exploring their knowledge of their land rights, and the exte...
by UN Women | On 14 Mar 2014 In order to conceptualize the
transforming political and economic orders of today’s South
Asia, the perspective of contemporary history is taken. For this, Public-Private Partnership – which is bei...
by Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee | On 24 Jan 2014 The past seven decades have seen remarkable shifts in the nutritional scenario in India. Even up to the 1950s severe forms of malnutrition such as kwashiorkar and pellagra were endemic. As nutritionis...
by C. Gopalan | On 23 Jan 2014 This report first briefly delves into the historical context within which India's development cooperation must be seen and the role, objectives and the functioning of the DPA is explained. The report...
by Vivan Sharan | On 21 Jan 2014 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has supported increased access to energy through the most cost-effective method—by expanding the electricity grid. Yet in this second decade of the 21st century, when...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 20 Jan 2014 Lack of access to electricity and modern cooking fuels constitutes energy poverty. Access to modern energy requires improved technologies and financing
instruments and sources. The pro-poor public–pr...
by Benjamin Sovacool | On 20 Jan 2014 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 This study examines the differences between two major Mid-day Meal implementation models: the decentralized model where food is cooked and served within the schools premises, and the centralized model...
by Shankar Priya | On 01 Oct 2013 Fuel price hikes have always been unpopular in Indonesia, largely because of their wide-ranging impact on the population. Yet, it is undeniable that the current high subsidies are unsustainable. To mo...
by Margareth Sembiring | On 26 Jul 2013 The innovation, efficiency and productivity responses to the stronger protection of intellectual property rights post-TRIPs, with reference to manufacturing industry in India is studied. The fact that...
by Sunil Kanwar | On 12 Jul 2013 Theft and corruption are common in electricity distribution systems worldwide. Electricity theft is analysed in the framework of an individual’s choice under uncertainty and through a three-layered pr...
by Faisal Jamil | On 10 Jul 2013 Supplementary Budget for the fiscal year 2012-13 and the Budget Estimates for the fiscal year 2013-14. [http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/budget/13_14/budget_speech/speech_en.pdf].
by Abul Maal Abdul Muhith | On 07 Jun 2013 The Union Cabinet gave its approval to launch a National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a new sub-mission under the over-arching National Health Mission (NHM).
by Anonymous | On 27 May 2013 This study measures the efficiency of Indian states in
raising health outcomes, using the stochastic frontier methodology for
panel data for the period 2000-2009. [MSE WORKING PAPER 70/2012]. URL: [...
by Prachitha J | On 16 Apr 2013 Review of the book Those who did not die: Impact of Agarian Crisis on Women in Punjab by Gursharan Singh Kainth.
by Gursharan Singh Kainth | On 15 Apr 2013 In this paper, the building blocks of a sustainable
innovation eco system have been identified. The concept of National Innovation System
[NIS], which ignored the knowledge of informal sector, has b...
by Anil K Gupta | On 20 Mar 2013 Against the backdrop of evolution of rural credit system in India as well as its observed failure to be inclusive in character, this paper makes use of a fairly large data set of the Center for Manage...
by Saugandh Datta | On 07 Mar 2013 Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
by Orissa Government | On 25 Feb 2013 Budget expectations for automobile sector. [IRIS India].
by IRIS India IRIS | On 19 Feb 2013 reveals that the national budgets of 77 of the 100 countries assessed – these 77 countries are home to half the world’s population – fail to meet basic standards of budget transparency; the average sc...
by International Budget Partnership IBP | On 14 Feb 2013 As population and human activities expand they exert heavy environmental pressure through the resource requirement, their production and consumption. Hence, it is important to understand the resource...
by B. Sudhakara Reddy | On 12 Feb 2013 According to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, most of the recommendations made by the Committee in their earlier Report (21st Report) on the Companies Bill, 2009 have been accepted by the Government...
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 12 Feb 2013 A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led t...
by Claire Schaffnit Chatterjee | On 15 Nov 2012 A rigorous econometric
analysis of a civil conflict is conducted that the Indian Prime Minister has called the single biggest internal
security challenge ever faced by his country, the so-called Mao...
by Davesh Kapur | On 13 Oct 2012 A bill to establish an Authority and such other regulatory bodies for regulation of radiation
safety or nuclear safety and achieving highest standards of such safety based on
scientific approach, op...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 01 Oct 2012 Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and o...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment MoL&E | On 28 Sep 2012 This study examines the moral economy of firm-farmer contracts in contract farming schemes in India,
bringing together data from field surveys, conducted between 2007 and 2010, of 42 agribusinesses a...
by Sudha Narayanan | On 20 Sep 2012 This paper examines whether an individual-level transfer of property rights increases
the individual's bargaining power within the household. The question is analyzed in
the context of a housing ref...
by Shing-Yi Wang | On 18 Sep 2012 This paper focuses on the assessment of energy savings potential in seven highly energy consuming industries. The paper estimates the energy savings potential for each of these industries using unit l...
by Manish Gupta | On 17 Sep 2012 This paper discusses the scope of the many challenges and sets out a long-term strategy for overcoming them and putting the Japanese economy on a stable growth path. [Working Paper No. 376]. URL:[http...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 24 Aug 2012 Political economy and economic sociology have developed in relative isolation from each other. While political economy focuses largely on macrophenomena, economic sociology focuses on the level of soc...
by Jens Beckert | On 07 Aug 2012 Agriculture’s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There a...
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 03 Aug 2012 Is there an impact of female property rights on male and female suicide rates in India.
Using state level variation in legal changes to women's property rights, it is shown that better property
righ...
by Siwan Anderson | On 02 Aug 2012 This paper discusses the evolution of Model Concession Agreement for National Highways, the vital framework on which the success of Public Private Partnership lies. The key learnings of this study wou...
by Ramakrishnan T S | On 18 Jul 2012 What are the implications
of a green economy for the poor and hungry? How can the poor benefit
from and thrive under a green economy? What role can agriculture
play? What are the possible trade-off...
by Shenggen Fan | On 17 Jul 2012 Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflec...
by Stephen Howes | On 16 Jul 2012 Evidence is presented to show that shared codes, religious beliefs, ethnicity - cultural proximity - between lenders and borrowers improves the efficiency of credit allocation. In-group preferential t...
by Raymond Fisman | On 05 Jul 2012 Review of the book From Individual to Community: Issues in Development Studies--Essays in Memory of Malcolm Adiseshiah by Nandan Nawn.
by Nandan Nawn | On 05 Jul 2012 This paper explores the interplay between two neighbors that have been
victims of history, Japan and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(DPRK, also known as North Korea). [ISDP Asia Paper]. U...
by Bert Edström | On 05 Jul 2012 Recent events in India have brought a fresh focus on the appropriate regulatory stance towards micro-finance. In this paper, facts and recent experience about
Indian microfinance is reviewed. The puz...
by Renuka Sane | On 19 Jun 2012 The research was undertaken to better
understand the current policy and plans of the Cambodian government for the electricity
sector; map the decision-making process; develop a greater understanding...
by Carl Middleton | On 25 May 2012 The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that severally damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant have been described
as ending the ‘nuclear renaissance’ in Japan. The government is in a hard pl...
by Elliot Brennan | On 25 May 2012 This study is an attempt to explore the cost of unserved energy due to
power outages in Pakistan that started in 2007. The study is based on a survey
conducted for four major industrial cities of Pu...
by Rehana Siddiqui | On 24 May 2012 This study used social
capital as an organizing framework to capture VO members’ group behaviour, and
their current status along programme activities. The study compared the status of
intervention...
by Nayma Qayum | On 22 May 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 Regional governance systems and national frameworks to address climate change and accelerate green growth in Asia are reviewed and tools to address climate change are outlined. Options for regional le...
by Heinrich-Wilhelm Wyes | On 11 May 2012 The objective of the study was to review media coverage (print ) related to HIV/AIDS in three states (Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh) in order to determine the gaps in reporting. [CCMG Working Pa...
by Biswajit Das | On 10 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 The paper examines the determinants of remittance inflow by applying ordinary least square method
(OLS). The model include the weighted average GDP of the six (Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab
Emirat...
by Mst. Nurnaher Begum | On 24 Apr 2012 The paper examines the implications of Myanmar's reforms for its neighbours- China, India, Thailand and Bangladesh. Issues of major concern to the four countries include energy, humanitarian consequen...
by Lina Gong | On 20 Apr 2012 Modeling of the seasonal time-of-day pricing is done of electricity for two types of power systems
– pure hydro and hydro-thermal under four structural welfare assumptions
– first-best, second-best,...
by N. Vijayamohanan Pillai | On 20 Apr 2012 Th is study, which is supported by the ministries of fi nance and
the central banks of the BRICS, focuses on synergies and complementarities
between the economies, highlighting their role as growth
...
by Ministry of Finance | On 18 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 Using data of non-financial listed firms over a period of 1999-2010, this paper investigates the effectiveness of balance sheet channel in monetary transmission mechanism in Pakistan. By classifying f...
by Safia Shabbir | On 09 Apr 2012 The salient features of the budget estimates of 2012-13 of Madhya Pradesh. [Ministry of Finance Madhya Pradesh]. URL:[http://www.mp.gov.in/finance/index.htm].
by Madhya Pradesh Government | On 04 Apr 2012 A Corporate Governance Index for 500 large listed Indian firms for
the period from 2003 to 2008 is constructed. The index construction uses information
on four important corporate governance mechan...
by Jayati Sarkar | On 04 Apr 2012 The populous, fast growing emerging economies of Brazil, China, Egypt, India and South Africa face daunting challenges on the energy, environment and climate change fronts. These five countries accoun...
by Kirit Parikh | On 02 Apr 2012 Budget Speech by Shri Prafulla Chandra Ghadai. [Government of Odisha]. URL:[http://www.orissa.gov.in/finance/Budgets/2012-13/BUDGET%20SPEECH%20ENGLISH.pdf].
by Government of Orissa | On 27 Mar 2012 Since the elections of 2010, Myanmar’s political landscape has changed significantly;
the old military junta has officially been dissolved and a new
civilian government, led by President Thein Sein,...
by Christopher O’Hara | On 27 Mar 2012 Speech of Thiru O. Panneerselvam, Hon’ble Minister
for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu,
presenting the Budget for the year
2012-2013 to the Legislative Assembly on
26th March, 2012. [Government...
by Tamil Nadu Government | On 27 Mar 2012 Rural people are deprived even of the basic facilities of medical care. Is this ethical? [6th K R Memorial lecture].
by Yogesh Jain | On 16 Mar 2012 The Minister of Railways, Dinesh Trivedi, presented the
Railways Budget 2012 to Parliament on 14th March. In
his address, he commented on the performance of
Railways in 2011-12 and laid out his bud...
by Rohit Kumar | On 16 Mar 2012 The report reviews the status and performance of agriculture, especially
during the last two decades, and also presents what could be the way forward, given
our objectives of accelerated growth, inc...
by Ministry of Agriculture GOI | On 14 Mar 2012 BUDGET SPEECH 2011-2012 by
DR. ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and
Planning & Development.
by Minister of Finance Pakistan | On 12 Mar 2012 This paper assesses how the economic support provided by parents to young adults as they
complete their education and enter the labor market is related to the family’s socioeconomic
circumstances. W...
by Deborah Cobb clark | On 07 Mar 2012 The vital status of 12,373 people aged 65 years and over was determined 3–5 years after baseline survey in
sites in Latin America, India, and China. Crude and standardised mortality rates are reporte...
by Cleusa P Ferri | On 05 Mar 2012 The paper is a policy brief which analyzes the new agricultural practices implemented in agricultural sector in Bangladesh and suggesting possible solutions for the problems in these new practices.
by Mahabub Hossain | On 02 Mar 2012 Five years age, International Rivers started monitoring the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM), concerned that funds marked for climate change mitigation would be
used to encourage c...
by Barbara Haya | On 01 Mar 2012 A
bill
to regulate public procurement with the objectives of ensuring transparency, fair and equitable treatment of bidders, promoting competition, enhancing efficiency and economy and safeguarding...
by Ministry of Finance | On 24 Feb 2012 The main objective of the study is to investigate whether there is any evidence to support the
view that the disbursement of micro finance to women reduces the incidence of domestic
violence, and if...
by Institute of Social Studies Trust ISST | On 23 Feb 2012 The increasing occurrence of national, regional, and global financial crises, together with their rising costs and complexity, have increased calls for greater regional and global monetary cooperation...
by Mario Lamberte | On 21 Feb 2012 Girish Sant, co-founder of Prayas Energy Group, a pro-people's thin tank on energy issues, an inspiration to many, suffered a fatal heart attack on February3, 2012. A short note on his life and work.
by Anonymous | On 20 Feb 2012 This interview with Girish Sant, head of Prayas Energy Group and one of India's foremost energy experts, was made during COP17 in Durban. Girish died on February 2, 2012. This interview was published...
by Marian M | On 20 Feb 2012 The paper is based on "Commodity Specific Study on Mango"
undertaken by NABARD in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
and West Bengal. For the study, A total sample of 186 respondents was sele...
by G.D. Banerjee | On 17 Feb 2012 This study is an attempt to assess the importance and potential impact of any further
development of the credit cooperative sector; identify development interventions that will result in a strong Fil...
by Gilberto M Llanto | On 13 Feb 2012 Unpredictable rainfall is an important risk for agricultural activity, and farmers in developing
countries often receive incomplete insurance from informal risk-sharing networks. The demand for, and...
by A. Mushfiq Mobarak | On 10 Feb 2012 The aim of this paper is to compare the technical efficiency of Indian Banks operating
abroad and foreign banks operating in India and to investigate the effect of openness of the
country, ownership...
by Vivek Kumar | On 08 Feb 2012 This paper investigates the role of credit market frictions in the transmission of monetary shocks in Pakistan. First, using macro data, it is shown that banking spreads are countercyclical, even it i...
by M. Ali Choudhary | On 08 Feb 2012 This paper looks at some key entry points for agriculture to influence nutrition and suggests policies for
nutrition-sensitive agricultural development, within the current policy framework. In additi...
by S.Mahendra Dev | On 07 Feb 2012 What is the role of financial regulation in the field of micro- finance?
This paper identifi es two features of micro- finance which call for unique
treatment in policy considerations as compared...
by M Sahoo | On 03 Feb 2012 Singapore and Malaysia are considering sharing electricity. Will this pave the way for an ASEAN-wide electricity grid, or even cooperation in the supply of nuclear energy? [RSIS No. 007/2012]. URL:[ht...
by Alvin Chew | On 01 Feb 2012 This paper analyses the energy use in the manufacture of cement in India during 1992–2005. Cement
manufacturing requires large amounts of various energy inputs. The most common types of energy
carri...
by Binay Kumar Ray | On 30 Jan 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 The paper studies the subsidy policy in Bangladesh. It analyses implications of subsidy policies; both pros and cons and also suggests some possible solutions.
by M Asaduzzaman | On 20 Jan 2012 The present paper explores the nexus between gender-energy-poverty, highlights areas of gender
concern, and suggests actions. It is analyzed how women from rural areas and low income
households are...
by B. Sudhakara Reddy | On 19 Jan 2012 In Nepal an innovative form of forestry management, known as the
Leasehold Forestry (LHF) Programme, is being introduced to protect forest
land and help it regenerate. A new SANDEE study analyzes th...
by South Asian Network for Development SANDEE | On 10 Jan 2012 This paper studies the leadlag
pattern in the interaction between credit and growth cycles of India at three
levels i.e. at the aggregate level for annual GDP growth, at the sectoral level
across a...
by Krittika Banerjee | On 06 Jan 2012 The State Focus Paper (SFP) consolidates the PLPs of all the 30 districts and highlights the potential
for flow of credit to various sectors in agriculture and rural development. The credit potential...
by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Devt NABARD | On 06 Jan 2012 In the year 2008, the Government of India announced its National Policy on biofuels, mandating a phase-wise implementation of the programme of ethanol blending with petrol in various states. This stud...
by Saon Ray | On 02 Jan 2012 The focus is on the central role played by state-regulated commission agents, known as brokers: agents who are widely present in Indian markets to assist sellers in finding buyers through organizing a...
by Bart Minten | On 29 Dec 2011 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 Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi organized a workshop ‘Strengthening the Role of Agriculture...
by Srijit Mishra | On 27 Dec 2011 This paper focuses on homebased women workers and discusses the specific issues of
their vulnerability as women and as workers, in the framework of their basic citizenship
right to economic and soci...
by Indrani Mazumdar | On 26 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 analyzes the role of the leasehold forestry (LHF) program in improving household welfare in Nepal. Both the time saved in biomass collection and the addition to income through increases in b...
by Bishnu Prasad Sharma | On 15 Dec 2011 Review of the book 'Debt and Death in Rural India: The Punjab Story' by
Aman Sidhu and Inderjit Singh Jaijee
Sage Publications India, New Delhi,
2011, Rs 750/-, pp 360.
by Gursharan Singh Kainth | On 13 Dec 2011 Possible scenarios for China and the world economy until
2015 is looked at. In all of them, China will continue to accumulate FX reserves, so that
reserve assets will remain the largest component of...
by Catherine Shu Ling Tan | On 08 Dec 2011 How does informality in emerging economies affect the conduct of monetary and
fiscal policy? To answer this question two-sector, formal-informal new
Keynesian closed-economy is constructed. The inf...
by Nicoletta Batini | On 02 Dec 2011 Construction is a $1.7 trillion industry worldwide, much of which is linked to publicly financed
projects. Outcomes from this financing are frequently suboptimal. Cost and time escalation, as
well a...
by Charles Kenny | On 25 Nov 2011 This paper reviews the literature on the informal economy, focusing first on empirical
findings and then on existing approaches to modelling informality within both
partial and general equilibrium e...
by Nicoletta Batini | On 24 Nov 2011 P roponents of large dams, hoping to capitalize on concern for climate change, are promoting a major expansion of large dams in developing countries. Yet large dams are highly vulnerable to climate ch...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 24 Nov 2011 This paper evaluates the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as a framework for measuring development and, subject to qualifications arising from that evaluation, assesses how India is doing in terms o...
by Sudipto Mundle | On 11 Nov 2011 In analyzing this phenomenon for Indian manufacturing industries, this study tries to find out the determinants of profitability of firms based on three energy clusters (natural gas, petroleum, coal)...
by Santosh Kumar Sahu | On 10 Nov 2011 This paper discusses Asia’s infrastructure needs and its
corresponding financing needs and challenges. It proposes ways to address financing gaps by identifying potential
financing sources and instr...
by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay | On 09 Nov 2011 An Act to regulate public procurement with the objective of maximising economy and
efficiency, promoting competition among suppliers and contractors while ensuring a fair,
transparent and equitable...
by Planning Commission | On 08 Nov 2011 This paper attempts to explain why internationalization processes to China are growing
despite the significant difficulties that foreign direct investments into China encounter.
The answer to this q...
by Geny Piotti | On 04 Nov 2011 This paper analyzes the impacts of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which were amplified by a failure of coordination across the plant, corporate...
by Masahiko Aoki | On 03 Nov 2011 This essay attempts to look beyond the long-standing qualitative-quantitative
tug of war in studying society. It takes as an example one approach, the case study,
that often acts as a bridge between...
by Ipsita Sapra | On 19 Oct 2011 This study estimates the transaction costs entailed in maintaining Farmer
Managed Irrigation Systems (FMIS) in Nepal based on a case study of
60 irrigation systems in the Kathmandu valley. It analyz...
by Ram Chandra Bhattarai | On 18 Oct 2011 In response to the Second Micro Finance Crisis in Andhra Pradesh, which took place in October 2010,
the Ministry of Finance has pro- posed a new Micro Finance Institutions (Development & Regulation)
...
by Shubho Roy | On 17 Oct 2011 The Indian national program of agriclinics and agribusiness centers, started in 2002, aims to provide farmers with a reliable alternative to the private input dealer by subsidizing technically trained...
by Claire J Glendenning | On 14 Oct 2011 In a recent work Nathan and Reddy (2011a) have proposed a Multi-view Black-box (MVBB) framework
for development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) for an urban setup. The framework is
flex...
by Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan | On 10 Oct 2011 A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the
scientific development and regulation of mines and
minerals under the control of the Union. URL:[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/sep/d2...
by Ministry of Mines GOI | On 03 Oct 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 The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers...
by Jharna Pathak | On 22 Sep 2011 This study
analyses the pollution-income relationship (for both local and global
pollution), separately across rural and urban households in India based
on unit record data on fuel consumption obta...
by K S Kavi Kumar | On 14 Sep 2011 This background paper seeks to brief readers on the extent of the development, production and
consumption of agrofuels, particularly liquid fuels for transport, in the Mekong region. The area of focu...
by Rebeca Leonard | On 12 Sep 2011 Certain trends in agricultural productivity, agricultural finance are outlined. Recommendations for improving agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity...
by Chakrabarty K C | On 12 Sep 2011 A
bill
to ensure a humane, participatory, informed consultative and transparent process for land
acquisition for industrialisation, development of essential infrastructural facilities
and urbanisa...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 08 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 This paper examines whether ownership and increased competitive pressure affect food retailers’ market power, analysing whether all actors involved in the food supply chain deviate from the pricing be...
by Eleni A Kaditi | On 29 Aug 2011 The present study discusses factors responsible for agricultural diversification at
different levels: country (India), state (Haryana) and farms of Kurukshetra district in
Haryana. The study regress...
by Brajesh Jha | On 29 Aug 2011 Poor returns to cultivation and absence of non-farm opportunities are indicative of the larger
socio-economic malaise in rural India. This is accentuated by the multiple risks that the
farmer faces...
by Srijit Mishra | On 23 Aug 2011 The objective of this paper is to identify climate change related threats and vulnerabilities associated
with agriculture as a sector and agriculture as people’s livelihoods (exposure, sensitivity, a...
by S. Mahendra Dev | On 17 Aug 2011 The study seeks to examine the extent of financial inclusion in West Bengal. It is observed from
the study that although there has been an improvement in outreach activity in the banking sector,
the...
by Sadhan Kumar Chattopadhyay | On 03 Aug 2011 This paper attempts to examine technical efficiency and productivity performance of Indian scheduled commercial banks, for the period 1979-2008. A model is constructed using multiple output/multiple i...
by S S Rajan | On 03 Aug 2011 The structuralist perspective envisages poverty, especially in rural India, as a long duration phenomenon. Over time, most of the structural features of poverty have remained more or less intact. As a...
by Amita Shah | On 02 Aug 2011 This paper reviews India.s low-carbon high growth inclusive
policy initiatives, comments on their financial sustainability and
environmental sustainability and suggests desirable changes. The focus...
by U. Sankar | On 29 Jul 2011 Focusing on the power sector, Wheeler estimates energy growth and incremental costs for six low-carbon energy technologies (biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and nuclear) in 174 countries from...
by David Wheeler | On 25 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 A brief description of the role of Mutual Funds in money markets and government securities makets are provided. Some of the regulatory issues that arise are discussed. The role of Mutual Funds in fina...
by Subir Gokarn | On 08 Jul 2011 This paper examines challenges associated with early stages of decentralizing the
administration and management of forest resources. It is based on review of literature
on forest, decentralization a...
by Aruna Kumar Monditoka | On 07 Jul 2011 The fast growing demand for fresh water-coupled with the need to protect the environment has made
many areas of India and the rest of the World vulnerable to water shortages for various uses of the
...
by Perini Praveena Sri | On 29 Jun 2011 Traditionally sanitary services are provided by the State or State owned bodies. However, with the ever increasing population and waste generation rates coupled with lack of financial resources and in...
by Sudhakar Yedla | On 27 Jun 2011 In order to tackle the issues of desertification, land degradation and droughts, 22 major
programmes are being implemented in the country, including, the “Mission for Green India”,
one of the Missio...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 21 Jun 2011 Adopting a micro-level framework of impact of FDI in an industry, this study empirically
examines the following three issues in the context of Indian machinery industry (IMI) -
division 28 of Nation...
by Pradeep Kumar Keshari | On 14 Jun 2011 In recent years, a number of private foundations and organizations have launched ambitious initiatives to support promising entrepreneurs in developing countries, on both a for-profit and not-for-prof...
by Ben Leo | On 01 Jun 2011 Impact of changes in policy rate of interest on demand for bank credit is examined for seven emerging market economies including India for the period 2002 to 2010. Panel data techniques are used after...
by B L Pandit | On 24 May 2011 The broad objectives of this study refer to analysing the impact of introducing comprehensive
goods and services tax (GST) on economic growth and international trade; changes in rewards to
the fac...
by National Council of Applied Economic Research | On 19 May 2011 Depending upon the criterion of ownership (whether private or public/social), infrastructure may be classified into: (i) social infrastructure or social overhead capital and (ii) private infrastru...
by S.K. Mishra | On 11 May 2011 This paper illustrates that the legal structure of mortgage credit, in particular, its status in
terms of recourse in foreclosure, can lead not only to the familiar problem of adverse selection
...
by Kaushik Basu | On 05 May 2011 The Hong Kong economy grew strongly in the second half of 2010. The unemployment rate
has now dipped below the trend rate of the past 10 years and the momentum of rising
consumer prices has picked...
by Hong Kong Monetary Authority | On 04 May 2011 In most cases, energy use in the production of a given desirable output results in the generation
of undesirable output also as a by-product. Thus, the aim of this paper is to estimate energy use...
by Sabuj Kumar Mandal | On 02 May 2011 The Task Force visited 45 villages across 17 states and held state and regional level consultations to understand from women and men farmers, bankers, civil society, academicians, planners, activists,...
by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Devt NABARD | On 27 Apr 2011 GDP growth likely to average 8.2 per cent over 11th Plan: short of the 9% target, but remarkable given the global crisis and drought. Basic objective : Faster, More Inclusive, and Sustainable Growth
...
by Planning Commission | On 25 Apr 2011 Maharashtra Budget Part II
by Maharashtra Government | On 18 Apr 2011 This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions taxes (FTT). It includes examples of FTT in the wider context, for example, on sto...
by Parthasarathi Shome | On 18 Apr 2011 Recent events in India have brought a fresh focus upon the problem
of regulation in the field of micro-finance. This paper delineates the
three distinct aspects where government needs to play a role...
by Renuka Sane | On 13 Apr 2011 An
attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the financing pattern of
Indian corporate sector during 1990-2009. This paper further seeks to
identify the pattern of resource mobilisation of Ind...
by P L Beena | On 08 Apr 2011 The Department of Energy was created on 24th April 1990 consequent upon bifurcation of the then Irrigation & Power Department. Energy as in Electricity is one of the prime inputs for both the economic...
by Government of Orissa | On 05 Apr 2011 The scheme would facilitate improving both qualitative and
quantitative aspects of skill development in Mission Mode by harmonizing
efforts of Central / State Governments as well as private sector t...
by Planning Commission, India | On 28 Mar 2011 The International Atomic Energy Agency addresses global issues related to nuclear technology, in accordance with its Statute. In carrying out this mandate, the agency has sought to provide independent...
by International Atomic Energy Agency | On 25 Mar 2011 The paper examines the situation of financial crisis prevailing in the world economy and its impact on urbanization and development. URL: [http://www.fgks.in/event/Pardos.pdf]
by Françoise Pardos | On 24 Mar 2011 This article estimates the proportion of grain "diverted" from the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the open market, using the well-established method of matching state offtake figures published by...
by Reetika Khera | On 21 Mar 2011 The briefing kit highlights key examples
of policies, regulations and laws that reflect these WCD
recommendations and references specific projects that
demonstrate them in action. [IRN brief]. URL:...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 17 Mar 2011 In this study, they attempt to quantify the effect of improved
population health on technical efficiency in agricultural production.
Using data for over 260 districts in 15 Indian states, they emplo...
by Atheendar S. Venkataramani | On 17 Mar 2011 A structure for the green venture fund (GVF) and explain the design rationale, operating principles and key parameters for two funds of funds for technology innovation and deployment is proposed. Some...
by Darius Nassiry | On 16 Mar 2011 Poverty targeting, defined as the use of policy instruments to channel
resources to a target group identified below an agreed national poverty line, is
used by all governments in Asia in one form or...
by John Weiss | On 11 Mar 2011 During the past one decade, the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has gained much prominence in healthcare sector in India. The foremost objective of such partnerships has been to improve th...
by Muraleedharan VR | On 09 Mar 2011 The multidisciplinary research project on the Forest in the North and the South, organised by UNU-WIDER, shows that, in spite of modest forest expansions in the North, the ongoing deforestation of the...
by Patrick Humphreys | On 28 Feb 2011 This paper shows how the productive interplay of theory and experimental work has
furthered our understanding of credit markets in developing countries. Descriptive facts motivated
a body of theory,...
by Abhijit V. Banerjee | On 28 Feb 2011 This policy brief aims to summarise evidence and discuss various concerns about charging user fees from a low-income perspective.
by ... CEHAT | On 16 Feb 2011 The failure of the Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December
2009 emphasized the limitations of greenhouse gas (GHG)
mitigation as a singular policy response to climate change and
highlighted the ur...
by South Asian Network for Development and Environmen Economics | On 15 Feb 2011 The Minister for Finance, Dr. T. M. Thomas Issac presented the Budget for the financial year 2011-2012.
by Government of Kerala Govt | On 14 Feb 2011 While in their purchase operations, as in all other activities, governments endeavour to maximize the use of scarce financial resources, the 'cost minimising objective underlying competitive bidding r...
by Anwarul Hoda | On 03 Feb 2011 This statement sets out the Reserve Bank’s assessment of the current
macroeconomic situation and forward projections.
by D Subbarao | On 31 Jan 2011 While this growth is impressive, a number of studies both in India and abroad have questioned whether growth alone is effective in addressing poverty and what the adverse consequences of a too rapid g...
by Reserve Bank of India | On 30 Jan 2011 India’s low carbon inclusive growth strategy is framed in the context of
multiple goals and its national circumstances. In many cases, cobenefits
such as energy security, universal access to cl...
by U. Sankar | On 28 Jan 2011 The linkage between the formal and informal credit markets has long
been of great interest to development economists. This paper addressed
one aspect of the linkage by empirically investigating the...
by Debdulal Mallick | On 25 Jan 2011 This paper examines the possibility of using economic instruments, especially pollution taxes and bargaining approaches, as a means to encourage or improve people's participation in environmental mana...
by N.M. Murty | On 13 Jan 2011 This study assesses the impact of participation in the social forestry program of Proshika on the environmental literacy of participating households in Bangladesh. Proshika--a non-governmental organiz...
by Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury | On 13 Jan 2011 This study seeks to derive lessons from the French nuclear energy experience that can be
used to guide the Indian programme as it steps on the pedal to fast track nuclear expansion. [Occasional Paper...
by Manpreet Sethi | On 13 Jan 2011 This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment
in India. We investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981–...
by B. Sudhakara Reddy | On 03 Jan 2011 This study examines the marginal productivity of water and other inputs in dry season rice production in Bangladesh. Agriculture is the major water using sector in Bangladesh, but water is in shortsup...
by Nasima Tanveer Chowdhury | On 17 Dec 2010 Group loans with joint liability have been a distinguishing feature of many micro nance
programs. While such lending has bene tted millions of borrowers, major lending insti-
tutions have acknowledg...
by Jean-Marie Baland | On 17 Dec 2010 This paper provides high-resolution estimates of the global potential and cost of utility-scale photovoltaic and
concentrating solar power technologies and uses a spatially explicit model to identif...
by Kevin Ummel | On 15 Dec 2010 The paper argues
that while Bangladesh is reported to have more NGOs per capita than other
developing countries, those organisations have gradually abandoned social mobilising and collective action...
by Naila Kabeer | On 14 Dec 2010 Over the past two years the solar industry has shown itself to be incredibly resilient to the general economic crisis.
Supported by cost-cutting and efficiency improvements, the photovoltaics (PV) in...
by Bank Sarasin | On 10 Dec 2010 Health is a State subject and the Government of India has always tried to work in partnership with states to meet people's needs. As the report will indicate, it is through this partnership with const...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 08 Dec 2010 In this paper they analyze the relation between inequality, corruption and competition in a developing
economy context where markets are imperfect. They consider an economy where
different types o...
by Indranil Dutta | On 02 Dec 2010 Assessments of the performance of Indian commercial banks are
not new in the literature. However, most of the earlier studies consider
relatively partial measures such as technical efficiency of the...
by Anup Kumar Bhandari | On 17 Nov 2010 A decomposition in the ownership of shares
by foreigners is offered into three parts: the change in insider shareholding,
the change in market capitalisation and the change in the fraction of
outsi...
by Ajay Shah | On 16 Nov 2010 Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010–2020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asi...
by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay | On 03 Nov 2010 This paper is an attempt to understand the relationship between the labour and energy
intensity for firms drawn from pulp and paper industries in Indian manufacturing. Pulp and paper industry account...
by K. Narayanan | On 29 Oct 2010 This study analyzes the determinants of stress in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in
infrastructure investment. While project failures seldom occur, there are many stresses that
hinder success. O...
by Renato E. Reside, Jr. | On 27 Oct 2010 It’s 14 months since Nilekani, now 55, decided to trade the life of a successful techie chieftain for official Delhi, a minefield for any interloper who dares to intrude. Between then and now, Nilekan...
by T.N. Ninan | On 26 Oct 2010 This paper argues that poverty originates in the structural injustices of a social order
which incapacitates the poor from participating in the growth generating sectors of the
economy and leaves th...
by Rehman Sobhan | On 13 Oct 2010 The global economic slowdown has again highlighted the vulnerability of export-led development models and economies to downturns in export markets. Economic deepening or “rebalancing” with an emphasis...
by Mark Stoughton | On 08 Oct 2010 While in their purchase operations, as in all other activities, governments endeavour to maximise the use of scarce financial resources. Some of these objectives are to promote the development of a do...
by Anwarul Hoda | On 07 Oct 2010 The global financial crisis and the resulting economic slowdown may be assumed to have at
least the benefit of also reducing environmental degradation in the individual countries. This
paper discu...
by Venkatachalam Anbumozhi | On 07 Oct 2010 Right now, governments around the world are spending record amounts of money to kick-
start their economies in response to the financial crisis. Fortunately, a great opportunity
exists for this fis...
by Fukuya Lino | On 06 Oct 2010 The past three decades have witnessed the growth of a voluminous literature on
tenancy arid reIated institutions. Problems of resource use efficiency, role of markets, inter-linkages between markets...
by D. Narayana | On 04 Oct 2010 Considerations of credit mechanism as a suitable mode of appropriation of
surplus, compared to rent, explains to a great extent the motivation, behind state
intervention in the money market in pea...
by T.T. Sreekumar | On 04 Oct 2010 This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks’ financial strength ratings (bank rating) and their risk-return profiles. It is expected that banks with high ratings tend to ear...
by Changchun Hua | On 04 Oct 2010 Commodity taxes have three distinct roles: (1) revenue collection, (2) interpersonal
redistribution, and (3) resource allocation. The paper presents an integrated treatment of these three
concerns...
by David Coady | On 01 Oct 2010 In this paper debt policy in a two-period, two-sector overlapping generations model with Leontief technologies has been analysed. It has been found that debt, issued to transfer resources to the initi...
by Partha Sen | On 28 Sep 2010 This paper estimates the need for infrastructure investment, including energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020, in order to meet growing demands for services and...
by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay | On 27 Sep 2010 Whether the outcome of bargaining over wage and employment between an incumbent firm
and a union remains efficient under entry threat is examined. The workers\' reservation wage is not known to the
...
by Rupayan Pal | On 10 Sep 2010
This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives
of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): poverty reduction and financial viability. Using an
unbalanced pan...
by Thankom Arun | On 06 Sep 2010 This paper examines the interdependence of cross-ownership and level of privatization in case of
differentiated products mixed duopoly. It shows that it is optimal for the private firm not to own any...
by Rupayan Pal | On 03 Sep 2010 This study provides an in-depth assessment of Concentrating solar power (CSP) potential in China and
India using high-resolution spatial data for site selection and modeling of plant performance, ass...
by Kevin Ummel | On 03 Sep 2010 Extant research has widely investigated linear functional forms in satisfaction and loyalty models. In this study with the use of nonlinear form, the relationship between satisfaction, attitudinal loy...
by Anand Kumar Jaiswal | On 25 Aug 2010 This paper presents the experience of using systems such as Earth Tube Heat Exchangers for environmental control in dwellings of zoo animals, and greenhouse in arid area of Kutch. Mention has also bee...
by Girja Sharan | On 04 Aug 2010 In this paper an attempt is made to evaluate the most efficient approach to regional economic integration in Asia. Given that ASEAN is an existing regional bloc in Asia, alternative approaches to the...
by Amita Batra | On 04 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 This paper analyses the determinants of competitiveness of auto industry in India, based on a field survey and a quantitative analysis of secondary data. It highlights that all segments of Indian auto...
by Badri Narayanan G. | On 29 Jul 2010 During the past one decade, the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has gained much prominence in healthcare sector in India. The foremost objective of such partnerships has been to improve th...
by Vangal R Muraleedharan | On 23 Jul 2010 This paper explores the process of Environmental Control in Greenhouse and Animal Houses with Earth-Tube-Heat-Exchangers in hot semi-arid north-west India. [Working Paper No. 2009-11-04]
by Girja Sharan | On 20 Jul 2010 A growing body of literature suggests that courts and juries are inclined toward division of liability between two strictly non-negligent or “vigilant” parties. However, standard models of liability r...
by Allan M. Feldman | On 20 Jul 2010 This paper examines the possibility of using economic instruments, especially pollution taxes and
bargaining approaches, as a means to encourage or improve people’s participation in environmental
ma...
by M.N. Murty | On 19 Jul 2010 Imagine you are a bank manager and you have to decide to whom you will lend money. One
prospect is an industrial company and the other is a farmer. As someone who wants the largest
possible profits,...
by Mark Miller | On 19 Jul 2010
A two-phase project is underway to develop greenhouse systems suitable for water scarce, semi-arid region of north-west India (Kutch). The first phase aimed at studying the effectiveness of natur...
by Girja Sharan | On 13 Jul 2010 This paper discusses in detail the vast and rich agricultural knowledge that India has developed since ancient times, and the entire agricultural community trying to find an alternative sustainable fa...
by D. Kumara Charyulu | On 08 Jul 2010 There has been tremendous progress over the last decade in the development of health products for neglected
diseases. These include drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics for malaria and tuberculosis, whi...
by Thomas J. Bollyky | On 08 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 The paper discuses and analyzes the present state of affairs of the Delhi Energy Development Agency (DEDA).
by Arjun Bhattacharya | On 30 Jun 2010 It is generally presumed that strengthening the legal enforcement
of lender rights increases credit access for all borrowers, by
expanding the set of incentive compatible loan contracts. This
presu...
by Ulf Lilienfeld Toal | On 28 Jun 2010 Provision of timely and adequate credit has been one of the major challenges for banks
in India in dispensation of agricultural and rural credit to the farmers. Constant
innovation is required in or...
by Danish Faruqui | On 24 Jun 2010 How has the microcredit movement managed to push financial frontiers? In a context in which borrowers vary in unobservable risk, Ghatak (1999, 2000) shows that group-based, joint liability contracts p...
by Christian Ahlin | On 21 Jun 2010 This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but tha...
by Mehnaz Rabbani | On 15 Jun 2010 This paper shows that the realization of
Singapore’s vision of “active citizenship” and “state-society partnership”, to a significant
extent, depends on how social capital is being created and renew...
by Tan Tay Keong | On 09 Jun 2010 This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global r...
by Gerard Postiglione | On 27 May 2010 The present paper attempts to fill in
the gap that exists in the Indian Leather
industry, and makes some suggestions regarding the expansion of the by examining technical efficiency (TE) of individ...
by Anup Kumar Bhandari | On 26 May 2010 This paper studies the impact of services trade liberalization under the currently negotiated EU-India
FTA on women’s lives in India and tries to delineate the concern areas. Relevant sectors of int...
by Ranja Sengupta | On 25 May 2010 The present
paper focuses mainly on the issues like economics and efficiency of organic farming visà-
vis conventional farming in India. Four states namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab
and U.P were...
by D. Kumara Charyulu | On 25 May 2010 Analysis of developing country cities indicates that neither policy frameworks nor infrastructural investments have kept up with urban growth, that the wrong choices with long-term consequences are be...
by Homi Kharas | On 20 May 2010 The world’s biggest carbon offset market, the Clean Development Mechanism, is a global shell game that is
increasing greenhouse gas emissions behind the guise of promoting sustainable development. It...
by Patrick McCully | On 14 May 2010 The paper examines the factors that influence energy intensity in Indian industries. It has
two parts. In the first part, trends in energy intensity are analysis and cross-industry panel
data (taken...
by Bishwanath Goldar | On 13 May 2010 This study generates some evidence on the costs and
benefits of a particular indoor air pollution control initiative. The study is based on a survey of 400 households in Rasuwa district, Nepal,
by Min Bikram Malla Thakuri | On 02 Feb 2010 Physical energy intensity indicators for Indian manufacturing sector is developed and analyzed.
Energy consumption in five industrial sub-sectors, namely, iron and steel, aluminium, textiles,
paper...
by Binay Kumar Ray | On 02 Feb 2010 The proposed study aims to identify and analyse the path to purchase for shoppers. This study will attempt to understand the impact of
the major factors on the purchase behaviour of shoppers by exami...
by Dwarika Prasad Uniyal | On 02 Feb 2010 The objective of this study is to examine empirically the impact of monetary policy on exchange market pressure (EMP) in Bangladesh. EMP is measured as the sum of percentage change of international re...
by Sayera Younus | On 29 Jan 2010 This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level
detail, in order to better understand the nature of the causalities at work and why some
households h...
by Naila Kabeer | On 28 Jan 2010 The concept of social business flows from a firm conviction that profit or benefit is not the only motivating factor for an entrepreneur and an entrepreneur can also be motivated by social goals and e...
by Mohammad Yunus | On 27 Jan 2010 A concise overview of the energy related aspects of sustainable development programmes and declarations, followed by a short summary of events and documents explicitly devoted to energy matters are gi...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 25 Jan 2010 This collection of 19 new essays written by civil
society activists, trade unionists and other water
practitioners, presents examples of ongoing
struggles against water privatization and
commercia...
by Focus on the Global South FGS | On 22 Jan 2010 This paper examines the health services provided by Reliance Industries in the village,
Motikhavadi, which comes under the Special economic Zone- Jamnagar to scrutinise the
role of the state, especi...
by Shilpa Jadhav Bhakre | On 22 Jan 2010 The paper first gives a brief history and comparison of Japanese foreign direct investment
into India and other Asian countries, highlighting the fact that Japanese investment into India
is quite lo...
by Srabani Roy Choudhury | On 19 Jan 2010 In this paper a particular market failure that may lead to inefficiently low equilibrium
fertility and therefore to a need for government intervention are analysed. The friction which is investigated...
by Alice Schoonbroodt | On 18 Jan 2010 This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is
demonstrated to be an impediment to sustained economic development. It is argued that problems of rural infrastruct...
by Suman Bery | On 15 Jan 2010 The paper is a analysis of the rainwater harvesting system in context of Delhi which is suffering from acute water problems.
by Arjun Bhattacharya | On 22 Dec 2009 Kerala’s success in human development demonstrated that efficient functioning of government
health care delivery system opens the doors of prosperity for the poor and vulnerable sections
of the popu...
by Varatharajan D | On 21 Dec 2009 Climate change is one of the most important issues of the next
decades and has the potential to severely impact societies,
economies and human wellbeing.
by Caio Koch-Weser | On 16 Dec 2009 What is m-banking, Basic characteristics of m-commerce/e-commerce, Evolution of electronic financial services (e-banking/e-commerce/m-banking/m-commerce), Role of non-banks in Indian Payment Scenario....
by Chakrabarty K C | On 14 Dec 2009 Declaration made at the end of two days national seminar on Food security and Sustainability in India held on November 7-8, 2009 organized by GAD Institute of Development Studies, PO Naushera, Amritsa...
by Gursharan Singh Kainth | On 14 Dec 2009 This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of
direct foreign investment (DFI) on the productivity performance of domestic firms in
three emerging economies of Centr...
by Jozef Konings | On 11 Dec 2009 This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for
rural Sindh, Pakistan. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI) d...
by Hari Ram Lohano | On 10 Dec 2009 The Government has launched a reform-linked urban investment programme, JNNURM. The paper has analysed urban trends, projected population, service delivery, institutional arrangements, municipal finan...
by Chetan Vaidya | On 26 Nov 2009 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 Ills of the banking system that caused the crisis. An extensive analysis of the causes is given. A brief synopsis to provide a backdrop for the ‘boring banking’ discussion is given. [Speech at the Int...
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 25 Nov 2009 The main thrust of this paper is: Why should women go to these courts to
settle matrimonial disputes while there are provisions for them in secular
courts? Do women face less harassment and get quic...
by Sabiha Hussain | On 05 Nov 2009 China’s economy is booming at the expense of its environment. The country’s resource efficiency is nowhere near the level of western nations. Per unit of gross domestic product China consumes more tha...
by Eric Heymann | On 22 Oct 2009 Recollect and recount lessons from crises. The key lessons are how to anticipate and take pre-emptive action and equally important, once you are in the middle of it, how to respond effectively namely,...
by Usha Thorat | On 22 Oct 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 reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and...
by Radhakrishna R | On 15 Sep 2009 This paper estimates respective roles of private investments in irrigation and local
government programs (land reforms, extension services, and infrastructure investments)
in the growth of farm prod...
by Pranab Bardhan | On 14 Sep 2009 The financial crisis of 2007-09 began as a local problem in the mortgage finance market in the United States and Europe but, within months, escalated into a general global financial crisis, resulting...
by Kaushik Basu | On 17 Aug 2009 This paper argues that with the recent economic reforms, an efficient and active debt market, particularly in long-term private debt instruments, is essential for the
country to realize the full bene...
by Pronab Sen | On 13 Aug 2009 There is an incessant flow of technical innovations for newer and newer consumer goods and gadgets in our contemporary times. Even though technology has benefitted modern civilization through major sc...
by Arup Maharatna | On 10 Aug 2009 The spent fuel and radioactive waste management strategy sets out the
means for achieving the goals and requirements set out in the national policy. It
is normally established by the relevant waste...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 04 Aug 2009 The paper attempts to appraise the extent of the constraint of credit relations on agricultural production and its differential impact across peasant classes. Additionally, the analysis of the structu...
by Arindam Banerjee | On 04 Aug 2009 This study examines household behaviour related to fuelwood collection and use. The focus is on
identifying the behavioral transition of fuelwood-using households from collection to purchase.
The st...
by ARABINDA MISHRA | On 29 Jul 2009 The paper seeks to analyse and discuss the impact of financial reform and related
institutional change on the process of financial intermediation. In effect reforms stood the earlier
quantity driven...
by Chakrabarti B.B. | On 09 Jul 2009 The paper is aimed at exploring as to how such co-operatives (i) function and deal with members while delivering micro finance; (ii) mobilise funds, and (iii) get shaped and reshape the contents of me...
by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 09 Jul 2009 This paper provides an overview of the background, objectives, interventions and impact hypotheses of Integrated Nutrition and Health Project (INHP-II) and Chayan rural, the implementation approaches...
by Rachna Program | On 07 Jul 2009 Groundwater has rapidly emerged to occupy a dominant place in India’s agriculture and food security in the recent years. It has become the main source of growth in irrigated area over the past 3 decad...
by Vasant P Gandhi | On 23 Jun 2009 Many NGOs occupy a space between public and private sector organisations, and the papers in this special issue demonstrate that the mechanisms required for effective accountability by these NGOs are u...
by Kalpana C Satija | On 06 Jun 2009 Health economics is increasingly recognized as a discipline that has much to offer developing countries in addressing these problems, but how can it help? What economic concepts and tools can be appli...
by Anne Mills | On 04 Jun 2009 China and India, Asia's two largest and most dynamic societies, have come to be important players in regional and global decision-making. Both countries have had their share of experience in colonial...
by Swaran Singh | On 03 Jun 2009 This paper is an evaluation study of NSS in India wherein a study is conducted to learn Volunteer strength in Andhra Pradesh from 1969-1994; Year wise Targets and Achievements of Chandigarh Regional C...
by Tata Institue of Social Sciences TISS | On 31 May 2009 The task of the Sub-committee was to review the existing methodologies for estimating the contribution of unorganised/informal sector to GDP and suggest measures to facilitate direct estimation. The G...
by NCEUS NCEUS | On 28 May 2009 Papers and Proceedings of The Third Annual Himalayan Policy Research ConferenceSession Chairs and Discussants
Session 1A: Conflict Resolution and Democratic Transitions
Chair: Christopher Can...
by Vijaya R. Sharma | On 19 May 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 Capitalizing on the most recent worldwide estimates of the impacts of climate change on agricultural production, this paper assesses the economic effects of climate change for Southeast Asian countrie...
by Fan Zhai | On 14 May 2009 The focus of this paper is on food miles issues associated with the import of products from developing countries. As the concept of food miles has been an issue in organic agriculture since before the...
by Els Wynen | On 14 May 2009 The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could poten...
by Sununtar Setboonsarng | On 13 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 Agriculture sector, world over, has experienced a phenomenal growth since the mid-twentieth century. The growth, driven by Green Revolution technology, has made a significant dent on aggregate supply...
by Amita Shah | On 02 May 2009 This paper on the CBDR deals with these
issues of equity, development and climate change in a holistic way to address the problem from the global south perspective keeping the South Asian requirement...
by Sanjay Vashist | On 24 Apr 2009 India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in
energy services within the GATS framework are examined. The study found that India has the capability of
exporting high-skilled manpower at competit...
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 25 Feb 2009 The impact of economic crisis on India has been analysed in the speech. [Speech delivered at the Symposium on 'The Global Economic Crisis and Challenges for the Asian Economy in a Changing World'].
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 24 Feb 2009 The paper examines the basic reasons and feasible remedies for organizational
weakness, and the possible contribution of ownership, industry and management
structure, leadership, social norms, and i...
by Ashima Goyal | On 12 Feb 2009 Written comments on the issues raised for consultation may please be furnished to Principal Advisor (FN), TRAI by 30th January, 2009. The comments may be sent in writing and also preferably be sent in...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 08 Jan 2009 This paper attempts a critical review of the performance and policy concerning the
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in globalizing India since the early
1990s whence economic reforms were...
by Keshab Das | On 02 Jan 2009 The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was...
by Hannah Kuper | On 18 Dec 2008 The pharmaceutical industry is expanding worldwide. For some years now, it has been benefiting from the particular dynamics of the Asian economies as both purchasers and producers. It is not only the...
by Uwe Perlitz | On 12 Dec 2008 A broad overview, from the Indian perspective, of the factors underlying the credit market crisis in the west, the implications of the crisis for the financial sector,
lessons learnt from it, the var...
by Leeladhar V | On 25 Nov 2008 The present paper tries to empirically examine the changing profile of distribution and ownership of livestock across different regions of India and specifically for Gujarat. Besides, primary data col...
by Amita Shah | On 21 Nov 2008 Specific policy issues linked to renewable energy development with recommendations for future strategies and measures have been discussed in the article. [CSH WP no. 3]
by Debyani Ghosh | On 07 Oct 2008 The objective of the paperis to obtain the inputs of stakeholders and to generate a discussion on the appropriate policy relating to cross media and ownership restrictions in India. The comments of al...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 03 Oct 2008 India, the largest economy of South Asia, has recently announced its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). This is of special significance given the mounting pressure on fast growing economi...
by Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD | On 22 Sep 2008 Much existing literature champions renewables implementation on India’s Sagar Island as an unqualified rural electrification success story. Photovoltaic (PV) and wind systems put in place by the West...
by Sam Shrank | On 25 Aug 2008 In this paper a dynamic model of subsidized credit provision is presented to examine how asymmetric information exacerbates inefficiency caused by corruption. Though designed to empower the underprivi...
by Bibhas Saha | On 11 Aug 2008 In this study an attempt is made to examine the equity aspect due to
reforms in the banking sector at sub-regional level in the state of Andhra Pradesh
covering the period 1985 to 2004. [CESS WP 68]...
by K S Reddy | On 04 Aug 2008 Many popular social programmes have limited coverage among households at
the very bottom of the income and wealth distribution. If a programme reaches
the poor, but neglects the destitute, the (pre-...
by Isha Dewan | On 12 Jun 2008 The paper examines teh current energy demand of India and the implications of future levels and patterns of energy use in India.
[FES Briefing Paper 14 ]
by Leena Srivastava | On 06 Jun 2008 The paper is an analysis of food aid, rising food prices and its implications.
by Laurrie Garrett | On 31 May 2008 This paper looks at the effects on livestock of silvi-pasture development on common lands in relation to (a) ruminant systems and (b) livestock numbers and ownership patterns in Rajasthan, India. [SDC...
by Czech Conroy | On 14 May 2008 The Official Group would like to recommend a set of policy initiatives for the consideration of the Government of Karnataka. The recommendations of the Official Group are grouped under the following h...
by Government of Karnataka GoK | On 04 May 2008 The challenges for journalists and the media community in South Asia encompass a range of factors that indicate the level of press freedom in any country: Physical attacks, threats and questionable le...
by Sukumar Muralidharan | On 04 May 2008 Inflation impacts on the social and political life and it is the poor who bear the consequences most. There can be no room for tardiness in taking measures to control inflation.
[See synopses of par...
by Shambhu Ghatak | On 21 Apr 2008 The financial sector has built capabilities such that, with appropriate policy changes, it can grow tremendously, both domestically and internationally. the report touches upon two reasons for financi...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 14 Apr 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 The Stern Review (2006) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assert that the greenhouse problem can be solved at a negligible cost. this articls details the argument that both th...
by Ted Trainer | On 17 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 Finance Minister Shri Raghavji presented the budget for the year 2008-09, with a budgetary deficit of Rs 91.43 crore.
by Madhya Pradesh Government | On 13 Mar 2008 The problematic areas in child feedoing, particularly the poor infrastructure for the Anganwadis was highlighted. The consensus was that despite all these shortcomings there must be an expansion of A...
by Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute SSMI | On 13 Mar 2008 Considering the reproductive health information and service needs of adolescents and youth, the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS) Program, in collaboration with the Min...
by Laila Rahman | On 12 Mar 2008 Speech of Lalu Prasad
by Lalu Prasad | On 27 Feb 2008 This paper focuses on the policy direction required to achieve socio-economic growth in developing countries while addressing air pollution concerns at both local and global levels. While greenhouse g...
by Deepa Menon Choudhary | On 25 Feb 2008 This paper attempts to analyse the issues in agricultural credit in India. The analysis reveals that the credit delivery to the agriculture sector continues to be inadequate. It appears that the banki...
by Ramesh Golait | On 22 Feb 2008 The working of money lenders in Kerala are analysed. Based on a sample survey, the paper has estimated the volume of deposits and credits extended by money lenders in Kerala and has brought out the un...
by P D Jeromi | On 13 Feb 2008 Shows how the macro economic variables of Indian Economy are performing.
by P Chidambaram | On 11 Feb 2008 The work of the IPCC has helped the world to learn more on all aspects of climate change, and the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has acknowledged this fact. [Speech delivered in Oslo]
by Pachauri R K | On 04 Feb 2008 The report of the Expert Committee provides a broad overarching framework for guiding the policies governing the production and use of different forms of energy from various sources. It makes specific...
by Planning Commission, India | On 10 Jan 2008 The outline of an action agenda to address issues regarding barriers to creating an equitable society that we urgently need to take up. [at XXXI ISSC at SNDT women's University].
by Datye K R | On 28 Dec 2007 Whether energy use drives economic growth or vice versa in the Indian context during the period 1970-71 to 2004-05 is examined. Utilizing the Granger causality test, the study suggests that it is the...
by Hrushikesh Mallick | On 17 Dec 2007 The authors attempt to construct a monetary conditions index (MCI) for India in order to take both interest rate and exchange rate channels simultaneously into consideration while evaluating the stanc...
by Kannan R | On 08 Nov 2007 The Reserve Bank, as the regulator of the banking sector, has been actively engaged, from the very beginning, in the review, examination and evaluation of customer service in the banks. It has been re...
by Leeladhar V | On 26 Oct 2007 A monthly compilation by IRIS.
by IRIS India IRIS | On 22 Oct 2007 The social, environmental and economic impacts of dams are summarised and outlines better options for water management and energy supply. [IRN Brief].
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 18 Oct 2007 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 The nature of the financial turbulence that happened recently in US and Europe, why it happened, where it happened, and the implications for central banks. Some of the forces that led up to and charac...
by Rakesh Mohan | On 12 Oct 2007 The Expert Group constituted by the Planning commission to examine issues related to groundwater management and ownership has made extensive recommendations tha need to be taken seriously. Most impor...
by K.V. Raju | On 04 Oct 2007 The implications of alternative ways to model decisionmaking by families for educational policy are analysed. Many of the policy implications associated with credit constraints cannot be distinguished...
by Abhijit Banerjee | On 11 Sep 2007 This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The framework is based on trends, indicators and assessment by experts spanning three domain...
by V.M. Rao | On 27 Aug 2007 The introduction or expansion of a nuclear power programme in a country and its successful execution is largely dependent on the network of national infrastructure, covering a wide range of activities...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 21 Aug 2007 While the Bill promotes the activities of MFOs, there are
differing opinions on the cost efficiency of the MFO model.
�� NABARD is designated as the regulator of the micro financial
s...
by Kaushiki Sanyal | On 08 Aug 2007 The Micro Financial Sector (Development and Regulation) Bill,
2007 seeks to promote the sector and regulate micro financial
organisations (MFO).
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural D...
by Ministry of Law | On 08 Aug 2007 Satisfuy China's Demand for Money by Hugo Restall
Monetary Policy: China’s Last Option: Let the Yuan Soar by Michael Pettis
Stop the Specter of a Rising Rupee by Vivek Moorthy
Hong Kong’s Arreste...
by FEER | On 04 Aug 2007 Despite the major uncertainties mentioned at the beginning that afflict both dimensions of climate change, this analysis has demonstrated a clear trend: the regulatory-market economy dimension of clim...
by Eric Heymann | On 13 Jul 2007 Public Health Education in India -Ritu Priya 1
Public Health Education in India - Some Reflections -Ravi and Thelma Narayan 4
A Few Additional Issues for Discussion at the MFC Meet -Anant Phadke 19
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by Medico Friend Circle | On 04 Jul 2007 The PDS programme in Gujarat since the formation of the State in 1960 is reviewd and comments are given briefly upon its effectiveness in delivery. The food security issue for the poor is also address...
by Sudarshan Iyengar | On 04 Jul 2007 Despite years of significant advances in improving child survival and health, the final chapter on ending unnecessary child deaths has not yet been written and advances have stagnated in several count...
by Francisco Songane | On 03 Jul 2007 India is showing signs of poor delivery of governance. In almost all states people perceive bureaucracy as wooden, disinterested in public welfare and corrupt. It must be recognized that improvement i...
by Naresh C. Saxena | On 02 Jul 2007 This paper measures environmental efficiency (EE) and environmental productivity (EP) and analyses differences in these across countries. It explores the macroeconomic factors that could explain these...
by Surender Kumar | On 14 Jun 2007 It is argued that Indian agriculture is undergoing fundamental change wherein the technology and inputs are moving out of the hands of the farmers to external suppliers. This, over a period of time ma...
by M S Sriram | On 13 Jun 2007 The message from the IPCC Reports is simple: climate change must be tackled immediately in order to save the planet. And it will not cost the earth to do so. In the months to come all nations will be...
by D. Raghunandan | On 11 Jun 2007 A comparison between PSBs and their private sector counterparts based on measures of efficiency and productivity that use quantities of outputs and inputs. Efficiency measures a firm’s performance rel...
by TT Ram Mohan | On 04 Jun 2007 The growth performance of agriculture in Maharashtra was highly impressive is the early part of the green revolution period but deteriorated after 1980-81. the severe set back to growth in yield per h...
by Sawant S D | On 22 Mar 2007 In hot, arid regions, yields are low and unstable, growing season limited to one. Greenhouses can stabilize and improve yields and extend seasons. But their adoption is impeded by the requirement of l...
by Sharan G | On 08 Mar 2007 Land Reforms Act in Kerala rendered tenancy invalid and prohibited the creation of future tenancies in the State, but tenancy very much exists. It is a consequence of the simultaneous increase in two...
by K.N. Nair | On 07 Mar 2007 A Technical Expert Group on Patent Law Issues was set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion to examine whether it would be TRIPS c...
by R.A. Mashelkar | On 14 Feb 2007 This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debate...
by Yoginder Alagh | On 30 Jan 2007 The effect of randomized reservations of Pradhan (chief executive) positions in West Bengal local governments (panchayats) for women and members of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) following t...
by Pranab Bardhan | On 27 Dec 2006 This paper attempts to analyse the various aspects of informal rural credit
market of which interlinked contracts occupy the central place. In particular, the nature and extent of interlinked credit...
by Anita Gill | On 22 Dec 2006 This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is presented in two parts- the first part is based on the comparison of food and energy...
by Farhana Haseen | On 19 Dec 2006 This study is an attempt to broaden the discussion about the prevention of domestic violence against women, informed by a rights based strategy. The study discusses the critical elements of a human ri...
by Pradeep Kumar Panda | On 19 Dec 2006 This paper strongly suggests that India has been far more intricately integrated with the rest of Asia than has commonly been perceived or acknowledged. This is particularly the case if overall value...
by Mukul Asher | On 12 Dec 2006 The mapping of the social and political constraints that marginalized communities and individuals encounter in their interface with e-governance projects, perhaps, has implications for the optimistic...
by T.T. Sreekumar | On 27 Nov 2006 Given the divergence in economic and institutional structures in the region, any attempt to create a common currency absent macroeconomic policy coordination and mechanism for automatic intra-regional...
by Ramkishen S. Rajan | On 30 Oct 2006 In pursuance of a recommendation made by the Asian and Pacific Regional
Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA), the National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development, in collaboration with some...
by | On 23 Oct 2006 The nuclear deal probably will lead India to emit substantially less CO2 than it would if the country were not able to build such a large commercial nuclear fleet. The annual reductions by the year 20...
by David G. Victor | On 17 Oct 2006 This paper examines the patterns of loan utilisation and repayment among micro-finance group members for Wayland district of Kerala. It argues that 100 per cent repayment by members need not always in...
by Emil Mathew | On 12 Aug 2006 Accounting for forest wealth is an important ingredient in creating a
framework for analysing policy trade-offs. This study describes forestry-related stocks and flows in terms of land area (under fo...
by Haripriya Gundimeda | On 15 May 2006 The dams debate is simple because behind the array of facts and figures, of economic statistics and engineering calculations, lie a number of basic and easily understood principles. If adhered to and...
by World Commission on Dams WCD | On 24 Apr 2006 Media Studies is an emerging discipline in Asia and is of enormous significance at a time when many of the counties in this region which is witnessing struggles, both within the state apparatus and...
by Yasemin Inceoglu | On 07 Apr 2006 Results of Greatest Twentieth-Century Economists Poll
Towards a Concrete Utopian Model of Green Political Economy by John Barry
Economics Is Structured Like a Language by William Kaye-Blake
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by Post-Autistic Economics Movement | On 26 Mar 2006 Russia’s Gazprom, the world’s largest gas company, has precipitated serious tensions among the post-Soviet countries by sharply hiking gas prices this winter. Gazprom has been supplying gas to these c...
by R.G. Gidadhubli | On 07 Feb 2006 As India continues to pursue calibrated globalisation and expand external linkages, this is an opportune time to develop robust economic partnership with Taiwan, an economy with a GDP of over US$300b...
by Mukul Asher | On 02 Feb 2006 A new 18-country opinion survey sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found that "while majorities of citizens generally support the continued use of existing nuclear reactors, mo...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 02 Feb 2006 Contents
I. The Real Economy -- 1
Agricultural Situation
Industrial Performance
Business Expectations Surveys
Services Sector
II. Fiscal Situation 14
Combined Government Fi...
by Reserve Bank of India | On 25 Jan 2006 Until banking sector reforms were introduced in India in 1991, the emphasis in the credit provision through formal banking system was to meet the targets at the expense of the quality of credit and vi...
by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 08 Dec 2005 This note highlights the main issues and outlines the proposed action plan in respect of the following five major areas in Agriculture and Irrigation:
(1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigati...
by C.H. Hanumantha Rao | On 09 Sep 2005 Crop insurance is recognised to be a basic instrument for maintaining stability in farm income, through promoting technology, encouraging investment, and increasing credit flow in the agricultural sec...
by Manoj Kumar K | On 11 Aug 2005 Where do we stand physics research vis a vis interanational developments? As mentioned above, our input in terms of funding of physics research continues to be subcritical. Thus, while we have been ab...
by Sushanta Dattagupta | On 08 Aug 2005 In India, the organization of self-help groups, especially for microfinance and microenterprise development programmes constitute a widely accepted development strategy for poverty reduction. This str...
by Anand Tiwari | On 31 Mar 2005 |