Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) is an autonomous research institute. Its main objective is to promote research, teaching and training in disciplines relevant to development. Established in 1971 by the noted economist Professor K.N.Raj, it is considered to be one of the foremost development economics research centers in the country.

Address: Centre for Development Studies Prasanth Nagar,Ulloor, Thiruvananthapuram. 695 011,

Tel: +91-471-2448881

Fax: +91-471-2447137

Email Id: somannair@cds.ac.in

Website: http://www.cds.edu/

The Puzzle of Indian Urbanisation

This paper uses simultaneous equations error component three-stage least squares (EC3SLS) panel data technique to find out both the direct as well as the indirect impact of trade, industrial dissimi...

Institute: Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

by Pronab Sen | On 20 Feb 2017

Welfare Comparisons with Multidimensional Well-Being Indicators: An Indian Illustration

This paper attempts a welfare comparison of population where only ordinal information is available at the micro level in terms of multi-dimensional discrete well-being indicators. This does not involv...

Institute: Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

by Udaya S. Mishra | On 01 May 2015

Local Governments and the Inclusion of the Excluded: Towards a Strategic Methodology with Empirical Illustration

This paper tries to argue that local governments constitutionally mandated to ‘plan for economic development and social justice’ at the local level are eminently qualified to take up the task of wor...

Institute: Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

by Oommen M A | On 01 Oct 2014