Fisher unions and farming communities of Manipur, India, commemorated the 2021 World Wetlands Day (2nd February) at Tonoma Chingjin, Mamang Ching, Pumlen Pat - a wetland devastated by the Ithai Barrag...
by | On 05 Feb 2021 Amidst the economic slowdown triggered by the outbreak of the Covid-19
pandemic in India there have been many demands for the government to
announce a large fiscal stimulus to support the economy. E...
by Ila Patnaik | On 08 Oct 2020 It's all good to be tactical - keep China out of strategic markets; hit back in the same coin if it looks to keep India's key sectors out - but don't shoot yourself in the foot.
by T.N. Ninan | On 21 Jun 2020 The paper explored deep analytical issues such as the nature of the objective function to be optimized, planning horizon, choice of the discount rates, etc. No wonder, his book “Capital and Developmen...
by Vijay Kelkar | On 30 Jan 2019 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 The paper examines how the effects of school construction on girls’ education vary with a widely-practiced marriage custom called bride price, which is a payment made by the husband and/or his family...
by Nava Ashraf | On 17 Sep 2018 The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan, and the worldwide commitment toward the Sustainab...
by Jose Ramon G. Albert | On 27 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 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 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 The Aquino administration through the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPRC) and Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster (GGACC) launched the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) exercise in...
by Rosario G. Manasan | On 05 Jul 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 therefore argues that using aggregate measures like migration incidence in an area wherein homogeneity is assumed and obtaining a significant and positive effect may erroneously amplify the...
by Aubrey D. Tabuga | On 28 Jun 2018 This paper investigates the public participation (PP) process in environmental impact assessments (EIA) of three large-scale hydropower plants (HPs) in Nepal, with a view to improving the PP process t...
by Jon Munch-Petersen | On 27 Jun 2018 This paper reviews the existing framework for infrastructure development and the associated standards in India, and identifies areas for concern. Rather than deeply analysing any one standard, this pa...
by Sanhita Sapatnekar | On 15 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 This paper proposes a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) to strengthen the index’s ability to track the progress of economic inte...
by Cyn-Young Park | 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 This paper estimates production efficiency and shadow prices of
CO2
emissions for thermal
power plants in India. It employs a unique sample of 56 power plants for 2000-2013 acquired
primarily...
by | On 29 May 2018 Combining agricultural census data from Nepal from 2001 and 2011 with various spatial agroclimatic
data, we show that increase in yield potentials due to the introduction of high-yield technologies
...
by Hiroyuki Takeshima | On 27 Apr 2018 Recently, a renewed interest in large-scale community health worker (CHW) programs has been
seen globally. This renewal provides an opportune moment to take stock of issues and
challenges such progr...
by Steve Hodgins | On 12 Apr 2018 Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs
and thereby increasing the gains from trade. Although the use of trade facilitation measures
for tackling tr...
by Sanjana Joshi | On 28 Mar 2018 There have been very few works focusing on the determinants and
barriers of financial inclusion. The objective of this study is two folded.
Firstly, to measure a efficient composite multi-dimensiona...
by | On 27 Mar 2018 The present study was undertaken to review the pilot implementation of the programme and its uptake by beneficiaries, in order to provide data to the DWCD, before scaling up the programme to all distr...
by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies CBPS | On 23 Mar 2018 Budget speech of the Finance Minister of Maharashtra.
by Sudhir Mungamtiwar | On 12 Mar 2018 This paper examines critically the awards of the recent Finance Commissions (FCs) in the specific context of the ongoing work of the Thirteenth Finance Commission (13FC).
by K.K. George | On 28 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 This research project studied the emerging challenges of small and medium towns in India to improve their finances and provide good services to their inhabitants.
by Yogesh Kumar | On 02 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 Inflation in the country continued to moderate during 2017-18. CPI based headline inflation
averaged 3.3 per cent during April-December 2017-18, the lowest in the last six financial
years. The signi...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 Sound public financial management has been one of the pillars of India’s macro-economic
stability in the last three years. Based on this firm footing, the Government, in partnership with
the States,...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 ‘Lived place’ refers to the subject perception of place. It is concrete and based on experience. For the tribal communities staying or camping in the forest, it is their ‘lived place’ about which they...
by | On 12 Jan 2018 Reaching the ambitious climate objective of the Paris Agreement requires decreasing significantly sectoral emissions from the transport sector. However, the ambition pledged for the transport sector u...
by | On 11 Jan 2018 Property is widely recognized as an important resource for empowering women. Many development
policies worldwide therefore call for strengthening women’s rights to property, especially to physical
a...
by Rajendra Pradhan | On 11 Jan 2018 This paper has been conceived as an exploratory scoping exercise intended to identify and better understand trade-related issues and knowledge gaps, including how various types of trade measures and p...
by International Centre for Development (ICTSD) | On 22 Dec 2017 This paper explores the co-evolution of entrepreneurship and cities. First, it provides a stylized model of development wherein the rise of cities (urbanisation) is the outcome of the activities of en...
by Wim Naudé | On 15 Dec 2017 This study provides growth projections for the Philippine agriculture based on growth in productivity differentiated by basic sector, using a computable general equilibrium model.
by Roehlano M. Briones | On 14 Dec 2017 The paper provides an overview of the methodologies used by the Indian
Planning Commission in the past 30 years. Using the Planning Commission poverty line, the paper computes poverty and inequality...
by | On 13 Dec 2017 The report outlines and critically assesses trends in urban planning education across the globe, specifically in countries of the global South, and the extent to which curricula address issues of incl...
by Vanessa Watson | On 07 Dec 2017 The study says that the poverty reduction targets in the Philippines were incorporated for the first time in the 1987–1992 Development Plan and, after that, anti-poverty became the centerpiece program...
by Francie Lund | On 07 Dec 2017 This paper uses detailed production data from a half million Chinese manufacturing plants over 1998-2007 to estimate the effects of temperature on firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), factor in...
by Peng Zhang | On 28 Nov 2017 The paper narrates that the weather is an integral part of our life and weather shocks can have severe implications on income and on household consumption.
by Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy | On 06 Sep 2017 By way of this contact, communities have re-constituted their relation with the forest, their identity and relations with others.
by M. Suresh | On 22 Aug 2017 The impacts of climate change on global temperatures profoundly affect people’s ability to sustain their livelihoods as well as their health; both of these dimensions in turn influence the migration o...
by International Organisation for Migration | On 18 Aug 2017 These surveys provide an indication of who is planning to migrate, which countries have the highest number of potential migrants, and which countries people would like to move to.
by International Organisation for Migration | On 18 Aug 2017 The study attempts to investigate the factors affecting a firm’s decision to hire contract workers. The information from a specially commissioned survey of manufacturing firms undertaken in 2014 by IC...
by Jaivir Singh | On 08 Aug 2017 The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) released an audit report on the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) on July 21, 2017. The Re...
by PRS Legislative Research | On 07 Aug 2017 The Comptroller and Auditor General of India submitted a report on the electrification projects in Indian Railways (between 2013-14 and 2015-16) on July 21, 2017. Trains on Indian Railways are hauled...
by PRS Legislative Research | On 07 Aug 2017 This report may lead other nations to follow suit, but countries which do not have
large quantities of SNF may find it difficult to justify geological repositories from economic considerations.
by | On 31 Jul 2017 This document provides a list of sanitation tools; organisation of the same based on their specific
features; and factsheets corresponding to every tool, which cover the objectives, descriptions,
ad...
by Shramana Dey | On 27 Jul 2017 BRAC has implemented a pilot project titled ‘Skills Development Initiatives for Adolescents (SDIA) on climate adaptive livelihoods’in two districts of south-western Bangladesh to promote some agricult...
by Md Hasib Reza | On 26 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 Rural poverty continues to be a scourge in India, affecting tens of millions of households despite years of strong economic growth for the country overall. In 2005, the government of India created the...
by Government of India & Employment | 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 The project developed a gender, caste, and ethnicity (GCE) strategy that sought to ensure the participation of women and ethnic minorities in decision-making processes, as well as their increased repr...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 25 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 discusses the most recent projections pertaining to climate change and climate change impacts in Asia and the Pacific, and the consequences of these changes to human systems, particularly f...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 14 Jul 2017 This publication is complemented by critical analyses to determine key issues, challenges, and opportunities for innovative strategies toward global competitiveness, increased productivity, and inclus...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 10 Jul 2017 The problem of balanced regional development received much greater attention in the Third Five Year Plan. The Plan took a more positive view of the possibility of reaching regional balance. It stated...
by MC Singhi | On 22 Jun 2017 This report describes how applying community-driven development principles to managing the water resource can both expand livelihood opportunities available to beneficiaries at no additional cost to t...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 16 Jun 2017 This report describes Indonesia’s electrification environment and identifies barriers to achieving universal electricity access. Principles drawn from international best practices such as government c...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 Jun 2017 The study examines the Philippine government’s convergence initiative, and how it relates to community-driven development (CDD) that can impact rural communities in the Philippines.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 09 Jun 2017 This publication examines the constraints in developing inland waterway transport (IWT) based on a study in the PRC’s Hunan province. Six major challenges threatening the viability of IWT and its inte...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 30 May 2017 The analysis and practical guidance provided in this report are based on surveys of revenue bodies conducted in 2014 and 2015, along with accompanying research of revenue bodies’ corporate documents,...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 May 2017 This publication highlights the results of a successful partnership between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM) with cofinancing from the...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 10 May 2017 The Pilot LED Project was successful in demonstrating significant savings and in developing new specifications for LED luminaires that focused on luminaire performance, quality of delivered illuminati...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 07 May 2017 This paper analyzes two notions of compliance, 'compliance in letter' and 'compliance in spirit', using
data on Board and Audit Committee meetings from India under its Clause 49 corporate governance
...
by Subrata Sarkar | On 03 May 2017 This paper explores the “Bill of Rights” in the Justice Verma Committee Report as an analytical framework for gender budgeting in justice. Gender budgeting in justice, as a public good, needs effectiv...
by Lekha Chakraborty | On 03 Mar 2017 Through a broad portrayal of character of its development, changing
urban patterns, nature of urban economic structure and contents of
urban development policies, this paper takes a political econom...
by Biswaroop Das | On 17 Feb 2017 Rapid urbanisation with an increase in urban population from 28.3% (in 1950) to 50% (in 2010) is witnessed in megacities in India. Urbanisation is one of the demographic issues in the 21st century and...
by Bharath H. Aithal | On 16 Jan 2017 To translate Premchand into Tamil (or Tamil into Telugu) is not to translate into a neutral language in the manner of simply exalting, or improving, or diversifying, or nationally integrating. Rather...
by Nikhil Govind | On 12 Jan 2017 The paper examines the medium-term fiscal policy (MTFP) and a more conventional medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) adopted in India under the provisions of the fiscal rules. The MTFP and the MTE...
by Pratap Ranjan Jena | On 10 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 Global warming not only causes a change in average temperature and precipitation but also increases the frequency of floods, droughts, heat waves, and the intensity of typhoons and hurricanes followin...
by | On 28 Dec 2016 The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has launched a multicountry Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI) to study the economic impacts of poor sanitation and the costs and benefits of improved sani...
by | On 27 Dec 2016 This WWF Living Planet Report comes at a critical juncture following the remarkable successes in 2015 of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the agreement on the Sustainable Development Goals fo...
by World Wide Fund | On 23 Dec 2016 Taking note of the limitations and challenges pertaining to gender budget exercise, the
Government of Karnataka has set up a Task Force constituting of academics working in this
area to review the p...
by Jyotsna Jha | On 29 Nov 2016 Conventional wisdom suggests that, to negate fiscal externalities imposed by provinces which
spend too much and raise lower local resources, central authority should always be a first mover
in the t...
by Bodhisattva Sengupta | On 14 Nov 2016 This policy brief proposes reorganisation of current industry
structure and proposes a new organizational structure for the
railways to meet the needs of the 21st century . [CPPR Policy Brief Series...
by Centre for Public Policy Research CPPR | On 21 Oct 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 Sharit Bhowmik, sociologist, teacher, labour and social activist, well known for his studies in labour and especially on the informal sector, passed away last night (September 9, 2016) in Bangkok. [Tr...
by Editors eSocialSciences | On 09 Sep 2016 The question that this report seeks to answer is: ‘which one can be a successful model in sports in India: Planned Approach or a Spontaneous Order?’ The study explains that planned sporting activities...
by Rahul V. Kumar | On 09 Sep 2016 Global indicators are important for understanding progress towards each of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, they can mask sub-national and thematic variations. They cannot explain ho...
by | On 02 Sep 2016 Drawing on interviews with Indian and Brazilian farmers’ rights activists, lawyers, agronomists and plant breeders, this article aims at better understanding how farmers’ rights are protected on paper...
by | On 25 Aug 2016 This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago...
by Dora Costa | On 09 Aug 2016 India started the implementation of a rural public works program in 2006, covering all districts of the country within three years. The program guarantees 100 days of employment per year at minimum wa...
by Satadru Das | On 09 Aug 2016 This paper captures the payment gap by integrating labor market performance with that of family decision making practices. We conjecture that women from patriarchal families are earning less than men...
by Sukanya Sarkhel | On 04 Aug 2016 Human beings evolved under conditions of high mortality due to famines, accidents, illnesses, infections and war and therefore the relatively high fertility rates were essential for species survival....
by Planning Commission, India | On 12 Jul 2016 Malaysia is now a major receiving country with estimated over 2 million migrant workers. Such large inflow was caused by scarcity of jobs in plantation, construction and domestic growth. Migrant worke...
by | On 08 Jul 2016 This paper aims to present an overview and analysis of the current investment landscape in Cambodia, as well as its impacts on people and the environment. It is hoped that the information ...
by Mark Grimsditch | On 01 Jul 2016 The study conducts a formal analysis of various schools of thought of science. Specifically, the study offers a comparison between historical relativism, scientific realism, logical empiricism, and lo...
by Dheeraj Sharma | On 01 Jul 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 The comprehensive research found significant impediments preventing victims of trafficking from using the courts: from the lack of specialised legal assistance, to the absence of protection for those...
by The Thomson Reuters Foundation | On 17 Jun 2016 This document covers the initiatives and contributions of Government of India, Science and Technology
Institutions and Civil Society Organisations in addressing the issues of desertification, land de...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 17 Jun 2016 The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Haseeb A. Drabu, presented the Budget for Jammu and Kashmir
for financial year 2016-17 on May 30, 2016.
by Hasseeb A. Drabu | On 13 Jun 2016 This Occasional Paper shows the evolution of confiscation law in Taiwan. It reviews the
current state of confiscation laws and policies in Taiwan and also proposes suggestions
for reform of the conf...
by Helen Liu | On 08 Jun 2016 This publication gathers a collection of twenty case studies that illustrate how Indian states are creating promising change to ensure the delivery of essential nutrition information, counselling, sup...
by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 03 Jun 2016 This report presents the results of the new approach to measuring poverty and standards of living, which the Royal Government of Cambodia initiated and carried out through 2011-2012.
by | On 25 May 2016 This essay includes a review of major strategies for preservation of earth’s biodiversity including the biodiversity “hotspots,” “Wildlands Project,” and the “consensus” strategy. The essay includes a...
by | On 25 May 2016 The NBAP draws from the principle that National Enviroment Policy (NEP) that human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development and they are entitled to a healthy and productive li...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 18 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 An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge a...
by Ministry of Law and Justice GOI | On 18 May 2016 The Budget Session was originally planned to be held in two parts: from February 23 to March
16 and April 25 to May 13. However, at the end of March, the government decided to convert
these into two...
by Kusum Malik | On 17 May 2016 Now in its 11th edition, The Global Risks Report 2016 draws attention to ways that global risks could evolve and interact in the next decade. The year 2016 marks a forceful departure from past finding...
by [WEF] World Economic Forum | On 11 May 2016 What are the management interventions that can be done to reduce the air pollution in Delhi?
by Prashant Gargava | On 11 May 2016 The report of a high level committee led by Vijay Kelkar to promote balanced development in Maharashtra has several important recommendations. But will it all come to nought because of its failure to...
by | On 11 May 2016 The report ‘God’s Own Country, Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage in Kerala, Piloting in the Districts of Malappuram and Palakkad’, 2016 provides details and in-depth understanding of the Univer...
by Sunil Nandraj | On 21 Apr 2016 The NEP Plan of Action (PoA) 2008 translates the provisions of the National Food Policy, 2006 towards achieving its three core objectives into 26 strategic areas of intervention, priority actions to b...
by Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) | On 04 Apr 2016 Budget Speech of Finance Minister of Haryana.
by Capt. Abhimanyu | On 22 Mar 2016 The paper is based on a review of the available official data and the existing literature on the Missions. It is divided into three broad sections. The first analyzes data available from the official...
by Lalitha Kamath | On 21 Mar 2016 The paper attempts to develop a project life-cycle approach to gain insights into the complexities of water reallocation. The paper is
able to show that water reallocation and the resultant phenomeno...
by Subodh Wagle | On 21 Mar 2016 The 8th Lecture of Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture Series On Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Sciences: ‘The Golden Rule: a remedy for decadence in global health’ By Dr Eric Suba
by ... CEHAT | On 16 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 The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is poised to continue developing at a significant pace. The subregion is well placed to benefit from the emerging Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Com...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 This case study covers two related projects funded by the Asian Development Bank: the North East Coastal Community Development Project (NECCDP), which aimed to improve sustainable livelihood and natur...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 This report discusses the experiences and commonly encountered issues when developing railway interchange hubs. It proposes basic design principles as well as research approaches. The report focuses o...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 The government has taken unprecedented steps to create a basic framework to achieve its long-term objective of improving water quality in Chao Lake and protecting and maintaining all of its economic,...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 Recent years have witnessed a large number of studies and reports aimed generally at providing estimates of the economic costs of climate change and of the economic costs of adaptation to climate chan...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 In this paper we employ a stated preference environmental valuation technique, namely the choice experiment method, to estimate local public?s willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in the capacity...
by Ekin Birol | On 13 Mar 2016 This paper examines the dependence of states on central fiscal transfers. It particularly focuses on the role of transfers through tax devolution under the recommendation of the Finance Commissions. T...
by D K Srivastava | On 13 Mar 2016 A series of recent bombings in Myanmar reveal how complex business interests can derail the peace process and put into jeopardy the country’s democratic transition. Police reports attributed the bombi...
by | On 12 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 In this paper, considering the district level variations in literacy and other pertinent socio-economic variables we explore whether efficiency in education in district level enrolments is merely a re...
by Brijesh C. Purohit | On 11 Mar 2016 This paper analyzes the attitudes of industrial employers during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic towards the adoption of public unemployment insurance. While employers initially opposed unem...
by | On 09 Mar 2016 This paper develops and implements a general framework to study insurance market equilibrium and evaluate policy interventions in the presence of choice frictions. Friction-reducing policies can incre...
by Benjamin R. Handel | On 09 Mar 2016 The findings of this study show that urban local governments in India continue to remain plagued by numerous problems, which affect their performance in the efficient discharge of their duties. These...
by Rumi Aijaz | On 09 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 Analysed from various perspectives, the success of a recent experiment of regulating car traffic on the streets of India’s capital city of Delhi – in order to control air pollution – shows the possibl...
by Vinod Rai | On 04 Mar 2016 Geoengineering techniques are currently experiencing a surge of interest, as it has become widely accepted that global warming is both real and potentially problematic. The historical failure to contr...
by Jochen Pranti | 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 Southeast Asia is recognized as a region of very high biodiversity, much of which is currently at risk due to
habitat loss and other threats. However, many aspects of this diversity, even for relativ...
by | On 03 Mar 2016 The Coalition serves as a platform for the members to collaborate and achieve a common vision: "To achieve sustainable food and nutrition security for all" The Coalition aims to raise awareness, foste...
by Coalition for Food & Nutrition Security India | On 02 Mar 2016 How large are the benefits of transportation infrastructure projects, and what explains these benefits? To shed new light on these questions, I collect archival data from colonial India and use it to...
by Dave Donaldson | On 29 Feb 2016 In this paper we explore an innovative approach to poverty reduction by the introduction of an agro-forestry variant of sustainable agricultural land technology among the rural farming population of a...
by Roger Montgomery | 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 There is growing recognition of the importance of identification for sustainable development. Its role is recognized formally in target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which calls for provi...
by Alan Gelb | On 28 Feb 2016 This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low-income countries. In doing so, it focuses on fertility outcomes (the number and tim...
by Grant Miller | On 27 Feb 2016 This year is the 20th anniversary of the release of the 1994 United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report, which defined the concept of human security and brought it to int...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 The rising level of urbanisation in India draws attention to inadequate infrastructure levels in urban areas. While many factors play a role in infrastructure development, this paper examines the fina...
by Charan Singh | On 27 Feb 2016 The Minister of Railways, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, presented the Railway Budget 2016-17 to Parliament on February
25, 2016. In his address, he commented on the performance of Railways in 2015-16 and laid o...
by Prachee Mishra | On 26 Feb 2016 There is a growing emphasis on the role of trade in health services (telehealth, health tourism and retirement, investments and deployment of medical professionals) in easing fiscal constraints, gener...
by Maria Cherry Rodolfo | On 25 Feb 2016 While the Philippines has had a new economic growth trajectory in recent years, the country has had little progress in reducing poverty and in making growth more inclusive. In this paper, the authors...
by Jose Ramon G. Albert | On 24 Feb 2016 India has a staggering variety of flora and fauna, including some of the rarest species in existence on the planet. There is so far a paucity of information for the general public on the status, biolo...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests | 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 For the first time, output and employment multipliers of the key states in India for the software, hardware and ICT composite segments have been calculated to assess the catalytic effect of ICT on eco...
by Research National Council of Applied Economic | On 24 Feb 2016 The trend of rising food prices has made this basic human need inaccessible to an increasing number of people. The impact on vulnerable groups, especially the poor, is immense. Food price rise has imp...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 Security sector governance (SSG) poses a huge challenge to states transitioning to democracy, particularly in cases where the military and other components of the security sector had been very influen...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 This NTS Insight is a discussion paper prepared for a Pilot Workshop on ‘Governing Geoengineering in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives’ to be held on 18-19 July 2011 in Singapore. The author, Profe...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 The South Asia region is lagging behind many regions in the world in regional electricity cooperation and trading, despite the huge anticipated benefits. This study uses an electricity planning model...
by Govinda Timilsina | On 21 Feb 2016 One important aspect of recent developments is that a significant portion of the additional electricity generation has come from liquid fuel based power plants which has raised the total contribution...
by Mustafa K. Mujeri | On 20 Feb 2016 The 10 considerations are based on Christian Werthmann’s five year investigation of numerous small and large scale improvement projects in Latin America as wells as the outcome of two symposia titled...
by Christian Werthmann | On 19 Feb 2016 The Urban Planning and Design focus area of UN-Habitat aims to support cities, regional and national authorities in adopting improved policies, plans and designs for more compact, socially inclusive,...
by Rafael Tuts | On 19 Feb 2016 The Making Room Paradigm draws on data collected from a sample of 120 cities, extracted from a much larger database, and is based on the realization that rapid urban population growth and its rapid co...
by Shlomo Angel | On 19 Feb 2016 In this opening session for the second season of the Global Urban Lecture Series, Dr. Joan Clos introduces three fundamental principles behind planned urbanization: Rules and Regulations, Urban Design...
by | On 19 Feb 2016 Ana Falú from the National University of Cordoba – and the Coordinator of the UN-Habitat UNI Gender Hub – in this lecture discusses urban planning from a gender perspective, with emphasis on both who...
by | On 19 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 In the upland areas of Southeast Asia, most smallholder farmers keep animals. Buffalo provide a traditional source of draught power for land preparation or transport, and animal manure is often used t...
by Research Consultative Group on International Agricultural | On 18 Feb 2016 It is a pleasure to introduce this book, the major output of the second phase of the Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET). Since its start in 2005, the SUMERNET program has aimed to strength...
by Institute Stockholm Environment | On 18 Feb 2016 This workshop was conducted as part of the mitigation strategies in rice production project, implemented with support from the agriculture initiative of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. The projec...
by B. Sander | On 18 Feb 2016 Poor air quality has been shown to harm the health and development of children. Research on these relationships has focused almost exclusively on the effects of human-made pollutants, and has not full...
by Dave Marcotte | On 17 Feb 2016 Low emissions development strategies (LEDS) are national economic and social development plans that promote sustainable development while reducing GHG emissions. While LEDS programs have helped to mai...
by Sonja Vermeulen | On 17 Feb 2016 The Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh became the first initiative to successfully incorporate beneficiary participation into all aspects of managi...
by Asian Bank | On 15 Feb 2016 The workers have to put up with poor housing and living conditions that cramp and disrupt their family lives. There is no government plan to house these workers when industrial areas like in Jeedimetl...
by Mithun Som | On 09 Feb 2016 India has 8,928 urban areas or towns as per the Census 2011, 53 are cities or metros having more than 1 million population. Till date, we had taken for granted that several health indicators were wors...
by Dhruv Mankad | On 09 Feb 2016 The Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture provides a comprehensive overview on the status and trends of conservation and use of plant genetic resources at...
by Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO] | On 08 Feb 2016 This paper traces the process of recognition of children’s budget and the introduction of
Statement 22- Budget Provisions for Schemes for the Welfare of Children in the Expenditure Budget Volume 1. I...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 08 Feb 2016 According to western views, wealth is unambiguously good, and so human welfare is positive when wealth is in excess of needs, and negative if it is less. Islam has a substantially more sophisticated v...
by Asad Zaman | On 03 Feb 2016 The rapidly unfolding global financial and economic crisis will severely disrupt economic growth worldwide, affect the livelihoods of billions around the world and endanger progress toward the poverty...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 Long-term planning and investment are essential to prevent increasing vulnerability to climate change in developing countries. Tackling only the impacts will fail: fragmented action are only partial s...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The United Nations estimates that more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. It is expected that the proportion of city dwellers globally will have risen to three quarters by 2050,...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 This paper assesses the likely implications for exporting and importing countries from a trade deal in cotton. The study estimates the price, production and trade effects of reforming cotton subsidies...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Over the past ten years, Arab Gulf states have made it an explicit aim to transform their economies into Knowledge Economies.However, changing economic platforms is no easy task for a state, and the s...
by | On 29 Jan 2016 This paper seeks to examine the experiences with respect to subsidies and cost-sharing in the light of the various watershed programmes supported by the state as well as donor agencies and other non-g...
by Amita Shah | On 28 Jan 2016 In April 2010 the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) released a report aimed at ‘awakening India’s cities, building inclusive ones and sustaining economic growth. This policy note summarises the report’s...
by Meera Chatterjee | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper is an attempt to study plausible causal relationship of women’s physiology and behaviour components with fertility in more or less non-industrial rural populations in Orissa, an Eastern Ind...
by Satyajeet Nanda | On 28 Jan 2016 Economists and experts have been batting for bringing the fiscal
federalism, the activist fora has been criticizing the newly brought in fiscal arrangements between Centre and States. This contradict...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 28 Jan 2016 Under the 2014 US Farm Bill, US cotton producers will receive significant subsidies which will have trade-distorting effects irrespective of future cotton prices. At a futures market cotton price of U...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 A growing literature suggests that high-income countries export high-quality goods. Two hypotheses may explain such specialization, with different implications for welfare, inequality, and trade polic...
by Roberta Piermartini | On 26 Jan 2016 This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-3 survey in Arunachal Pradesh. The survey provides trend data on key indicators and includes information on several new topics, such as HIV/AIDS-relat...
by | On 25 Jan 2016 This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-3 survey in Andhra Pradesh. The survey provides trend data on key indicators and includes information on several new topics, such as HIV/AIDS-related...
by Arokiasamy Perianayagam | On 25 Jan 2016 Siddha system of medicine (SSM) focuses on addressing the root cause of the disease rather than treating the disease symptoms, and combinations of herbs, medicinal plants, animal and marine resources...
by N. Lalitha | On 25 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 This synthesis paper presents the findings from a multi-country research project which assesses the extent to which gender has been incorporated into the design and implementation of a wide range of s...
by Rebecca Holmes | On 23 Jan 2016 Drawing on secondary literature and interviews and discussions with community members, local government officials, and various experts, the report proposes a mechanism through which LGIs could provide...
by International Centre for Climate Change and Develo ICCCAD | On 23 Jan 2016 The growing demand for public transport in mega cities has serious effects on urban ecosystems, especially due to the increased atmospheric pollution and changes in land use patterns. An ecologically...
by Rashmi Singh | On 23 Jan 2016 India now needs to strengthen and harmonise its institutional mechanisms for development cooperation through clear policy statements. In addition to national foreign policy and economic interests, acc...
by Institute of Development Studies IDS | On 23 Jan 2016 This paper evaluates the impact and potential of development programmes known as Small Development Projects (SDPs), introduced by India as part of its development cooperation portfolio in Nepal. Throu...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 21 Jan 2016 This discussion paper examines the use of three different technological options in the Indian agriculture. It shows that support to organic farming is increasing but at this stage innovation related i...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 21 Jan 2016 The World Population Ageing 2009 report, by DESA’s Population Division, which updates the 2007 edition, provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators...
by United Nations (UN) | On 19 Jan 2016 This project examines the effects of the Matlab Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning (MCH-FP) program that started in 1977, 35 years later. Treatment and comparison areas were built into the...
by Tania Barham | On 19 Jan 2016 In this brief review of recent approaches relevant to climate smart agriculture (CSA) programs, the researcher presents ideas on why emerging CSA policies and plans lack the attention to gender that w...
by Sonja Vermeulen | On 14 Jan 2016 Our goal is to develop, over a period of time, a collaborative, multi-level
and interdisciplinary project to generate and anchor a range of new research activities to help fill this gap. The idea is...
by | On 14 Jan 2016 Implementation of the Agenda 21 bifurcated into two tracks. While the economic and social development agenda gelled into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the environmental protection agenda mo...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 The paper reports the advantages of data-based planning for solid waste management in a major Indian city, which have been demonstrated through three steps undertaken as part of a pilot project in a C...
by | On 09 Jan 2016 Water samples were collected from groundwater sources used by the communities residing in several settlements around the UCIL factory. These sources included handpumps, tubewells and one open well. A...
by | On 06 Jan 2016 Although some governments acknowledge the existence of slums and informal settlements, many do not. This lack of recognition and subsequent response directly undermines city-wide sustainable developme...
by | On 05 Jan 2016 The present study was taken up in this context with the objective of examining the land
laws and administration in AP and see how the existing laws are implemented, forced
acquisition of lands is ta...
by Ramachandraiah C | On 05 Jan 2016 The history of Andhra Pradesh is conveyed here with some authority based on a long, unbroken and, in all modesty, unrivalled experience as a civil servant. Some writings are collected together which t...
by B P R Vithal | On 30 Dec 2015 The paper updates debt sustainability analysis (DSA) for developing Asia, conducted in 2011. With the benefit of hindsight, the accuracy of the earlier debt ratio forecasts and underlying macroeconomi...
by Benno Ferrarini | On 29 Dec 2015 Rural women suffer double discrimination because they are female and poor. Though women are the biggest food producers, they earn only one-tenth of the world’s income and own less than 1% of the world...
by | On 23 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 Pune does not need a skewed smart city plan. The government needs to come up with a comprehensive white paper on the city's problems, and an integrated plan to tackle these problems, keeping the inte...
by Neeraj Jain | 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 Preparing and implementing a K–12 transition absorbs considerable financial and human resources. It follows that the reasons for restructuring must be compelling. It follows that the reasons for restr...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 This report analyses the current regulatory framework of higher education in India and highlights areas that require important policy reforms in order to encourage greater private participation. This...
by Centre for Civil Society CCS | On 21 Dec 2015 This paper looks at possible alternatives to UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions with a view to establishing if there are organizations or other interested parties, which may be more effective...
by | On 17 Dec 2015 This paper examines how parental migration affects children’s health and education outcomes. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China data we are able to measure the share of children’s lifetim...
by Xin Meng | On 17 Dec 2015 There are a wide range of agriculture-based practices and technologies that have the potential to increase food production and the adaptive capacity of the food production system, as well as reduce em...
by | On 09 Dec 2015 Expectations are high for a good and fair new climate change agreement at the
much anticipated on-going climate change summit in Paris. Such expectations are elusive if the negotiations fail to face...
by Raman Letchumanan | On 03 Dec 2015 Using plausibly exogenous variations in the ethnicity-specific assigned birth quotas and different fertility penalties across Chinese provinces over time, the paper provide new evidence for the transf...
by | On 01 Dec 2015 Although Bangladesh has achieved fairly steady economic growth, as of 2011, almost half of its population still lived in extreme poverty. As a result, the Government of Bangladesh and its development...
by Nayma Qayum | On 09 Nov 2015 There must be a way of combining sensible policy, based on a certain worldview and an agenda, with a bias for action.
by T.N. Ninan | On 26 Oct 2015 This paper examines policies for the support of families with children, in particular child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The analysis is mainly f...
by Mary Daly | On 21 Oct 2015 This is an analytical narrative about post-conflict dynamics of poverty in a block of villages in north Bihar known as ‘the Mushahari Project’. It is related with the socio-economic and political cons...
by Anand Kumar | On 20 Oct 2015 This case study documents key gender equality issues as well as key achievements and lessons from a project carried out in post conflict Sri Lanka as part of urgently needed reconstruction. The Improv...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 16 Oct 2015 India is the world’s second largest country in terms of total inhabitants. Further, out of a total population exceeding one billion, approximately 120 million are women living in poverty. India is one...
by | On 13 Oct 2015 The Eleventh Plan places the highest priority on education as a central instrument for achieving rapid and inclusive growth. It presents
a comprehensive strategy for strengthening the education secto...
by Planning Commission, India | On 09 Oct 2015 The objective of the mission was to evaluate the impact of the power plant on the livelihoods of the people and ecology of the region, examine the legal framework governing its and assess if the propo...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 28 Sep 2015 Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility argues that the development of sustainable urban transport systems requires a conceptual leap. The purpose 'transportation' and 'mobility' is to gain...
by UN-HABITAT | On 25 Sep 2015 Despite the fact that the number of internal migrants globally is at least 740 million, nearly four times the number of international migrants, there is hardly any discussion on internal remittances a...
by | On 25 Sep 2015 Mauritius has been an independent nation since 1968. It was founded on the history and structures of a plantation society and is mainly inhabited by descendants of Indian (and Hindu) indentured labour...
by Mathieu Claveyrolas | On 24 Sep 2015 This paper was originally commissioned by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2015 report. This report aims to provide an additiona...
by Ulrike Hanemann | On 22 Sep 2015 This planning commission report on Food Security deals with the changing consumption pattern for food in India and reviews some studies on demand and supply projections for cereals in India. It also e...
by Planning Commission | On 21 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 Large dams stand out as dramatic symbols of a particular approach to development and a certain relationship between humanity and nature. Starting with the crucial question of the need for such projec...
by Ramaswamy R. Iyer | On 11 Sep 2015 This report details the vision for 12th Five Year Plan on Nutrition which is to move towards Nutrition Security- especially the more vulnerable infants and young children, adolescent, girls and women,...
by Planning Commission | On 10 Sep 2015 Domestic violence is identified as a public health problem. It is associated with adverse maternal health. This study examined the prevalence and determinants of domestic violence among women in urban...
by C.P. Prakasam | On 09 Sep 2015 This document presents data by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) on adult and youth literacy in 151 countries and territories from eight regions: Arab States, Central Asia, Central and Eastern...
by | On 08 Sep 2015 India’s Eleventh (2007-2011/12) and the Twelfth Five-Year Plans (2012/13-2017/18) have emerged as being distinct from the earlier Five-Year Plans in so far as these Plans had the goal of inclusiveness...
by | On 08 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 This paper studies the mutual effects of globalization, liberalization and income inequality using a case study of China. Comparing the trends of economic growth and income distribution, it found that...
by Jinjun Xue | On 03 Sep 2015 the paper provides an overview of the growth and status of Indian tea plantation sector delineating the trends
in economic performance in the global context in a historic perspective. It then examine...
by Viswanathan P K | On 25 Aug 2015 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 Bills Passed by Parliament during the Monsoon Session
by Kusum Malik | On 24 Aug 2015 This Working Group report aims to study the advocacy programme in ICDS that would enable widespread and sustained community participation as result of a better understanding and appreciation amongst t...
by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 19 Aug 2015 This paper examines, in particular, the effects on educational mobility of a well-known maternal and child health and family planning program in Matlab Bangladesh. Results suggest that the program res...
by Andrew Foster | On 29 Jul 2015 This paper explores what constitutes the mechanics of the legal and the administrative world of food rights in the Dooars area of West Bengal, specifically food rights of the tea plantation labourers....
by Geetisha Dasgupta | On 24 Jul 2015 Analysis of the long term effects of social and public health programs using household survey data requires an understanding of patterns of household recombination–that is the processes by which house...
by Andrew Foster | On 16 Jul 2015 Cross-country studies have found that hotter years are associated with lower output in poor countries. Using high-frequency micro-data from manufacturing firms in India, we show that worker heat stre...
by Anant Sudarsan | On 07 Jul 2015 This paper offers a regional overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the growing gender imbalances, as observed today in Asia. The extent and timings of the trend towards more masculine populat...
by Christophe Z. Guilmoto | On 02 Jul 2015 This paper aims at understanding the different dimensions of life cycle of a
seaport enabling the port-planners to decide on their strategies. There are
different stages in the life cycle of an orga...
by Deepankar Sinha | On 19 Jun 2015 This study analyses the urban planning efforts of the government for an explanation of some unintended outcomes. A popular perception is that development in Thimphu city could do with better planning....
by Manka Bajaj | On 16 Jun 2015 Agriculture is the single sector making most use of child labour. This Handbook offers guidance and tools for assessing the impacts of agricultural and food security programmes and projects on child l...
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN UN | On 16 Jun 2015 Faster economic growth of some of the backward states like Bihar, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh in the post 2004-05 compels us to think if it is any indicative of convergence among states of India. How...
by Anjali Masarguppi | On 10 Jun 2015 In this study an earnest attempt has been made to understand the social and environmental aspects of mangroves in Gujarat state. The study has considered various issues of social, environment and econ...
by | On 08 Jun 2015 Review of Tokyo Void: Possibilities in Absence by Marieluise Jonas and Heike Rahmann. Berlin: Jovis, 2014. pp 192. Rs. 2,100.00/- , ISBN-13: 978-3868592726.
by Milica Muminovic | On 05 Jun 2015 The comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020 was adopted by the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly in May 2013. The present report summarizes progress made in implementing the action plan. The...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jun 2015 This provides guidance on the draft action plan for better health to disable people. There are more than 1000 million people with disability worldwide, about 15% of the global population. The prevalen...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jun 2015 Urban population growth and economic growth require cities to expand into the agricultural land on their periphery. How much land is required for this extension? How much planning and direct intervent...
by Alain Bertaud | On 01 Jun 2015 This report mainly focuses on agricultural research and education so as to make the system demand-driven, enhance technology flow to farmers and bring transformational changes in Indian agriculture. T...
by Planning Commission | On 28 May 2015 The Twelfth Five Year Plan takes the view that health would entail a ‘continuum of care’ across sectors. Accordingly, the health policy & programmes will encourage a multi-sectoral approach to health....
by Planning Commission | On 28 May 2015 This report describes progress in carrying out the comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, endorsed by the Health Assembly the global strategy for infant and y...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 28 May 2015 Objectives of the Working Group is to empower the farmers to get a higher realization for their produce and a better share of the consumers’ price; recommendations have been made to improve efficiency...
by Planning Commission | On 27 May 2015 With the increasing emphasis on need for development, coupled with increasing urbanization, it is becoming apparent that the natural resources are to be used judiciously and sustainably. This report h...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 27 May 2015 The core concerns highlighted in this report of working group on child rights includes ensuring the right of all children to life, survival (especially in the context of gender-based sex selection) an...
by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 27 May 2015 The report recommends some strategic changes to the existing health programmes and schemes, such that they work in conjunction with each other and collectively contribute to building a comprehensive h...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 27 May 2015 In May 2012, the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly endorsed the global vaccine action plan in resolution and requested the Director-General to monitor progress and report annually, through the Executi...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 27 May 2015 During the 11th Plan, decentralised planning became an accepted stake for sustainable resource management, better production and accessing opportunities of livelihood for and by the people. Decentrali...
by B Chakravarty | On 26 May 2015 The document has been prepared with the basic surmise that Wildlife Management, Ecotourism and Animal Welfare are to be treated as a Priority Sector during the 12th Plan as the conservation of our nat...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI | On 26 May 2015 The Working Group aims to deliberate on the existing labour laws and the need for review of these laws in order to protect the interest of workers more effectively while at the same time promoting gro...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment GoI | On 26 May 2015 The mandate of AYUSH Department encompasses seven key areas of activity and intervention, namely AYUSH services, Medicinal Plants, Research & Development, Human Resource Development, International Col...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 26 May 2015 This Report of the Working Group on Horticulture & Plantation Crops will give renewed impetus to measures for sustained growth of India's Horticulture & Plantation Sector along with ...
by Planning Commission | On 25 May 2015 The mismatch between the supply and demand of skills requires special focus on employment sector. Growth in employment opportunities are the critical indicators of the process of development in any ec...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment GoI | On 25 May 2015 The paper aims to review the status of on-going National AIDS Control Programme with reference to objectives, strategies, plan initiatives, targets and outlays during 11th Five Year Plan and achieveme...
by National AIDS Control Programme NACP | On 25 May 2015 Eleventh Five Year Plan has focused on a model that encompass 4 per cent growth in agriculture. This was considered vital not only for improving food and nutrient security, but also for inclusive grow...
by Planning Commission | On 22 May 2015 The Working Group, in its meeting held to discuss the terms of reference to review the existing social security measures for organized workers. It is a basic human right, and its fulfillment will con...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment MoL&E | On 22 May 2015 Health research is the key to a well functioning and effective health sector in the country. The focus of the report is to identify major issues, areas for policy research in health sector for 12th Fi...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 22 May 2015 This report summarizes the progress of WHO reform since the report to the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly. It provides an update on developments in each of the three broad areas of reform (programme...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 22 May 2015 The Executive Board held its 133rd session on 29 and 30 May 2013 and its 134th session from 20 to 25 January 2014. This report summarizes the main outcomes.
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | 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 The Working Group has taken cognisance to the issues of inclusive growth. It lays emphasis on the view that employment generation should be focused on different segments of labour force – organized, u...
by Planning Commission | On 21 May 2015 The Working Group recognises the need for enhanced, inclusive and sustainable growth in rainfed areas. It identifies factors contributing to instability in production system under rainfed conditions e...
by Planning Commission | On 20 May 2015 The sub-group on NTFP under the Planning Commission Working Group on Natural Resource Management discussed the issues, challenges, potential, and scope in developing the NTFP sector in the country and...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests | On 20 May 2015 The report is a document of action-focussed legislative and pragmatic interventions to transform the existing state of Occupational Safety and Health in the country both in the formal and informal sec...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment GoI | On 20 May 2015 The paper aims to document the burden and trend of communicable diseases including emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in India and also to review the achievement of ongoing major communicabl...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 20 May 2015 This report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Small an...
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 13 May 2015 The policy aims to promote and develop sports activities and to formulate and implement plans for the promotion of sports and improvement
of standards of sports and games in the State of Tamil Nadu....
by | On 12 May 2015 Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) present this Eighth report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on water pollution in India based on C&AG Report No. 21 of 2011-12, Union Government for the year ended March 2012...
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 11 May 2015 The paper focuses on the objective of putting in place a uniform criteria to identify the BPL households in urban areas so that objectivity and transparency is ensured in delivery of benefits to the t...
by Planning Commission | On 27 Apr 2015 This Five Year Plan document focuses on Social Sectors like Health, Education, Employment and Skill Development, Women’s Agency and Child Rights, Social Inclusion.
by Planning Commission | On 23 Apr 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 Academic research has been paying little attention to the net neutrality debate in developing countries, where large content providers such as Facebook, Google and Twitter have long been executing agr...
by | On 14 Apr 2015 Maharashra Government, State Economy, Population, State income, Prices & Public Distribution System, Public Finance, Institutional Finance
& Capital Market, Agriculture & Allied Activities, infrastru...
by Government of Maharashtra | On 09 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 This study projects government spending on education, health care, and social protection in developing Asia up to 2050 as a result of demographic changes and economic growth.
by Sang-Hyop Lee | On 06 Apr 2015 This paper critically reviews the major trends in the trajectory of evolution of Indian microfinance since the early 1990s. The debates
on Indian microfinance reflect the myriad imaginations and perc...
by | On 31 Mar 2015 Is education the best contraceptive? Using the multistate human capital projection model, the authors' analysis shows that the projected changes in India population vary depending on investments in ed...
by | On 19 Mar 2015 It is the budget brief of Gujarat state for the year 2015-16.
by Saurabh Patel | On 11 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 Gujarat Budget 2015-16.
by Saurabh Patel | On 26 Feb 2015 Planning Commission’s Approach Paper to the Twelfth Plan lays down the objective for the Twelfth Plan as faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth. Unsettled global economy, volatile commodity pri...
by Planning Commission | On 24 Feb 2015 This brief uses government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) performance.
by Accountability Initiative | On 18 Feb 2015 Despite the steps towards gender responsive budgeting, the budgetary allocations for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment show a decline. Not only has the magnitude of the gender budget a...
by | On 17 Feb 2015 The "Outcome Budget" reflects the endeavour of the Government to convert "Outlays" into "Outcomes" by planning expenditure, fixing appropriate targets and quantifying deliverables of each scheme. The...
by | On 17 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 Indian Public Finance Statistics' is an annual publication prepared by the Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. This provides a comprehensive overview of the b...
by Ministry of Finance | On 10 Feb 2015 This paper proposes to question this conventional diagnosis with a case study of the capital city of India, Delhi. Based on this case study, the paper shows that the scenario of convergence towards un...
by | On 06 Feb 2015 In view of the very high share of water consumption in thermal power plants, this policy brief highlights the water-use scenario in this sector and emphasizes the need for third party/mandatory and re...
by R K Batra | On 05 Feb 2015 The paper presents some of the ideas underlying the current research program of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG). It begins with a discussion of how the institute’s pro- gra...
by Jens Beckert | On 18 Jan 2015 The political economy of health care services in India has various dimensions. Multiple systems, various types of ownership patterns and different kinds of delivery structures make up a complex plural...
by Dr. Leena Gangolli | On 26 Dec 2014 Bills Passed by Parliament during the Winter Session
by Kusum Malik | On 24 Dec 2014 This study aimed at understanding what transpired in the public hospitals of Mumbai
during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and assessed the preparedness of the hospitals to deal with such a crisis fro...
by | On 18 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 The recent decline in fertility in India has been unprecedented especially in southern India, where fertility is almost exclusively controlled by means of permanent contraceptive methods, mainly femal...
by Isabel Tiago de Oliveira | On 12 Nov 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 The National Population Policy, 2000 (NPP 2000) affirms the commitment of government towards voluntary and informed choice and consent of citizens while availing of reproductive health care services,...
by Government of Odisha | On 09 Sep 2014 Smart is as smart does. The NDA government’s proposal to build 100 “smart” cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country like India. Smart thinking will require t...
by Sunita Narain | On 21 Aug 2014 The Scheduled Castes form 16 percent of the population yet their issues have largely remained silent. It’s high time to bring into line the discord between election commitments and budgetary allocatio...
by P.S Krishnan | On 19 Aug 2014 This paper in it s f i r s t part e x a m in e s the i s s u e s r e l a t e d to decentralised planning with reference to PRIs. The second part analyses the process of planning through PRIs and su gg...
by Mahesh C Purohit | On 18 Aug 2014 The Planning Commission completed 50 years of its setting up on 15th March, 2000. At the time it was set up the purpose of the Planning Commission was to formulate the five year and the annual plans f...
by Planning Commission | On 18 Aug 2014 Problems of planning were reviewed towards the end of 1949 by the Advisory Planning Board which was appointed by the Interim Government of India, an important recommendation of the Board being the app...
by Government of India GOI | On 18 Aug 2014 Are ostensibly demand-driven public programs less susceptible to political clientelism even when private goods are allocated? This is examined using expenditure data at
the local level from India’s N...
by Megan Sheahan | On 01 Aug 2014 The report provides an account
of the State, the Party and the political system in China, which will enable a
more accurate appreciation of the Planning System and Process of the
People’s Republic....
by Institute of Chinese Stuies ICS | On 21 Jul 2014 In almost all underdeveloped countries where per capita income is very low, income inequality has resulted in a number of evils, of which poverty is certainly the most serious one. Poverty infact is a...
by Lalita Kumari | On 18 Apr 2014 Should India's export promotion policies be targeted at accelerating export growth at the extensive(new
trading relationships) or at the intensive margin (increase in trade of existing relationships)...
by C. Veeramani | On 08 Apr 2014 The report examines the data on the poor, their characteristics and attempts to profile the poor. It addresses the need to devise a vision for the Eleventh Plan, which derives from the Approach Paper...
by Planning Commission | On 04 Mar 2014 CAO received a complaint regarding IFC’s investment in CGPL from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS),
the Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights ,
representing fisher people li...
by O ffice of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman CAO | On 26 Feb 2014 All too often blinded by the dazzle of development people and planners do not see the trail of destruction that accompanies new initiatives. It need not be that way. As the case of Adani Ports and SEZ...
by Yogi Aggarwal | On 26 Feb 2014 Speech of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
introducing the Railway Budget 2014-15.
by Mallikarjun Kharge | On 14 Feb 2014 This study identifies three priority areas for India's policymakers as they try to harness economic efficiency and manage spatial equity associated with urbanization. First, to enhance productivity, i...
by World Bank | On 28 Jan 2014 This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change. The setting is a tea plantation in
India. The activity in question is tea-plucking, the output from which is measurable and contractib...
by Rajshri Jayaraman | On 24 Jan 2014 Indian Penal Code (IPC, ) is the main criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code, intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. The Code has since been amended several times and...
by Lawyers Collective | On 20 Jan 2014 The effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages are analysed over the course of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast o...
by Mark Rosenzweig | On 13 Jan 2014 This manual is a step by step guide to district planning which will assist
planners at the local, district and State levels. District planning, by taking into
account resources locally available, in...
by Planning Commission | On 07 Jan 2014 According to the Census data for 2011 which was released recently, India's population growth will steadily decline as indicated in stabilisation of Total Fertility Rate (TFR) by 2025.
The report esti...
by Government of India GOI | On 07 Nov 2013 The Central government evolved a computerization policy in 2007 to speed up the cases in the courts, hitherto proceeding at a ‘tortoise pace’. It was called ‘E-Courts Mission Mode Project’. Its object...
by Lawyers Collective | On 25 Oct 2013 In the study states’ finances is analysed to see whether all states have been able to create a fiscal space and whether their fiscal capacities have increased over time. Then the states’ spending is l...
by Kim Robin | On 23 Sep 2013 In recent years the role of a sound PFM system to achieve the objectives of fiscal discipline, strategic planning, and improved service delivery has been getting increasing public attention in India....
by Pratap Ranjan Jena | On 12 Sep 2013 Newly-available Indian panel data is used to estimate how the returns to planting-stage investments vary by rainfall realizations. [BREAD Working Paper No. 392]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/pa...
by Mark Rosenzweig | On 16 Aug 2013 With only a total land area of 30 million hectares and a population of 92.3 million growing at an average rate of 2.12 percent, how should the Philippines allocate a very scarce and important resource...
by Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO | On 24 Jul 2013 Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). [Planning Commission, GOI]. URL:[http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/12thplan/pdf/vol_1.pdf].
by Planning Commission | On 10 Apr 2013 The Minister of Finance, K.M Mani , presented the General Budget 2013 to the State Assembly on March 15,
2013. In his address, he commented on the fiscal performance of the State in 2012-13 and laid...
by Vishnu Padmanabhan | On 09 Apr 2013 The PAISA exercise uses planning
and budgeting systems as the entry point, it is an
attempt to build an empirical understanding of
current governance processes at the grassroots
to push for a larg...
by Accountability Initiative | On 29 Mar 2013 Asset quality of banks has come under increasing pressure with rising NPAs and Restructured loans. The Gross NPA ratio for the banking system, which was 2.4% in March 2011, increased to 3.6 per cent b...
by Chakrabarty K C | On 07 Mar 2013 The experiment is designed to explore the effectiveness of such sanctions in
improving repayment incentives. Groups of 10 members are provided with joint-liability loans
for a specific investment pr...
by Jean Marie Baland | On 07 Mar 2013 Budget Speech by Chidambaram.
by P Chidambaram | On 28 Feb 2013 Review of the book 'Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific: How Can Countries Adapt?' Venkatachalam Anbumozhi; Meinhard Breiling; Selvarajah Pathmarajah; Vangimalla R. Reddy (Eds)
SA...
by Sunil Nautiyal | On 21 Nov 2012 The Mid-Term Appraisal (MTA) reviews the experience in the first three years of the Plan and seeks to identify areas where corrective steps may be needed. The chapter presents a broad overview of the...
by Planning Commission | On 05 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 The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports...
by Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs YAS | On 28 Sep 2012 This paper examines the potential gender impacts of the trade
reforms in plantation agriculture in the emerging context of the two
prominent FTAs, viz. the Indo-ASEAN and the proposed EU-India FTA....
by Viswanathan P K | On 14 Sep 2012 This paper explores the evolution of two dedicated freight corridors in
India (covering a distance of around 3300 kilometers), and critique them from the perspective of
delivering the intended rail...
by Sobhesh Kumar Agarwalla | On 31 Jul 2012 The paper examines the stages and patterns of urban evolution in the Delhi metropolis and
its peri-urban areas and links the role of groundwater in urban development from the past
to the present. Wi...
by Suresh Kumar Rohilla | On 20 Jul 2012 The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most
controversial hydropower project. The 600 kilometer-long reservoir has displaced
1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc wi...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 12 Jul 2012 All known examples of life belong to the same biology, but there is increasing enthusiasm among astronomers, astrobiologists, and synthetic biologists that other forms of life may soon be discovered o...
by Gerald F Joyce | On 10 Jul 2012 Afghanistan is
an example of a ‘‘fragile state,’’ characterised
by a government that lacks the
capacity to provide core services and basic
security to its population. Improving health
care within...
by Peter Ventevogel | On 22 Jun 2012 Shallow groundwater with high arsenic concentrations from naturally occurring sources
is the primary source of drinking water for millions of people in Bangladesh. It has resulted in a
major public...
by Imran Matin | On 28 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 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 Governments across the world use estimates of people’s willingness
to pay for a reduction in the probability of death and injury to develop
a wide range of environmental, industrial and developmenta...
by South Asian Network for Development SANDEE | On 21 May 2012 Effective urban policy making and implementation in Pakistan is impeded by the problem of integrating data containing incompatible spatial references. There is great heterogeneity across spatial units...
by Sohaib Khan | On 16 May 2012 Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and
can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of pover...
by Kate McQueston | On 15 May 2012 This study examines how the changing demographics in Pakistan,
resulting primarily from fertility transition, would affect educational attainment
of school-age population during the next two decades...
by Naushin Mahmood | On 23 Apr 2012 Review of the book 'Re-visioning Indian Cities: The Urban Renewal Mission' by Christopher Manickam. Author of the book: K. C. Sivaramakrishnan, published by Sage, New Delhi.
by Christopher Manickam | On 23 Apr 2012 The Philippine domestic
economy shrunk to
3.7 percent in 2011, after a growth of 7.6 per cent in 2010. Outlook for 2012 is
relatively sanguine with
the government hinging
its optimism on robust
...
by Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO | 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 This paper discusses what is longevity risk, why it is important, approaches used by the West to manage longevity risk and what lessons can be learnt by Asian countries from the experiences of the Wes...
by Amlan Roy | 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 Budget Speech by Minister of Finance. [Government of Gujarat]. URL:[http://financedepartment.gujarat.gov.in/budget12_13_pdf/FM_Speech_English_Part_A_Final.pdf].
by Ministry of Finance Government of Gujarat | On 12 Apr 2012 SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
DATO’ SRI MOHD. NAJIB BIN TUN ABDUL RAZAK
INTRODUCING THE MOTION TO TABLE THE
TENTH MALAYSIA PLAN. [Prime Minister's office Malaysia]. URL:[http://www.pmo.gov.my/?menu=...
by Prime Minister Malaysia | On 11 Apr 2012 The single row facility layout is the NP-Hard problem of arranging facilities with given lengths on a line, so as to minimize the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities. Owing t...
by Uma Kothari | On 09 Apr 2012 The analysis of micro impacts of macroeconomic adjustment policies (MIMAP) is a relatively new discipline. It has spawned out of the concern that adjustment policies aimed to correct macroeconomic imb...
by Celia M Reyes | On 04 Apr 2012 Major shifts in the policy initiated in the electricity sector are well documented, only then the effect of the policy change can be analyzed, especially from the point of view of laying down future p...
by Planning Commission | On 19 Mar 2012 What the Budget of India, 2012-13 has got for children? [HAQCRC]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/BfC%202012-13_0.pdf].
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 19 Mar 2012 Speech of Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance, India. [Budget Speech]. URL:[http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2012-13/bs/bs.pdf].
by Pranab Mukherjee | On 16 Mar 2012 This paper analyses the impact of transmission of international oil prices and domestic oil price pass-through policy on major macroeconomic variables in India with the help of a macroeconomic policy...
by N R Bhanumurthy | 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 To greatly develop trade in services and realize the transition from a big trade country to a strong trade country, the 12th Five Year Plan is formulated based on Outline of the 12th Five Year Plan f...
by Ministry of Commerce China | On 15 Mar 2012 Budget 2012-2013
by Dinesh Trivedi | On 14 Mar 2012 This week, the finance minister presents a statement to Parliament of how much money the central government expects to raise in the next financial year, and how it will spend that money. The budget sp...
by Avinash Celestine | On 12 Mar 2012 The changing nature of tax policy in developing countries over the last 30 years is reviewed and studied the factors determining the level and structure of tax revenues in such countries and how such...
by Roy Bahl | On 07 Mar 2012 Discussion on the human rights violation of under trial prisoners.
by Ranesh Chandra Majumdar | On 06 Mar 2012 A Working Group on Child Rights was constituted by the Planning Commission to recommend priorities and strategies for children in the 12th Five year Plan 2012-17. Five Sub Groups of the Working group...
by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 06 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 prototype incentive system is developed for promoting rapid reduction of forest clearing in tropical countries. The proposed Tropical Forest Protection Fund (TFPF) is a cash-on-delivery system that...
by David Wheeler | On 09 Feb 2012 This study investigates the relationship between saving, investment and economic growth
for India over the period 1950-51 to 2007-08. The literature on the role of saving in promoting
economic growt...
by Ramesh Jangili | On 09 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 The single row facility layout problem (SRFLP) is the problem of arranging facilities with given lengths on a line, while minimizing the weighted sum of the distances between all pairs of facilities....
by Ravi Kothari | On 23 Jan 2012 The year in Parliament was characterised by frequent disruptions and protests over a host of issues.
The issue of the establishment of a Lokpal prompted both disruption as well as intense debate.
A...
by Rohit Kumar | On 02 Jan 2012 This paper uses a large panel database to investigate the determinants of forest clearing in
Indonesian kabupatens since 2005. The study incorporates short-run changes in prices and demand
for palm...
by David Wheeler | On 28 Dec 2011 India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which engulfed virtually every country in the world. We recovered from the crisis sooner than...
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 30 Nov 2011 A closed model DSGE model of the Indian economy is developed and it is estimated
by Bayesian Maximum Likelihood methods using Dynare. A model is build up in stages to
with a number of features impo...
by Vasco Gabriel | On 28 Nov 2011 This policy brief takes a preliminary look at portability of social
security in ASEAN, particularly old-age, retirement, and
survivor benefits. The next section discusses the growth of
intra-ASEAN...
by Gloria O. Pasadilla | On 28 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 The Eleventh Plan,
which had attempted to reverse deceleration of agricultural growth during the Ninth and Tenth
Plan, had some success in as foodgrains production has touched a new peak of 241.56 m...
by Vijay Paul Sharma | On 17 Nov 2011 A
bill
to provide for the establishment of an Authority to promote old age income security by
establishing, developing and regulating pension funds, to protect the interests of
subscribers to sche...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 17 Nov 2011 Sexual harassment is a global issue. In a recent case in Mumbai, two young men, Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed on 20 Oct 2011 while confronting some unknown men eve-teasing...
by Indira Gartenberg | On 14 Nov 2011 Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, a large highly industrialised, progressive state that until a decade ago, reported
remarkable progress on social and economic indices. Today, it is still a leadi...
by eSocialSciences eSS | On 11 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 study contributes to the literature by estimating discount rate for
environmental health benefits and value of statistical life of workers in
India. The discount rate is imputed from wage-risk...
by K. R. Shanmugam | On 19 Oct 2011 While examining participatory development projects, existing contributions have demonstrated how aid resources are often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source...
by G.Ananda Vadivelu | On 18 Oct 2011 We are astonishingly ignorant about how
many species are alive on earth today, and even more
ignorant about how many we can lose yet still maintain
ecosystem services that humanity ultimately depen...
by Robert M May | On 19 Sep 2011 An SIIO paradigm, based on structure and ideas that become engraved in institutions and affect
outcomes, is developed to examine and assesses monetary policy in India after independence. Narrative
h...
by Ashima Goyal | On 16 Sep 2011 In preparing the Approach Paper, the Planning Commission has consulted much more
widely than ever before recognising the fact that citizens are now much better informed and
also keen to engage. Over...
by Planning Commission, India | On 12 Sep 2011 Substantial international aid is spent reducing the cost of contraception in
developing countries, as part of a larger effort to reduce global fertility and
increase investment per child worldwide....
by Christopher McKelvey | On 09 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 Participatory irrigation management programme as a prelude to irrigation
management transfer to users is being set up by many states for over five
years now. Though it is recognized that the governm...
by R Parthasarathy | On 25 Aug 2011 This paper provides estimates of poverty and inequality across states as also for different sub-groups of
population for 2004-05 by using the old and new methods of the Planning Commission. The new m...
by Durgesh C Pathak | On 17 Aug 2011 The present study is an evaluation of the food-for-work component of Sampoorna
Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) in Satara, Aurangabad, Gadchiroli and Akola districts of
Maharashtra. SGRY was launched al...
by Manoj Panda | On 21 Jun 2011 In this paper, the author focuses on understanding why long-term development is often subjugated to other objectives in the day-to-day planning processes of the U.S. government. She proposes one way t...
by Jean Arkedis | On 21 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 The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada,...
by Chakrabarty K C | On 21 Jun 2011 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was established in 1969 to generate resources for family planning and provide global leadership on population issues. Since then, the diverse needs of countr...
by Centre for Global Development | On 30 May 2011 Good public infrastructure management means more than increasing
the quantity of infrastructure stocks; it also involves improving the
quality of infrastructure. This study seeks to document the...
by Chengfang Liu | On 25 May 2011 A tour of West Bengal on the eve of the elections and the results, April 19 – 27, 2011, recorded by a young journalist-in-the-making in a collection of SMS messages.
by Kranti S. Bhatewara | On 13 May 2011 This paper updates the Fund’s consolidated income and expenditure outlook
from the projections in January 2011. The paper incorporates and extends the income and budget projections in the companion...
by International Monetary Fund | On 13 May 2011 Lakes are an important feature of the Earth’s landscape. They are not only a significant
source of precious water, but often provide valuable habitats to plants and animals, moderate
the hydrologica...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests | On 11 May 2011 This paper contains the annual report of Ministry of Finance and Planning, Government of Sri Lanka. URL: [http://www.treasury.gov.lk/FPPFM/fpd/pdfdocs/annualreports/annualreport2009-eng.pdf]
by Ministry of Finance and Planning, Govt of Sri Lanka | On 10 May 2011 This Statement sets out the Reserve Bank’s assessment of the current macroeconomic situation and projections. URL:[http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/APS030511F.pdf].
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 03 May 2011 This paper attempts to explore a media advocacy plan to counter the aggressive marketing by the tobacco industry at family sporting events, and to shift the focus from current arguments that frame tob...
by Berkeley Media Studies Group | 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 This paper, tries to put the
current Unique Identity Project (UID) project of India into a perspective to evaluate the set of issues and
concerns, as pointed by various stakeholders and try to under...
by Rajanish Dass | On 19 Apr 2011 The Global Youth Help Desk, an initiative of the Youth Programme, was launched with much fanfare on Tuesday 12 April from 6 pm to 8 pm at the UN-HABITAT Headquarter fountain area.
by Padma Prakash | On 15 Apr 2011 This note is intended as a brief guide on how the budget papers are organised, and how to find the exact information that a reader wants (expenditure on a particular scheme of interest, or total budge...
by Avinash Celestine | On 12 Apr 2011 The emphasis laid on 4% growth in Agriculture during the 11th Five Year Plan Period underscores the importance of Agriculture to the economy of the country. Agriculture is the mainstay of Orissa's eco...
by Orissa Government | On 06 Apr 2011 With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of
the river lies at a crossroads. To inform decision-making, in October 2010, the Mekong River Commiss...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 29 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 Large publicly-held corporations or business groups in developing Asian economies are typically
controlled (and managed) by families, and tend to suffer from poor corporate governance. Even
though s...
by Sang-Woo Nam | On 24 Mar 2011 Even under conservative assumptions, IDA will likely face a wave of country
graduations by 2025. We project that it will lose more than half of its client countries
and that the total population l...
by Todd Moss | On 22 Mar 2011 This paper considers the key problems confronting the Pakistan Planning Commission; briefly examines the essentials of planning for a mixed economy; draws lessons from the experience of countrie...
by Khalid Ikram | On 09 Feb 2011 This paper employs the choice experiment method to estimate local
citizens’ valuation of a public intervention which proposes to improve the
quality of an important environmental resource, namel...
by Ekin Birol | On 09 Feb 2011 Since the 1980s, administrative reform in a number of developing countries has been directed at achieving decentralisation of planning through the use of information systems. These experiments have no...
by Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar | On 01 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 This paper probes the drivers, dimensions, achievements, and outcomes of technological
innovations carried out by SMEs in the auto components, electronics, and machine tool
sectors of Bangalore in...
by M. H. Bala Subrahmanya | On 25 Jan 2011 Information on vegetation is important for the planning of regional natural resources management carbon cycling studies, terrestrial primary productivity modeling of hydrology, energy and climate. In...
by Nepal C. Dey | On 17 Jan 2011 Understanding the morbidity profile and healthcare seeking behaviour of different
socioeconomic strata of the community is important for planning and delivery of appropriate health
services, especia...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 14 Jan 2011 The Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) was a joint initiative of the
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of Bangladesh to
achieve sustainable livelihood developm...
by Wameq Raza | On 10 Jan 2011 The Meghna-Dhonagoda Embankment (MDE) is an example of a flood control scheme which also regulates
irrigation and drainage of the area inside it. This intervention in the natural functioning of the e...
by Saira Ansary | On 06 Jan 2011 This study assessed the sex preferences in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings
in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BR...
by Rita Das Roy | On 06 Jan 2011 This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of interrelationships among the
determinants of the quality of life (QOL). They show that various measures of well-being
are highly sensitiv...
by Tauhidur Rahman | On 28 Dec 2010 The paper discuses the differences tribals and government have in understanding of and perception about the forest. It also discuses the outcomes of these differences.
by M. Suresh | On 15 Dec 2010 The Mid Term Appraisal (MTA) reviews
the experience in the first three years of the Eleventh
Plan and seeks to identify areas where
corrective steps may be needed.
The Planning Commission has deci...
by Planning Commission, India | On 14 Dec 2010 It is widely acknowledged that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have potential to play a vital role in social development. Several projects have attempted to adopt these technologies t...
by T.P. Rama Rao | On 07 Dec 2010 Rural e-Governance applications in the recent past have demonstrated the important role the
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play in the realm of rural
development. Several e-Governa...
by T.P. Rama Rao | On 07 Dec 2010 This paper attempts an economic evaluation of the Kuttanad
Development Project (henceforth referred to as KDP) whioh is part of
an overall programme of the Government of Kerala to augment the
Produ...
by K. P. Kannan | On 07 Dec 2010 E-government applications from a large number of developing countries are reviewed. Different models of electronic delivery of services are compared. Delivery through conveniently located service cent...
by Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar | On 06 Dec 2010 The Bhoomi (meaning land) project for online delivery of land records in Karnataka, India- one
of the country's 26 states- shows that making government services available to citizens in a
transparen...
by Mr. Rajeev Chawla | On 02 Dec 2010 The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better.
The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics.
The paper examines t...
by G. Raghuram | On 30 Nov 2010 This paper introduces two composite indices of globalization. The first is based on the
Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine and the second is obtained from principal component
analysis. They indicate...
by Almas Heshmati | On 30 Nov 2010 Female education and family planning are both critical for sustainable development, and they obviously merit expanded support without any appeal to global climate considerations. However, even relativ...
by David Wheeler | On 29 Nov 2010 Mega projects (primarily infrastructure) receive a sizable investment (~10%) of the gross fixed
capital formation in India. Environmental clearances and land acquisitions have been the two
major rea...
by G. Raghuram | On 25 Nov 2010 Issues related to the volatility of aid flows are now becoming crucial in view of their
relevance to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The paper
examines aid volatility using da...
by David Fielding | On 15 Nov 2010 This paper examines regional heterogeneity both from statistical
and cartographic perspectives, using factor analysis of non-demographic
data, models of fertility determinants and district-wise mapp...
by Christophe Z. Guilmoto | On 11 Nov 2010 The general concern over the salary and pension liabilities of the
government and the concomitant government announcements in the recent past
to contain them at a sustainable level need to be contin...
by Pronab Sen | On 25 Oct 2010 The construction of Tipaimukh dam by India on the international Barak river has raises a number of questions in relation to successful implementation of World Commission on Dams (WCD) recommendation o...
by Zakir Kibria | On 19 Oct 2010 This paper attempts to fill gaps faced by policymakers and practitioners in the evaluation of cross-border infrastructure projects. It first defines what constitutes cross-border infrastructure projec...
by Manabu Fujimura | On 07 Oct 2010 This report studies the ongoing resettlement for the middle route of the South-North Water
Transfer Project at Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The Water Transfer Project is China’s
biggest wat...
by International Rivers Network IRN | On 30 Sep 2010 This essay reviews important demographic trends expected to occur between 2010 and 2050, indicates some of their implications for economic and global development, and suggests some possible policies t...
by Joel E. Cohen | On 29 Sep 2010 The Indian Railways (IR) have grand plans. They would like to leapfrog to a higher growth trajectory during
2010-20. Towards this, they would like to see a total investment of Rs 14,00,000 crores (cr...
by G. Raghuram | On 23 Sep 2010 Tables are created to more clearly
describe the diversity of the adolescent experience by drawing on the rich
Demographic and Health Survey data. [Pop Council].
by Population Council | On 17 Sep 2010 The functioning of healthcare sector could be substantially influenced by the design and
implementation of regulatory policies that govern the behaviour of various stakeholders. The
empirical challe...
by Vangal R Muraleedharan | On 16 Sep 2010 The state of a nation is nowhere better mirrored than in its architecture.Our buildings reflect our economic and social strength, our values, our concern for environment, art, culture and beauty. Arch...
by Gautam Patel | On 15 Sep 2010 The importance of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in explaining output changes is widely
accepted, yet its sources are not well understood. We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations...
by Sanghamitra Das | On 13 Sep 2010 The primary focus of the paper is to analyze the Indian Tiger Conservation program –
Project Tiger. The circumstances that lead to and the conditions under which the program
was launched are discuss...
by Varun Khandelwal | On 03 Sep 2010 Development projects do not continue for infinite duration. Funding and implementing
agencies withdraw from the program area after a certain point of time. Phasing out of
programs is a critical phas...
by Bikram Gupta | On 02 Sep 2010 Knowledge of demand structure and consumer behaviour is essential for a wide range of development policy questions like improvement in nutritional status, food subsidy, sectoral and macroeconomic poli...
by Surabhi Mittal | On 25 Aug 2010 This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the
Planning Commission with earlier estimates of the 1980s and 1990s, focusing on the
methodology and database used for estim...
by K.L. Datta | On 11 Aug 2010 BRAC designed and implemented a project namely Kallyan project aiming to
improve the quality of life of the retrenched workers of state-owned enterprises of
Bangladesh. This study aimed to map the p...
by Narayan Chandra Das | On 28 Jul 2010 Though the need for "planning from below!', and the
potentialities of district development planning from this point
of view, have been recognized for a long time the progress mood
in this direction...
by K. N. Raj | On 27 Jul 2010 The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals,
pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply
projections for food items d...
by Surabhi Mittal | On 26 Jul 2010 This brief will argue that Constituency Development Funds (CDFs) have a negative impact on accountability and service delivery that most poor countries can ill afford. The risks associated with CDFs s...
by Albert van Zyl | On 08 Jul 2010 Capitalizing on recent estimates of infrastructure financing requirements in Asia, this paper frames a scenario for infrastructure development in the region and estimates the external effects of infra...
by Fan Zhai | On 30 Jun 2010 In this paper an
analytical critique of the law and restrictions as also of the framework of urban
planning and a justification for why major change is required in the approach
to land markets, lan...
by Sebastian Morris | On 29 Jun 2010 This paper looks at the possible impact of ongoing tariff negotiations on South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, at an aggregate level or at the Multilateral T...
by Prabhash Ranjan | On 21 Jun 2010 Public Works Department is engaged in planning, designing, construction and maintenance of
government assets in the field of built environment and infrastructure development. This paper talks about...
by Sabith Ullah Khan | On 16 Jun 2010 Many believe that increasing the quantity of children will lead to a decrease in their
quality. This paper exploits plausibly exogenous changes in family size caused by relax-
actions in China's One...
by Nancy Qian | On 14 Jun 2010 This paper discusses the case of Indian nurses who take up their
profession as part of a family strategy, where planning for education and
migration are intrinsic to the whole process. In effect, th...
by Sreelekha Nair | On 03 Jun 2010 We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent l...
by Quy-Toan Do | On 02 Jun 2010 The discussion focusses on women in poverty their
concentration in rural and urban areas, and the organisational approach for their mobilization
and empowerment. Maximum emphasis has been placed on...
by Narayana K Banerjee | On 17 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 present study attempts a quantitative assessment of the impact of recently signed ASEAN-India FTA
(AIFTA) for selected plantation commodities (coffee, tea and pepper) in India. Partial
equilibri...
by C. Veeramani | On 20 Apr 2010 This research paper analyses Government policy with regard to Jhuggi-Jhopri clusters- a
particular type of housing present in Delhi. These colonies are perceived to be illegal by the
Government. Wit...
by Eshaan Puri | On 13 Apr 2010 Delhi is believed to be dil of India. It features historic attractions tracing our evolution from the past
to the present. The legacy includes architecture of every description, which never ceases to...
by Shiva Mishra | On 01 Apr 2010 The attention of the media and planners has been focussed almost exclusively on rural and tribal malnutrition. However, malnutrition among urban children, particularly the economically vulnerable slum...
by Neeraj Hatekar | On 22 Mar 2010 This report is a comprehensive and analytical compilation of health care development of Assam bringing together all available information and data on health and health care.
by Indranee Dutta | On 09 Feb 2010 This paper estimates
the storm protection benefits due to mangroves during the super cyclone of 1999 in Orissa.
By combining GIS data with census information, the paper examines the mangrove mediate...
by Saudamini Das | On 25 Jan 2010 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 addresses issues related to public private partnerships that can enable delivery
of comprehensive health care to rural communities.
by Prachi Shukla | On 25 Nov 2009 The time may have come to stop thinking of five-year plans, and to focus instead on 10- and 20-year scenarios.
by T.N. Ninan | On 23 Nov 2009 This report summarises findings from the USAID-sponsored project on models of financing for slum upgrading in India, undertaken on behalf of SPARC,a Mumbai-based NGO involved in slum upgrading and th...
by Sally Merrill | On 19 Nov 2009 A qualitative study was conducted in the six states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Haryana to understand the socio-economic, cultural and demographic features a...
by Indian Trust for Innovation and Social Change ITISC | On 12 Nov 2009 Various issues related to delays and cost overruns in publically funded infrastructure projects are investigated. The study is based on, by far, the largest data-set of 850 projects across seventeen i...
by Ram Singh | On 11 Nov 2009 This paper distinguishes the Intellectual Property Rights relevant to agriculture and
explain these rights. The international intellectual property law for
these rights will be described. India's in...
by Jayashree Watal | On 03 Nov 2009 Private practice in the health sector was re-introduced from 1980, when China began its economic reform from a planned economy to a market economy. But today the total number of private sector provide...
by Ying Bian | On 30 Sep 2009 This paper is an attempt to apply the technique of social cost - benefit analysis to the problem of choice of technology in building construction in Kerala. [WP No. 30].
by K P Kannan | On 21 Sep 2009 This study investigates the water demand of Indian manufacturing plants. It adopts an input distance function approach and approximates it by a translog form. Duality between cost function and input d...
by Surender Kumar | On 17 Aug 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 The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) was launched by the Government of India in the year 1985 with the objective of abatement of pollution in the river Ganga due to discharge of sewage into the river from the...
by Kirit Parikh | On 03 Jul 2009 This publication was produced as a direction to increase the capability
of Member States to plan and implement nuclear power programmes and to establish and
enhance national nuclear infrastructure....
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 19 Jun 2009 This paper presents a lecture delivered by the author under The Pravin Visaria Public Lecture in GIDR. India has made considerable demographic progress since 1947; however it seems that the country’s...
by Tim Dyson | On 16 Jun 2009 This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component techniq...
by Rajesh Shukla | On 12 Jun 2009 This paper deals with the nationalist discourse in Maharashtra spanning over forty years. This discourse argued that educating women and non-Brahmins would amount to a loss of nationality. The nationa...
by Parimala V Rao | On 11 Jun 2009 Widespread discontent among the people has plagued the Indian polity for sometime now. It has often led to unrest, sometimes of a violent nature. Over the years, statutory enactments and institutional...
by Expert Group Planning Commission | On 06 Jun 2009 This 'Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan' presents the quantitative basis for determining the targets and projections on employment, and the related variables given in the El...
by Planning Commission Labour, Employment & Manpower Division | On 06 Jun 2009 This toolkit is designed to help one plan and hold an exhibition to disseminate ones research for a non-academic audience. It draws mainly on our experiences of organising an exhibition in connection...
by Hazel Burke | On 05 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 End stage organ failure is very distressing condition. Initially, there was only palliativetreatment for end stage organ failure such as hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Later on, the advancement...
by Viroj Tangcharoensathien | On 04 Jun 2009 Development scholars view corruption as a leading cause of persistent poverty in less development countries. The paper mainly studies dynamic incentives for corruption in one of the world’s largest pu...
by Paul Niehaus | On 03 Jun 2009 This paper is mainly concerned about the approaches to rural women’s development and an understanding of their work roles in the planning strategies. Changes in the economic and social participation o...
by Kumud Sharma | On 03 Jun 2009 This paper is about hopscotching, and in turn jumps over many disciplinary categories, from literature to gender studies to development studies. At one level this is the voice of the interdisciplinary...
by Barnita Bagchi | On 29 May 2009 India’s foreign policy has had an anomalous quality since the time Jawaharlal Nehru resolutely attempted to steer clear of Cold War alliances. This continues to be so given India’s unique situation of...
by Sushil J Aaron | On 21 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 Macroeconomic modelling is generally motivated by two objectives: forecasting and more significantly, policy analysis. In pursuit of both these objectives,
every model must ideally satisfy four crite...
by V. Pandit | On 16 May 2009 This paper offers a review of the concepts and definitions used in the NSS Employment-Unemployment Surveys (EUS, for short) which have remained virtually unchanged since they were introduced in the NS...
by K. Sundaram | On 15 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 authors draws the reader’s attention to the twin toxic hazards that is radiation and chemicals linger , the author effectively fused the pre-existent pollution concerns of urban and industrial ref...
by D. A Christie | On 06 May 2009 This paper discusses if the Olymipic Games presented a change- not change along the lines of South Koreas leap towards democracy after the Seol Olympics, but some small shift- and how the nature of it...
by Jane Macartney | On 05 May 2009 This paper presents a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including having income generating productive...
by Jeemol Unni | On 01 May 2009 The document takes into account the developments relating to the safety of nuclear power plants since the Code on Design was last revised. These developments include the issuing of the Safety
Fundame...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 22 Apr 2009 The
paper’s focus is on successful Chinese policies that can be emulated by other countries to an extent (within certain bounds) which mentined in the article. The author is not trying to draw lesson...
by Arvind Virmani | On 22 Apr 2009 Budget speech of finance minister
by Orissa Government | On 13 Mar 2009 Speech of Lalu Prasad
by Ministry of Railways | On 13 Feb 2009 A multi-partner EPI Review in India was conducted to help influence the practices of routine immunization and articulate CARE’s potential role in establishing linkage between MOH, ICDS, and communitie...
by Robert Steinglass | On 20 Oct 2008 It was considered important to undertake a broad-spectrum enquiry into the World Bank and the functioning of its allies and to review their impacts nationally. This is the origin of the Independent Pe...
by Independent People's Tribunal | On 24 Sep 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 2008 Budget presented by His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa
by Ministry of Finance and Planning Sri Lanka | On 18 Sep 2008 This study assesses the Five Year Plans and relevant government policies adopted to garner India's climate change goals and priorities. It attempts to highlight key climate change concerns from a brie...
by Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD | On 17 Sep 2008 Volume III Eleventh Five year plan
by Planning Commission, India | On 18 Aug 2008 Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-12
by Planning Commission, India | On 06 Aug 2008 The Eleventh Plan addresses itself to the challenge of making growth both faster and more inclusive. The rapid growth achieved in the past several years demonstrates that we have learnt how to bring a...
by Planning Commission, India | On 29 Jul 2008 A monthly compilation by IRIS.
by IRIS India IRIS | On 09 Apr 2008 CELENTA's STORY: Government schemes do little to change attitudes
GROWING INEQUITIES: Maharashtra's poor cannot access healthcare
VOTE BANK POLITICS: Small family not important in UP
QUACK TRAP: Qu...
by Health eNewsletter | On 02 Apr 2008 A glance at the budget presented by the government of Rajasthan 2008-09.
by Rajasthan Government | On 05 Mar 2008 Budget for Children (BfC) is not a separate budget. It is merely an attempt to disaggregate from the overall budget, the allocations made specifically for programmes that benefit children. From 2000-0...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 04 Mar 2008 Review of
Locked in Place: State-building and Late Industralization in India
By Vivek Chibber;
Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford,
by N.S. Siddharthan | On 25 Feb 2008 Quick findings for feedback as well as further analysis. [Contact Pravas Ranjan Mishra CYSD, E-1, Institutional Area, RRL PO., Bhubaneswar India - 751 013
Tel. +91-674-2300774, 2301725 Fax: +91-674-...
by Orissa Government | On 22 Feb 2008 The paper compares policy responses of China and India to the global requirements of trade and environment regimes as well as the domestic compulsions are compared.
by Sankar U | On 11 Feb 2008 A bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for mat...
by Lok Sabha | On 07 Feb 2008 This manual is intended to help local governments to uphold the human rights of women, by involving them in identifying their needs and with their participation, to find possible solutions and move to...
by Aleyamma Vijayan | On 04 Feb 2008 The IAEA topical seminar on Financing of Nuclear Power Projects in Developing Countries reaffirmed that a major requirement for and constraint on the development of nuclear power projects in developin...
by International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | On 14 Jan 2008 The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effe...
by Planning Commission, India | On 28 Nov 2007 Performance Budget for 2005-2006 of Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH).
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 06 Nov 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 A research framework is proposed that needs to be pursued in order to achieve RCH goals in time bound manner. It is being argued that need for additional research inputs largely stems from the current...
by Dinesh Agarwal | On 01 Oct 2007 COMMENTARY
US Designs on South Asia 2
123 Agreement 4
Srikrishna Commission 8
Karbi Killings 10
Dalit Atrocity in UP 11
FEATURE
Land Struggle and State
Repression in AP 12
UPDATE
Khammam an...
by Liberation | On 20 Sep 2007 As Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights have been extended to agriculture, member countries are forced to provide intellectual property protection to plant varieties. As a member coun...
by Lalitha N | On 28 Aug 2007 Indigenous Modernities: Negotiating Architecture and Urbanism by Jyoti Hosagrahar; Routledge,New York; 2005. xiii + 234 pp., $43.95 (paper).
by Amita Sinha | On 23 Aug 2007 The Budget is an important tool in the hands of the state for affirmative action for improvement of gender relations through reduction of gender gap in the development process. It can help to reduce e...
by Vibhuti Patel | On 03 Aug 2007 National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tried and tested tool for summarizing, describing, and analyzing the financing of national health systems. The estimates prepared provide clues regarding the essent...
by National Health Acounts Cell NHA Cell | On 05 Jul 2007 The Budget for 2007-08, the year being the first year of the Eleventh Plan, has done reasonable justice to support the Plan and take Kerala on a higher growth path. However, there are external constr...
by K.Ramachandran Nair | On 27 Mar 2007 This study investigates the role of common property resources as a source of sustainable income in the context of opportunities created by economic development. Commercialization of the common can inc...
by Purnamita Dasgupta | On 27 Mar 2007 Budget presentation by finance minister 2007-08
by Rajasthan Government | On 19 Mar 2007 Ever since plantation agriculture initiated by European capital and enterprise became an important form of exploitation of resources in the colonies, small holdings and small holders in the plantation...
by Michael Tharakan | On 05 Mar 2007 Opposing views persist with regard to the emergence of plantations
in southern India and the transfer of slave labour to these plantations: the abolition of slavery as an end in itself and, second, a...
by K. Ravi Raman | On 02 Mar 2007 It is unrealistic to expect all problems to be solved in one budget. But it is possible for one budget to do a great deal of damage
by Vinod Vyasulu | On 27 Feb 2007 In many countries, the number of patients waiting for a kidney transplant is increasing.
But there is a widespread and serious shortage of kidneys for transplantation, a shortage that can lead to suf...
by Tarif Bakdash | On 23 Jan 2007 This article discusses the art of deliberately creating a global city for Asiain Singapore. Twnty-first century cities exist in order to allow human interaction and enhance lifestyle. Such clusters...
by Sanjeev Sanyal | On 09 Jan 2007 Historically, Bangalore’s growth and physical spread had been dictated by the
location decisions of certain important industrial, institutional and residential activities, rather than as an outcome...
by G.S. Sastry | On 04 Dec 2006 Reform in the People's Republic of China has seen a dramatic change in the discourse of localism, which has now moved from being a political crime to being a technique for encouraging entrepreneuriali...
by David S. G. Goodman | On 21 Nov 2006 Highlights:
Cultural Politics of Environment and Development: The Indian Experience
Amita Baviskar
Participatory Governance and Institutional Innovation – A Case of Andhra Pradesh Forestry Project...
by Madras Institute of Development Studies | On 08 Nov 2006 To power national development, the government organized electricity
production and distribution as a state-owned vertically integrated utility, structured and operated under central planning. Electri...
by Chi Zang | On 25 Oct 2006 Various policies and programmes implemented avowedly for the benefits of the tribal people have resulted in alienation and degradation of tribesfolk. This detailed study of Kerala's Irular tribal comm...
by Mariamma J. Kalathil | On 20 Oct 2006 This paper will begin by reviewing the political assumptions of the nature of
citizenship underlying T.H. Marshall’s argument for ‘social rights’; it will
provide a critique of human rights discours...
by Michael Neocosmos | On 29 Aug 2006 The upward harmonization through TRIPS, the TRIPS Plus provision in
various bilateral and free trade agreements is resulting in the global
spread of the enclosure with nation states acting as guaran...
by Krishna Ravi Srinivas | On 29 Aug 2006 This paper engages with the literature on intellectual property rights by adopting an evolutionary economist’s approach to the study of technologies.
by Dwijen Rangnekar | On 29 Aug 2006 Rather paradoxically the promotion of intellectual property rights, aimed at solving the incentive problem, might actually hinder innovation. This paper engages with this literature by adopting an evo...
by Dwijen Rangnekar | On 17 Aug 2006 In the light of the observations of the Supreme Court in its order dated 17th
April 2006, the Prime Minister constituted the Sardar Sarovar Project Relief &
Rehabilitation Oversight Group. The manda...
by V.K. Shunglu | On 28 Jul 2006 preliminary critique of the Draft Approach Paper to the Eleventh Five Year Plan released recently by the Planning Commission was submitted by the representatives of six women’s organizations on the 11...
by Sudha Sundararaman | On 19 Jul 2006 The 11th Plan provides an opportunity to restructure policies to achieve a new
vision of growth that will be much more broad based and inclusive, bringing about a
faster reduction in poverty and hel...
by Planning Commission | On 19 Jul 2006 Do we aspire to be a ‘global’ city like Shanghai, with all the spit and polish to attract foreign investors by the drove? Or can we aim to be a city with a sustainable plan for its development – one t...
by Kalpana Sharma | On 13 Jul 2006 This consultancy reports on the social impact of large dams in Latin America, with a
specific focus on distributional and equity issues. It is based on the author's research on the binational Yacyret...
by Carmen Ferradas | On 01 Jun 2006 Decisions on infrastructure development that may be critical to people's health status are, however, made without proper consultation of health authorities and experts. When negative health impacts oc...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jun 2006 On November 28, 2003, roughly 300 grassroots activists, people affected by
large dams and representatives from NGOs gathered in a small village in Rasi
Salai district in Northeast Thailand. They met...
by Susanne Wong | On 25 Apr 2006 Ensuing changes in the socio-economic structures and policies have a gender dimension and differentially impact on men and women. Prevailing ideas about gender relationships create an unequal access f...
by Veena Poonacha | On 21 Apr 2006 The recent judgments and orders from various levels of higher judiciary indicate a drastic shift in their outlook and approach. A close look reveals two trends developing within the judiciary. Firstly...
by M.B.Rajesh | On 31 Mar 2006 This paper tries to examine the sustainability aspect of the rate of growth (rog) in recent years, designated as ‘the second phase of liberalisation’. This paper is based on the Keynesian framework wh...
by Anamitra Roychowdhury | On 29 Mar 2006 There has been a perception that since the introduction of what have derisively
been called “neo-liberal” reforms, the social sectors i.e. those dealing with
education and health, have suffered. Is...
by Ajit Karnik | On 07 Mar 2006 Central Ethics Committee on Human Research (CECHR) was
constituted under the chairmanship of Honourable Justice Shri M.N.
Venkatachaliah by the then Director General, Dr. G.V. Satyavati to consider
...
by Indian Council of Medical Research | On 08 Feb 2006 This paper deals with the challenges of fiscal federalism in
planned economies. Planned economies through their various policy instruments to
control the resource allocation introduce several source...
by M.Govinda Rao | On 06 Feb 2006 In his early years, B S Minhas, who passed away recently, enriched economics with his valued theoretical contributions that are today an integral part of economic literature. These were both acknowled...
by Deena Khatkhate | On 21 Nov 2005 Cost effective policies allow minimising the compliance costs associated to
reaching a desired environmental quality target. In this paper a conceptual model has been developed to examine the complia...
by Rita Pandey | On 11 Nov 2005 Essentially, the Outcome Budget (OB) as formulated now is nothing more than the performance budget with a promise that it would be extended to non-plan outlays too. As an idea, regardless of the labe...
by A. Premchand | On 20 Sep 2005 The Constitution of India has more than 20 Articles on the redressal and upliftment of the underprivileged following the policy of positive discrimination and affirmative action, particularly with ref...
by D. Swaminadhan | On 10 Sep 2005 In the context of the new perspective that looks at men as potential partners in reproductive health, this study focuses on how men’s participation encourages women to utilise health services for impr...
by G Rama Padma | On 10 Sep 2005 |