The report shows that the two-fold danger to which many women journalists are subjected is far too common, not only in traditional reporting fields as well as new digital areas and the Internet, but a...
by | On 08 Mar 2021 Our industry has an overall 90:10 gender split in leadership positions. The ratio is improving in pre-media, publishing and media. Can we do more to address the gender imbalance in the industry? [Fir...
by | On 08 Mar 2021 Money-spinning school sports tournaments and games are about to be revived, albeit with COVID restrictions, even as sports grounds in schools are deteriorating and disappearing. The National Educatio...
by Padma Prakash | On 02 Aug 2020 The pandemic has inevitably prompted a spike in the coverage of science, in the form of medical research and health sciences. Will this lead to better attention to science in the media? Will it promp...
by Padma Prakash | On 30 Jun 2020 The present study used surely research methods to gauge the extent of knowledge regarding the SARS-CoV-2virus and the disease it causes, COVID19, among a section of the Indian population. Some 3500 pe...
by Gauhar Raza | On 16 Jun 2020 New Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models with various specifications of technology, markup and interest rate shocks are estimated with Indian data using Kalman filter based p...
by Ashima Goyal | On 25 Apr 2019 This paper empirically examines the “defensive innovation” hypothesis that firms with higher exposure to low-wage economy import competition intensively undertake more innovative activity by using a h...
by Nobuaki Yamashita | On 01 Apr 2019 In various Asian countries, international trade has raised productivity, lowered mark ups through import competition (while increasing them through cheaper inputs that can be imported), raised wages,...
by Devashish Mitra | On 22 Jan 2019 This paper analyses competition in a two sided market with congestion. The existing literature’s pricing mechanisms of two-sided markets has concluded that pricing mechanism depends on the following t...
by Swapnil Sharma | On 27 Dec 2018 This paper develops an environmental dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (E-DSGE) model with heterogeneous production sectors. In particular, the model comprises some low-carbon emission firms that...
by Maria Teresa Punzi | On 19 Oct 2018 Lack of access to reliable information on environmental exposure limits opportunities for risk avoiding behavior, particularly in developing countries. Private markets could potentially play a role in...
by Ricardo Maertens | On 04 Oct 2018 The recent rise of dockless bike-sharing is dominated by two platforms: one started first in 82 Chinese cities, 59 of which were subsequently entered by the second platform. Using these variations, th...
by Guangyu Cao | On 01 Sep 2018 Education and training for productive employment play a crucial role in the social and economic plans of a developing country like the Philippines. Technical and vocational education and training (TVE...
by Madeline Dumaua-Cabautan | On 30 Aug 2018 Education and training for productive employment play a crucial role in the social and economic plans of a developing country like the Philippines. Technical and vocational education and training (TVE...
by Madeline Dumaua-Cabautan | On 30 Aug 2018 Innovation is the synergistic use of resources, technology, capital, and information to achieve growth at different levels of the economy. Many studies abroad have already supported the hypothesis tha...
by Connie Bayudan-Dacuycuy | On 27 Aug 2018 The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with fossil fuel-based energy projects, because the operating costs for renewable energy...
by Purkayastha Dhruba | On 13 Aug 2018 This paper verifies the impact of bank account information, such as information on deposits and withdrawals, that is not necessarily fully accounted for in conventional internal ratings and that can a...
by Naoko Nemoto | On 10 Aug 2018 Valuing climate information is now an important discourse in mainstream economic thinking with the development of the von Neumann-Morgenstern utility hypothesis and of the refinement of decision theor...
by Celia M. Reyes | On 06 Jul 2018 This paper evaluates the parental response to non-cognitive variation across siblings in rural Gansu province, China, employing a household fixed effects specification; the non-cognitive measures of i...
by Jessica Leight | On 26 Jun 2018 This paper uses measures of international transport time, in median and standard deviation, based on shipment-level data from the Universal Postal Union, to analyze the effect of time on trade costs....
by Utsav Kumar | On 14 Jun 2018 In many developing countries, the average firm is small, does not grow and has low productivity. Lack of market integration and limited information on non-local products often leave consumers unaware...
by Robert T. Jensen | On 12 Jun 2018 Recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) – a general purpose technology affecting many industries - has been focused on advances in machine learning, which recast as a quality adjusted drop in...
by Ajay K. Agrawal | On 12 Jun 2018 This paper studies the effects of firms’ investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their demand for female and skilled workers. Using the gradual liberalization of the broadba...
by Natalie Chun | On 31 May 2018 Recent
progress
in
artificial intelligence (AI)
– a general purpose technology affecting many industries -
has been focused on
advances in
machine learning, which we
recast...
by | On 30 May 2018 Digital technologies are increasingly underpinning almost all aspects of daily life, including health care. But there is not yet sufficient awareness of the issues to be considered when investing in d...
by Peter Drury | On 29 May 2018 In the context of declining degrees of vertical integration in major
industries of Indian
manufacturing sector during the post
-
reform period, the present paper is an att...
by Pulak Mishra | On 15 May 2018 Media freedom continued to deteriorate in the first four months of 2018 in India. The Report documents killings of media persons and attacks on journalists as well as the use of regulatory policy and...
by | On 03 May 2018 How do import tariffs and R&D subsidies help domestic firms compete globally? How do these policies affect aggregate growth and economic welfare? To answer these questions, the paper builds a dynamic...
by Ufuk Akcigit | On 02 May 2018 Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cover a wide range of industries and play a major role in
both developed and developing economies. They are considered as significant sources of
ent...
by Navyashree G. R. | On 19 Apr 2018 The role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in driving economic growth has been well established
in the literature. By reducing communication and transaction costs, and improving the...
by K L Krishna | On 04 Apr 2018 The paper builds a novel stochastic dynamic regional integrated assessment model (IAM) of the climate and economic system including a number of important climate science elements that are missing in m...
by Yongyang Cai | On 04 Apr 2018 The conventional theory of human capital developed by Becker (1962) and Mincer (1974) views education and training as the major sources of human capital accumulation that, in turn, have direct and pos...
by Zafar Mueen Nasir | On 29 Mar 2018 Naga newspapers’ unwillingness to engage with the real issues plaguing the state was on display in the recent elections.
by Vikas Kumar | On 24 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 The PILER 2015 Report on the Status of Labour Rights, fifth in the series, based on secondary research, aims to present an overview of the status of labour and the issues in the year impacting labour...
by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER) | On 21 Mar 2018 The paper says that the gender has been largely ignored at the theoretical, empirical and policy design levels, thereby perpetuating gender biases in the actual working of economies, promoting gender...
by Rizwana Siddiqui | On 20 Mar 2018 In this paper we show that firms might get an additional strategic benefit from using
marginal-cost-reducing investments in conjunction with a managerial incentive scheme. While both
these instrumen...
by | On 12 Mar 2018 Online reviews are a powerful means of propagating the reputations of products, services, and even employers. However, existing research suggests that online reviews often suffer from selection bias—p...
by Ioana Marinescu | On 07 Mar 2018 Two students Gretchen Barretto and Shubhankar Shah created this video where they worked on a social project where they wanted to see how people react when they are called beautiful.
by Gretchen Barretto | On 05 Mar 2018 The paper examines how endogenous social preferences could affect economic incentive design to encourage biodiversity protection on private land. A 'green' farmer may enjoy esteem from leading by exam...
by Rupayan Pal | On 22 Feb 2018 The paper delineates various paradigms and trajectories followed in information and
communication technologies since the invention of first mechanical computer in 1822. The
authors argue that next g...
by | On 13 Feb 2018 This paper offers an analysis of the causes behind the changing philosophy and practices of one of the well-known crime organizations from India to move closer towards terrorism to support its crimina...
by Ajey Lele | On 09 Feb 2018 This paper aims to scrutinize the dilemmas involved in governing sustainable cities, and it offers a suggestion for how the challenge might be addressed.
by Joakim Öjendal | On 08 Feb 2018 What happens when a female sports reporter is sexually harassed?
Working in sports media seems glamorous. But what happens when a female sports reporter is sexually harassed?
by | On 06 Feb 2018 The paper find technical changes and the degree of inefficiency are related with the magnitude of multipliers, but we leave a fundamental identification problem to future research.
by Kim Gui | On 30 Jan 2018 The climate for journalism in India grew steadily adverse in 2017. A host of perpetrators made reporters and photographers, even editors, fair game as there were murders, attacks, threats, and cases...
by The Hoot the hoot.org | On 24 Jan 2018 The brief narrates that the twenty-first century marked paradigm shifts in the changing world order.
by W.Lawrence S.Prabhakar | On 22 Jan 2018 The paper says that although the Maoist leaders sense that there is little option to unification of the two Maoist parties, there are major challenges ahead, mainly for Dahal who will have to leave th...
by Akanshya Shah | On 18 Jan 2018 How does the reform of state institutions shape prospects for peace after war? Existing re-
search on the institutional causes of peace focuses on how institutional designs, as the out-
comes of ref...
by Julia Strasheim | On 17 Jan 2018 A selective survey of recent papers in the area of technological change, automation and employment is presented. The objective is to convey analytical ideas and the empirical evidence that have inform...
by K. V. Ramaswamy | On 16 Jan 2018 This study analyses the concerns/challenges in executing the operational targets set under the UDAY
scheme for two DISCOMs in Karnataka, namely, Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited
(MESCOM)...
by Rishu Garg | On 11 Jan 2018 This paper seeks to support the on-going negotiations by identifying common ground and differences with respect to notifications and transparency, analysing the feasibility of various ideas, and discu...
by Arthur Appleton | On 20 Dec 2017 This paper studies of couple evidence from a real-world implementation of pharmacogenomic testing with a discrete event simulation model. It uses the framework to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of va...
by John A. Graves | On 18 Dec 2017 The study says that the said passage has led to the decline of medicine prices since 2009, primarily through the efforts of the Department of Health (DOH) to implement the law using measures on maximu...
by Ramon Clarete | On 12 Dec 2017 In the context of declining degrees of vertical integration in major industries of Indian manufacturing sector during the post-reform period, the present paper is an attempt to examine how such ‘verti...
by Pulak Mishra | On 11 Dec 2017 In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in history, in an attempt to further alleviate poverty and as a complement to the Social Protection Card (KP...
by Achmad Tohari | On 20 Nov 2017 The Author considers outsourcing decision of a firm in a Cournot duopoly with incomplete information. There is incomplete information about the production technology of one firm. It is shown that outs...
by Tarun Kabiraj | On 14 Nov 2017 The banking sector of Pakistan has witnessed a notable transformation in its structure and business
activities following the implementation of financial sector reforms since the early 1990s. Specific...
by Mahmood ul Hasan Khan | On 09 Oct 2017 The present study has first examined whether ICT development can be an
important determinant of Financial Inclusion by using a fixed effect panel
data model. The results show that ICT is indeed an i...
by Amrita Chatterjee | On 25 Sep 2017 The Laspeyres-type consumer price index (CPI) is traditionally used to measure the changes in cost-of-living over time. Studies indicate this CPI suffers from a plutocratic bias, attaching greater wei...
by Dilip M. Nachane | On 18 Sep 2017 This paper introduces a new dataset of orders passed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the insolvency cases under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code or IBC. It builds this dataset to atte...
by Sreyan Chatterjee | On 18 Sep 2017 The paper discusses the nature and extent of non-farm activities in India using India Human Development Survey unit record data. An exercise carried out to understand the determinants of income from n...
by Meenakshi Rajeev | On 11 Sep 2017 The culture of competition cultivates flexibility and adaptability that enable the economy to cope better with a constantly changing environment.
by Erlinda M. Medalla | On 07 Sep 2017 This paper attempts to outline a number of points, which would help to develop a more superior external intelligence infrastructure.
by Shantanu Bansal | On 28 Aug 2017 The paper argues that as bankers consider deposits a means for security, easy and attractive deposit schemes should be introduced in rural areas.
by Gagan Bihari Sahu | On 23 Aug 2017 Will women benefit from the rapid automation and digitisation that is set to change the world of work as we know it? How can we ensure that women’s economic interests are brought into focus, and that...
by Becky Faith | On 16 Aug 2017 The present study is an attempt to examine the impact of international trade on manufacturing productivity in India. The literature on international trade suggests that the productivity of domestic ma...
by R Rijesh | On 09 Aug 2017 In the Indian context, the present literature on estimation of potential output - the level of output that an economy can produce sustainably over the medium term is based on an understanding that sus...
by Deba Prasad Rath | On 04 Aug 2017 This paper examines the emerging strength of BRICS in hightechnology
trade. We reviewed trends in high-technology trade primarily in
BICS (excluding Russia). Given that China and India are leading e...
by | On 03 Aug 2017 Over the last ten years or so it have begun to see public lobbying over moral and cultural issues such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) rights, Sanctity of Life issues including aborti...
by Johannis Bin Abdul Aziz | On 02 Aug 2017 The case stories show clear results of how aid for trade programmes are helping
developing countries to build human, institutional and infrastructure capacity to integrate into regional and global ma...
by World Trade Organisation WTO | On 02 Aug 2017 RCEP member countries cover half the world population, 30 per
cent of world GDP and a quarter of world trade. The regional grouping has
several countries including China whose economies are among th...
by V Seshadri | On 31 Jul 2017 This study attempts to evaluate the effects of on-farm soil conservation practices on farm profit and its components, revenue, and variable cost. Since farmers self-select themselves as adopters of a...
by Chandan Singha | On 27 Jul 2017 This publication is a continuation of the APWF Framework Document on Water and Climate Change Adaptation, developed for leaders and policy-makers in Asia and the Pacific in 2012.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 Jul 2017 The report says Fiji’s economy has seen 5 years of positive growth since 2010 - one of its few episodes of sustained growth since 1970. Growth averaged 3.3% a year during 2010-2014, which is nearly fo...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 27 Jun 2017 The report says Mother Earth cleanses us from violent pollution and her waters renew us as we recover from violent penetration. The ancestors strengthen us and elders give insights on strategies for...
by Documentation and Information Sustainability (DINIPS) | On 20 Jun 2017 This report identifies some of Thailand’s critical development constraints and discusses policy measures and economic reforms needed to accelerate economic transformation toward a more modern and serv...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 20 Jun 2017 Growing demand for public expenditures, limitations in expanding fiscal space and limited scope to deviate from common harmonized tax system under the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime may...
by Sacchidananda Mukherjee | On 25 May 2017 This paper narrates that elections impact everyone in the entire country – citizens, businesses, administrative machinery, constitutional institutions, political parties, leaders and so on. Eventual i...
by Bibek Debroy | On 18 May 2017 The present paper focuses on the first and internationally the largest mode of dispute resolution, that is, Arbitration. However, prior to looking at how arbitration functions in the country, it would...
by Bibek Debroy | On 17 May 2017 This paper analyzes interdependencies between optimal trade policy and 'preferred' liability doctrine to assess infringement damages, when intellectual property rights are probabilistic, in a model of...
by Apurva Dey | On 16 May 2017 The report narrates that the SDGs are integrated and indivisible with a clear focus on equity, including equity focused monitoring and evaluation (M&E), to ensure not only that the targets are being m...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 May 2017 This paper draws on the background research by Saumya Mitra. PSDI thanks Erik Aelbers for preparing Appendix 2: Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Pacific, and Melissa Dayrit and Amanda Lucas-Frith for h...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 11 May 2017 The report says that the Government of the Philippines was engaged in delivery of
subsidized credit programs. Since these programs were largely unsuccessful in meeting the objective of
providing sus...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 08 May 2017 In recent years DSGE (dynamic stochastic general equilibrium) models have come to
play an increasing role in central banks, as an aid in the formulation of monetary
policy (and increasingly after th...
by DILIP NACHANE | On 04 May 2017 India is increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks that range from intrusions that affect the integrity of data to large-scale attacks aimed at bringing down critical infrastructure. This vulnerability...
by | On 03 Feb 2017 Encrypting communications enhances privacy and the security of information services. This, in turn, incentivises innovation in the ICT sector and contributes significantly to the growth of the interne...
by | On 02 Feb 2017 It is anticipated that this health index will assist in State level monitoring of performance, serve as an
input for providing performance based incentives and improvement in health outcomes, thereby...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 18 Jan 2017 The Election Commission recently announced the poll schedule for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. In this context, data on the composition of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2012-...
by Jhalak Kakkar | On 10 Jan 2017 This study estimates the impact of incumbency on re-election prospects of parties and candidates in India, between 1977 and 2014, for Lok Sabha elections. Regression discontinuity design is used to es...
by Aditi Singhal | On 05 Dec 2016 Eight deaths, 30 attacks, 48 cases of defamation, 14 of sedition—its been grim year for free speech in India. The Hoot's annual free speech report.
by The Hoot the hoot.org | On 14 Nov 2016 The increasing level of competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ‘90s triggered
many countries to offer various fiscal incentives. Specifically, many Asian countries persistently
keep...
by Ma. Laarni D. Revilla | On 11 Nov 2016 In this paper we examine the overall effects of a series of new air quality regulations that have differentially affected air quality in Delhi relative to its outlying areas. Air pollution data, colle...
by | On 08 Nov 2016 It’s the season for media biographies, as NDTV and TV18 publish their life stories. If NDTV comes across as self-righteous TV18 is open about its sins of commission.
Chintamani Rao says the books of...
by | On 07 Nov 2016 The speech talks about the nationalist struggle against the British rule led by Gandhi, as well as a range of other contemporary protest campaigns. In particular, this movement is examined in the ligh...
by David Hardiman | On 28 Oct 2016 This paper deals with the evolution of laws, institutions and polices relating to
environmental protection in India. It considers the following questions : (a) whether the
laws are evolved indigenou...
by U. Sankar | On 28 Oct 2016 We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing im...
by | On 10 Oct 2016 This is the third annual report for the MenEngage Alliance’s Global Strategic Plan 2012-2016, in which the main activities and achievements of 2015, based on the four strategic objectives are reported...
by MenEngage Global Alliance | On 07 Oct 2016 The most popular imagery that the 16th Lok Sabha election campaign projected was of good governance
and development. What does this mean for communities that lie on the margins of
body politics? Are...
by Shilp Shikha Singh | On 05 Oct 2016 In this study the hypotheses that the choice between OFDI and export decision of the
firms depends on the firm level productivity is tested. Here, the productivity levels of OFDI
firms vis a vis exp...
by Ronny Thomas | On 03 Oct 2016 Objectives of this paper are to empirically examine the roles of three channels of FDI liked
spillovers in enabling domestic firms (DFs) to take decision to export (DTE). The findings suggest that
c...
by Pradeep Kumar Keshari | On 03 Oct 2016 The productivity spillovers of industry-level FDI on both, the sector of manufacturing and
the sector of services, in seventeen South and East Asian economies. Using a dynamic panel
GMM methodology,...
by Nadia Doytch | On 29 Sep 2016 A large literature attempts to identify factors that contribute to gender differences in performance and in the decision to compete. We exploit a highly competitive environment in which elite-female a...
by Erica G. Birk | On 22 Sep 2016 the last 50 years of feminist activism in India has managed to challenge the 5,000 years of patriarchal order. the main achievements were the deconstruction of violence against women, questioning of m...
by Vibhuti Patel | On 22 Sep 2016 The observed uneven distribution of economic activity across space is influenced by variation in exogenous geographical characteristics and endogenous interactions between agents in goods and factor m...
by Stephen Redding | On 20 Sep 2016 This paper tests the hypothesis that the expansion of improved drinking water supplies in rural India reduced household expenditure on water quality, offsetting some of the quality benefits from sourc...
by | On 16 Sep 2016 According to the Basketball Federation of India, Basketball is now the fastest-growing sport among boys and girls, with five million participants-which they claim is second only to soccer 2 The Indian...
by | On 09 Sep 2016 This paper analyzes the effects of emotional shocks associated with unexpected outcomes of football games played by a prominent college team in the state. It investigates the behavior of judges, the c...
by Ozkan Eren | On 07 Sep 2016 A randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program were conducted.
Overall, the program had no impact on students’ scores on a language skills test
administered after 16 months. The e...
by Evan Borkum | On 02 Sep 2016 Store formats exist in three forms of convenience, variety and experience. Shopping involvement
tends to change across these formats. This current study (a) establishes the role of store formats
on...
by Piyush Kumar Sinha | On 01 Sep 2016 This paper provides evidence for informational spillovers within urban slums in Chandigarh, India. I identify three groups, a treatment group, a neighboring spillover group, and a nonadjacent pure con...
by | On 30 Aug 2016 The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide co...
by | On 23 Aug 2016 This paper studies the entire class of liability rules,
and considers the bilateral care accidents. It is shown that the ‘causationconsistent’ liability provides a basis for an efficiency characteriz...
by Ram Singh | On 19 Aug 2016 With the explosive growth of knowledge in the past century and with
the development of handy tools of information and communication technologies as well
as of other scientific innovations, competiti...
by University Grants Commission UGC | On 17 Aug 2016 Migration from one place to other place is common in India. Migration generally take place from developing state to developed state for education or in the search of employment but it also take place...
by | On 01 Aug 2016 The impact of South-South migration on the income of migrants and natives is smaller than for South-North migration. However, even small increases in income can have substantial welfare implications f...
by | On 27 Jul 2016 This paper examines the generalizability of internally valid estimates of causal effects in a fixed population over time when that population is subject to aggregate shocks. This temporal external val...
by Mark Rosenzweig | On 27 Jul 2016 Although both infrastructure and innovation play an important role in fostering a country’s economic growth, discussion in the literature about how the two are connected is limited. This paper examine...
by Xu Wang | On 25 Jul 2016 This paper studies trends in the partisanship of Congressional speech from 1873 to 2009. It defines partisanship to be the ease with which an observer could infer a congressperson’s party from a fixed...
by Matthew Gentzkow | On 21 Jul 2016 By adopting a historical comparative perspective,this paper assesses the role of state (both national and subnational) in industrialisation through the growth and policy experience of an ‘achieving’ s...
by Keshab Das | On 20 Jul 2016 This Handbook contains special provisions and
package of assistance which women farmers can claim
under various on-going Missions/ Submissions/ Schemes
of DAC & FW, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer...
by Ministry of Agriculture GOI | On 29 Jun 2016 People benefit from being perceived as trustworthy. Examples include sellers trying to attract buyers, or candidates in elections trying to attract voters. In a laboratory experiment using exchange ga...
by Sebastian Fehrler | On 24 Jun 2016 The Financial Sector Reforms Commission (FSLRC) which was set up in 2011 by the
Ministry of Finance was mandated to study existing legislation and financial sector regulatory
practices in India and...
by Jaimini Bhagwati | On 22 Jun 2016 Labor migration from and within Asia is a key and growing component of international migration flows, and the joint roundtable by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the International Labour...
by OECD Development Centre’s Social Cohesion Uni Social Cohesion Unit | On 21 Jun 2016 This study is an attempt to use group information collected from different farmers (e.g.marginal, small, and medium farmers and tenants) in eastern Uttar Pradesh in India to address a question relevan...
by Amarnath Tripathi | On 16 Jun 2016 This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in the structural dynamic discrete choice literature with approaches used in the reduc...
by | On 09 Jun 2016 Early research in western contexts finds evidence of online participation leading to political engagement. The paper tests this hypothesis in a non-western campaign context, and discusses India’s comp...
by | On 07 Jun 2016 The working paper outlines the significance of debt market in general and its role in accelerating the development of economic growth in particular. It reviews various regulatory and non-regulatory de...
by Anubhuti Sahay | On 06 Jun 2016 The documented historical rise in female labour force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has steadily increased. We provide the first empiri...
by | On 03 Jun 2016 While land reforms are typically pursued in order to raise productivity and reduce inequality across households, an unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analy...
by | On 03 Jun 2016 The present handbook is designed to provide United Nations country teams and national and international stakeholders with guidance on the definitions, rationale, concepts and sources of the data for t...
by United Nations (UN) | On 27 May 2016 The riskiness of random processes is compared by (a) employing a
decision-theoretic equivalence between processes and lotteries on path spaces to identify the riskiness of the former with that of the...
by Sudhir A. Shah | On 26 May 2016 The study directs the attention to the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in overcoming these structural rigidities and ushering-in structural transformation in an economy. To explore the iss...
by Mausumi Das | On 26 May 2016 Governments in South Asia are progressively acknowledging that child stunting is both a marker and a maker of poor development. UNICEF regional and country offices in South Asia work with regional
bo...
by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 24 May 2016 Congress should have long goals, energy, media strategy, good governance to come back to power.
by T.N. Ninan | On 21 May 2016 This report provides an analysis of the assets of the re contesting candidates in the Kerala Assembly Elections
by Association for Democratic Reforms ADR | On 19 May 2016 Review of A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India. Edited by K.P. Jayasankar & Anjali Monteiro, Sage Publications 2016
by Hemali Sanghavi | On 17 May 2016 An analysis of electoral data in local elections shows that rural local bodies have had higher turnouts than their urban counterparts in almost all states of India. Data from 2009-13 of city corporati...
by Bhanu Joshi | On 09 May 2016 The paper examines the impact of the initiative taken by an NGO -SelfEmployed
Women’s Association (SEWA)-in Ahmedabad, a city in western
India to impart knowledge about sexual and reproductive healt...
by Leela Visaria | On 05 May 2016 Review of Labour, Employment and Economic Growth in India. Edited by K. V. Ramaswamy, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
by Lalit K. Deshpande | On 04 May 2016 In this paper we analyse the corporate insolvency resolution procedures of India, UK and Singapore
within a common framework of well-specified principles.
by | On 02 May 2016 This paper analyzes optimal strategies of an incumbent intermediary, who matches agents on the two
sides of a market, in the presence of entry threat under alternative scenarios.
by Rupayan Pal | On 02 May 2016 The paper describes the institutional features of these markets, with special emphasis on the process of liberalization and deepening in Indian FX markets, in the context of global integration. Since...
by Ashima Goyal | On 02 May 2016 This paper investigates the relative effectiveness of the different media
used by the state government of Odisha, India to disseminate Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material to avert...
by Saudamini Das | On 28 Apr 2016 Social media is the primary resource for the information retrieval. Using the text mining field; huge amount of unstructured textual data collected by social media can be converted and displayled as u...
by Nilesh Alone | On 28 Apr 2016 This report provides information about the financial, criminal and other backgrounds about the candidates contesting in phase 1 of the Assam Assembly Elections.
by Association for Democratic Reforms ADR | On 28 Apr 2016 This report consists the findings of a survey carried out in February 2016 in Tamil Nadu. The purpose of the survey was to find out what voters really want from the Government and how they rate the pe...
by Association for Democratic Reforms ADR | On 28 Apr 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 This document is a record of pioneering efforts adopted by the Election Commission of India within the scope of voters’ engagement and participation through the vast national programme of ‘Systematic...
by | On 21 Apr 2016 A technology switch in television affects different income groups differently. In India the digitization of TV signals is putting an end to the free-to-air telecast regime. This study, the first of it...
by Aloke Thakore | On 07 Apr 2016 Apart from the turbulence in February over the sedition cases filed at Jawaharlal Nehru University, the arrests of students, and the allegations regarding doctored videos, the period saw an overall in...
by | On 05 Apr 2016 India’s principal trade partners are countries/economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and over the last decade the share of APEC in India’s trade has been growing. Specifica...
by Deeparghya Mukherjee | On 28 Mar 2016 Using the method of optimal control, when an incumbent politician derives utility from voting support and dis-utility from budgetary deficit, the equilibrium time paths of both voting support and budg...
by Ganesh Manjhi | On 17 Mar 2016 This report recommends the creation of a National Roads and Funding Administration and a central road trust fund with dedicated revenues; changes to roles and responsibilities of different levels of g...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 17 Mar 2016 In this paper we have made an attempt to explain the observed rising inequality between unskilled and skilled wages, or, fall in relative wages of unskilled labour within a general equilibrium framewo...
by Alokesh Barua | On 16 Mar 2016 Environmental quality is often a credence good and consumers are unable to distinguish between green and brown products. The paper aims to investigate the role of certification in providing informatio...
by Charu Grover | On 15 Mar 2016 The aim of this paper is to show the interaction effect of product market competition and corporate governance variables on firm performance. While the linkage between internal governance mechanism an...
by Manoj Pant | On 15 Mar 2016 In the context of EU and OECD countries, formal employment contracts between the employer and employee for full time work can still be taken to be the norm, despite the growth of non-standard forms of...
by | On 15 Mar 2016 In the past debates around protection are usual couched in terms of protection of the manufacturing sector from imports and are centered around the so called “infant industry” argument. This paper has...
by Manoj Pant | On 15 Mar 2016 The study considers key trends, in terms of disaster incidence, sources of vulnerability, and social and economic impacts. This is followed by discussions of some of the major issues: compound disaste...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 The death of Kim Jong Il has sent shivers down the spine of many leaders in Asia and the world. In South Korea, the armed forces have been put on alert and Seoul has asked the U.S. to increase surveil...
by | On 14 Mar 2016 Controlling healthcare costs while promoting maximum health impact in the recipient countries is one the biggest challenges for global health donors. This paper views global health donors as the regul...
by Han Ye | On 14 Mar 2016 The existing empirical literature on Taylor-type interest rate rules has failed to achieve a robust consensus. Indeed, the relatively common finding that the Taylor principle does not hold has fueled...
by Matthew Greenwood Nimmo | On 13 Mar 2016 On one hand product market competition acts as an ultimate solution to align interests of managers and shareholders, and on the other hand, competition alone may not be sufficient because it may not p...
by Ekta Selarka | On 13 Mar 2016 Related Party Transactions disclosures in Annual Reports have recently gained more attention of the Indian policymakers. This paper aims at finding out the effect of related party transactions disclos...
by Subhra Choudhury | On 10 Mar 2016 The present analysis is based on the Pakistan Socio-Economic Survey (PSES) data. The survey was conducted nationwide between April and July, 1999 and collected data on household information, incidence...
by Syed Mubashir Ali | On 10 Mar 2016 The first purpose of this paper is to theorize on the kind of knowledge that firms need in order to upgrade. The second purpose is to discuss some specific ways to upgrade, especially given the proble...
by | On 09 Mar 2016 This article develops a proposal for the theoretical vantage point of the sociology of markets, focusing on the problem of the social order of markets. The initial premise is that markets are highly d...
by Jens Beckert | On 09 Mar 2016 This paper shows that a more accurate depiction of the development of China’s private sector is gained by considering the complex interaction between bottom-up and top- down processes. First, the pape...
by | On 09 Mar 2016 Illegal markets differ from legal markets in many respects. Although illegal markets have economic significance and are of theoretical importance, they have been largely ignored by economic sociology....
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 Organizational identity is a mechanism that mediates between external pressures and internal demands on continuity. The concept of organizational identity is considered to be central to solving the re...
by | On 08 Mar 2016 Since taking office in March 2011, Myanmar’s new government has implemented a host of reforms. These include the release of some political prisoners,a lifting of restrictions on media freedoms, the...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 02 Mar 2016 This paper examines the fiscal instruments available to different levels of government and their interactions to enhance the effectiveness of public policies for the poorest and hungry groups. Address...
by Ehtisham Ahmad | On 01 Mar 2016 ATNI is a global initiative that evaluates the largest food and beverage manufacturers’ policies, practices and disclosure related to all types of poor nutrition. It provides companies with a tool to...
by Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) | On 01 Mar 2016 This paper joins the growing scholarship on the ontological security needs of states in international relations (IR) literature and explores its relevance to India-China relations. Ontological securit...
by | On 01 Mar 2016 The study followed a participatory and interactive approach to critically analyze the situation (state of knowledge demands and supply), stakeholder‘s alignment, consequences, conflicts and areas of c...
by | On 29 Feb 2016 This paper serves as background for a South Asian regional workshop that will bring together adaptation information users and producers to inform likely new investments in the information base for cli...
by Ayesha Dinshaw | On 29 Feb 2016 The role of media in corporate governance, role of board of directors, stakeholders' response to news media coverage of corporate governance and the challenges of managing information risk in the digi...
by U.K. Sinha | On 28 Feb 2016 Continuous rise in food prices has been posing a serious policy challenge in India. Milk is a major contributor to the food price rise due to its high growth in demand in the domestic and internationa...
by S. Rajeshwaran | On 27 Feb 2016 Effectance motivation -- a will for certainty and a feeling of being able to know and predict -- was proposed in the 1960s as the mechanism underlying the well-known attitude similarity effects on att...
by Ramadhar Singh | On 27 Feb 2016 Transnational crime involving all forms of domestic crime that traverse the international boundary with another one or more states have become a concern amongst all peoples of the Asia Pacific region....
by | On 26 Feb 2016 WHILE the media incessantly highlights the Muslim world’s battle with Islamophobia and the political crises in Iraq, Gaza and Iran, another set of issues that is just as pertinent — but often overlook...
by Sofiah Jamil | On 26 Feb 2016 Amid the mixed emotions threatening to dampen the celebratory mood of the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN and its series of related summits, there are important questions about their respective agendas. The...
by Mely Caballero-Anthony | On 26 Feb 2016 The Human Development Index (HDI) is calculated using normalized indicators from three dimensions- health, education, and standard of living (or income). This paper evaluates three aggregation methods...
by Srijit Mishra | On 26 Feb 2016 Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subject...
by | On 26 Feb 2016 An established method for identifying the different components of a discipline is author cocitation analysis (ACA). ACA is a bibiometric technique that enables a map of the discipline, over a finite t...
by Peter Warning | On 25 Feb 2016 The Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is often characterized as a water surplus region. However current trends suggest that there is an increasing pressure on water availability and accessibility which...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 Under the World Trade Organization, the Philippines has maintained special treatment for rice, which expires on July 2017. Tariffication will involve greater competition from imports and the decline o...
by Roehlano M. Briones | On 25 Feb 2016 Proposals to reform the personal income tax has gained prominence in recent months. To date, personal income tax reform is part and parcel of the platform of a number of the candidates in the 2016 pre...
by Rosario G. Manasan | On 25 Feb 2016 National Hazardous Waste management Strategy has now been formulated to complement and strengthen the regulatory regime. This is based on the understanding and experience of diverse issues connected w...
by Ministry of Environment and Forest | On 24 Feb 2016 Transparency has been put in processes, changed many rules for protection of environment and we have started taking decisions that are based on policies. The cases that fall within the policy framewor...
by Ministry of Environment and Forests | On 24 Feb 2016 Japan’s small farming represents a puzzle. Currently nearly three-quarters of farmland is operated by farmers whose farm size is well under optimal size. Being too small is the main reason for the hig...
by Yoshihisa Godo | On 24 Feb 2016 We consider a deterministic evolutionary model where players form expectations about future play. Players are not fully rational and have expectations that change over time in response to current payo...
by Massimiliano Landi | On 24 Feb 2016 Much literature on East Asia’s energy security has focused on the dynamics of competition over resources and how potential conflicts could arise from this. While this analytical perspective identifies...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 23 Feb 2016 Campaigns against big pulp and palm oil producers in Indonesia appear to be driven by local activists on the ground. In reality, they are facilitated by huge budgets and shaped by agendas emanating fr...
by | On 23 Feb 2016 There is a burgeoning literature on the (re)emergence of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – as significant actors in international development. To date, however, mos...
by Adele Poskitt | On 23 Feb 2016 The global food crisis of 2007 to 2008 drew attention to the importance of food security as a regional challenge for the Asia-Pacific. Regional strategies to achieve food security have recognised the...
by Lorraine Elliot | On 22 Feb 2016 Transnational activism of the Uyghur diaspora in promoting the rights of their kindred back in China has been the focus of attention of the academia, press and media alike. This paper is a preliminary...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 India and Pakistan must learn that Pathankot and Peshawar were mindless acts of terror, to prevent whose recurrence, there is the need to enhance cooperation, not diminish it. Pakistan must continue t...
by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury | On 22 Feb 2016 This paper studies the credit market implications and real effects of one the largest borrower bailout programs in history, enacted by the government of India against the backdrop of the 2008–2009 fin...
by Xavier Giné | On 21 Feb 2016 The implications of the estimated 30-50 per cent global food wastage for energy, soil, water and human resources are substantial. Recognising the need to pay greater attention to this issue, the RSIS...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 19 Feb 2016 The author calls for renewed focus on the idea of ‘soft borders’ between India and Pakistan, with particular reference to Jammu and Kashmir, in the light of a theory of ‘enlightened sovereignty’ that...
by | On 19 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 In his 1987 entry on ‘Perfect Competition’ in The New Palgrave, the author reviewed the question of the perfectness of perfect competition, and gave four alternative formalisations rooted in the so-ca...
by M. Ali Khan | On 17 Feb 2016 This paper examines the magnitude of public/private wage differentials in Pakistan using data drawn from the 2001-02 Labour Force Survey. Pakistan Labour Force Survey is a nationwide survey containing...
by Asma Hyder | On 16 Feb 2016 This report, which forms part of the PIRCCA project outputs, focuses on the results of the survey conducted in the first half of 2015 on climate change perception and adaptation strategies of male and...
by Michael Sheinkman | On 16 Feb 2016 This study aims at empirical investigation of the x-efficiency, scale economies, and technological progress of commercial banks operating in Pakistan using balance panel data for 29 banks.
by Abdul Qayyum | On 16 Feb 2016 This paper examines the efficiency of the large scale manufacturing sector of Pakistan using the stochastic production frontier approach. A stochastic production frontier is estimated for two periods—...
by Tariq Mahmood | On 16 Feb 2016 This document is designed to present a brief but comprehensive view of the real and monetary developments during the immediate past quarters and project the expected developments in the immediate futu...
by Bangladesh Bank BB | On 15 Feb 2016 Lower spread is a vital indicator of the efficiency and competition in the financial system and conducive to higher economic growth of a country via investment spending. In Bangladesh, the spread in t...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 When money corrupts campaigns and candidates, political finance can undermine the same democratic values and good governance that it also supports. To prevent and address the problem, transparency and...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 Corruption and bribery are complex transactions that involve both someone who offers a benefit, often a bribe, and someone who accepts, as well as a variety of specialists or intermediaries to facilit...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 Where political power plays a significant role in the appointment, promotion and conditions of service of judges there is a risk that judicial candidates, as well as sitting judges, will feel compelle...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 When corruption distorts political party and campaign financing, candidate competition is warped, elections are undermined and the quality of government is compromised. This paper sets forth standards...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 Political finance regulations have been introduced in a majority of democracies to promote fair political competition, but all too often political party and campaign finance laws are breached with imp...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 The characteristics of the area of the Middle East and North Africa known as the MENA region tend to fuel corruption and result in low levels of transparency. Yet anti-corruption strategies have prima...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 Afghanistan is the largest refugee repatriation operation in the world. More than 5.7 million people have returned in the last ten years, representing nearly a quarter of the current population of 28...
by Aidan O'Leary | On 14 Feb 2016 Earlier studies that investigated the J-Curve phenomenon for Pakistan employed aggregate trade data. These studies suffered from the “aggregation bias” problem. In order to overcome this constraint, t...
by Zehra Aftab | On 14 Feb 2016 Whenever there is money, competition or power involved, corruption is a constant threat. The sporting industry is not immune from this reality. From match-fixing to stadium construction kickbacks, the...
by Transparency International TI | On 13 Feb 2016 Budget is the major economic policy document of the government for a particular year and perhaps beyond. Therefore, it is imperative to study the processes, institutional mechanisms, and decision-maki...
by Muttukrishna Sarvananthan | On 13 Feb 2016 Globalization has made the free flow of goods and ideas an integral part of modern life. The world has benefited greatly from the accelerated exchange of products, services, news, music, research and...
by | On 11 Feb 2016 In 2013, The Media, Entertainment and Information Industries community of the World Economic Forum took a deep look into intellectual property issues in the digital age. "Norms and Values in Digital M...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 11 Feb 2016 The term segregation has a strong connotation with residential neighbourhoods, and most studies investigating ethnic segregation focus on the urban mosaic of ethnic concentrations in residential neigh...
by | On 11 Feb 2016 Intellectual Property and Competition Law is one further contribution of the ICTSD Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development to a better understanding of the proper role of...
by | On 10 Feb 2016 WageIndicator living wage introduces a concept that allows users and stakeholders through web interface to share and compare living wages across countries and regions using a methodology that accounts...
by | On 10 Feb 2016 As the world enters a new millennium, Northeast Asia has been witnessing the rising risk of nuclear weapons proliferation. This paper examines each of the specific risks that Northeast Asia is confron...
by | On 09 Feb 2016 Composed of 192 member states, the United Nations (UN) is the largest and most comprehensive international organization as well as the most important international platform for multilateral diplomacy....
by | On 09 Feb 2016 China’s increased openness, accelerating economic development, and the emergence of new security challenges and relationships in the post-Cold War world have cast the Chinese military and its role in...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 Organizational identity is a mechanism that mediates between external pressures and internal demands on continuity. The concept of organizational identity is considered to be central to solving the re...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 This leads the present paper to reflect on the need for additional coordination mechanisms to address the challenges of an increasingly globalized and networked economy. In recognition of the fundamen...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 This paper addresses the question of whether it is possible to balance the need for a free flow of information across borders with legitimate government concerns related to public order, consumer priv...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 Reducing risk and increasing resilience to natural disasters and climate change requires access to knowledge, information and the active participation of vulnerable population. Planning Communication...
by Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO] | On 08 Feb 2016 We test the basic assumption underlying the job competition and crowding out a hypothesis: that employers always prefer higher educated to lower educated individuals. To this end, we conduct a randomi...
by Dieter Verhaest | On 07 Feb 2016 Empirically observed intertemporal choices about money have long been thought to exhibit present bias, i.e. higher short-term compared to long-term discount rates. Recently, this view has been called...
by Uttara Balakrishnan | On 07 Feb 2016 Volunteer supply is widespread, yet without a price inefficiencies occur due to suppliers’ inability to coordinate with each other and with demand. For these contexts, we propose a market clearinghous...
by Robert Slonim | On 07 Feb 2016 We exploit supply-driven heterogeneity in the expansion of cable television across Norwegian municipalities to identify developmental effects of commercial television exposure during childhood. We fin...
by Øystein Hernæs | On 07 Feb 2016 Today’s climate financing landscape poses a number of governance challenges. It is characterised by fragmentation and weak coordination, begging better clarity, connectivity and accountability for tho...
by Transparency International TI | On 07 Feb 2016 Effective public participation has three interrelated elements: access to information; direct engagement; and oversight. All three factors can play a critical role in reducing corruption risks and the...
by Transparency International TI | On 06 Feb 2016 This study proposes ways of enhancing whistleblower protection through the review process for the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). It is intended as a contribution to discussions in the UNCAC...
by Transparency International TI | On 06 Feb 2016 This study was undertaken to analyze the magnitude of awareness, perception, practices, and demand for safe drinking water. The study further elaborated HHs Willingness to Pay (WTP) for improved water...
by Iftikhar Ahmad | On 06 Feb 2016 This report is part of a larger, region-wide project, entitled ‘Addressing Corruption Through Information and Organized Networking’ (ACTION). ACTION is a four-country project covering Egypt, Morocco,...
by Transparency International TI | On 05 Feb 2016 This piece explores how trade and trade policies have evolved over the last decade and considers the possible implications for the multilateral trading system. Since the Doha Round was launched, the i...
by | On 05 Feb 2016 Dividend policy is an important issue of corporate finance and the present study examines the effect of market imperfections such as asymmetric information, agency costs and transaction cost of issuin...
by Darakhshan Younis | On 03 Feb 2016 This paper analyzes the relative performance of inflation and price-level targeting regimes in an AS-IS-LM framework under alternative policy instruments used by the central bank.
by Haider Ali | On 03 Feb 2016 Syrian-Turkish relations represent a regional and international phenomenon that has attracted a considerable amount of political and media attention; however, research on the dynamics and wagers invol...
by Aqil Mahfoudh | On 02 Feb 2016 This paper combines data from a unique NGO survey in Lebanon with local indicators of religious and income polarization to assess which factors contribute to the emergence of faith-based or confession...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 The aggressive media campaigns by pesticide companies do not comply with FAO guidelines for advertising pesticides. Pakistan adopts FAO guidelines on the issues where Pakistani law is silent. The Paki...
by Shahid Zia | On 02 Feb 2016 The compromise effect refers to individuals’ tendency to choose intermediate options. Its existence has been demonstrated in a large number of hypothetical choice experiments. This paper uses field da...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 Existing measures of urban poverty carried out for national level comparisons portray very low levels of poverty with an average urban household spending an equivalent to the top 20% of national expe...
by Neranjana Gunetilleke | On 01 Feb 2016 Industrial countries are still struggling, with a few exceptions, to grow. Our fellow BRICS all have deep problems, with confidence about China waxing and waning. India appears to be better in this l...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 01 Feb 2016 This paper presents a proposed use of virtual community for farmers in Sri Lanka by reviewing Information and communication technology perspective with reference to past and present political strategi...
by Devaka Punchihewa | On 31 Jan 2016 Giving Youth a Voice, the first ever nationwide survey on youth, was started in 2011. The main findings of the report were released to the media in mid August, prior to the International Youth Day. Th...
by Syeda Aziz | On 30 Jan 2016 This advisory note, while accepting the existing limitations of the transparency regime in public procurement process of the country, argues that the Right to Information (RTI) Act has the potential t...
by . BRAC | On 30 Jan 2016 This paper looks into the key issues concerning trade facilitation and SMEs, particularly how information technology related measures have influenced SMEs. India undertook focused and dedicated trade...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 30 Jan 2016 Is leadership diversified in Asian corporate boardrooms? How is gender diversity in corporate leadership associated with financial performance? What is the magnitude of potential gain by allocating hu...
by Meijun Qian | On 30 Jan 2016 The study presented here was designed to develop comprehensive baseline information on the glaciers of the entire HKH region organised by major basins and sub-basins. The glacier inventory was prepare...
by Samjwal Bajracharya | On 29 Jan 2016 Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) are heterogeneous countries with various economic experiences. Many underwent different types of structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and s...
by | On 29 Jan 2016 The major trading nations have been busy with trade agreements—free, preferential, and bilateral—incorporating Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)-plus and World Intellectual...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 The Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Education in India and South Asia was commissioned by infoDev to be undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers, India. The Survey is a third...
by The Survey on Information and Communication Techno ICT | On 28 Jan 2016 New thinking and practical approaches are needed to address the threats to human security that climate change combined with social vulnerability pose for current and future patterns of loss and damage...
by Koko Warner | On 28 Jan 2016 The multilateral rules-based trading system has been crucial in helping states to cooperate and gradually open up borders to encourage trade and investment for development. It has contributed to tempe...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper addresses the different firm level strategies adopted to face up to the pressures of competition by two industrial clusters in the highly industrialised state of Gujarat. The overwhelming p...
by Keshab Das | On 28 Jan 2016 This note examines selected issues in urban health from social perspective. In particular, it brings out the key challenges in targeting and planning for the urban poor; their mobilisation and partici...
by Meera Chatterjee | On 28 Jan 2016 A basic premise of representative democracy is that all those subject to
policy should have a voice in its making. However, policies enacted by electorally accountable governments often fail to refle...
by Rohini Pande | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper draws from a field research experiment to examine the
gendered aspects of willingness to pay for index-based insurance in Bangladesh. Participants were
presented with risky lotteries and...
by Daniel J. Clarke | On 28 Jan 2016 The way the world trades has changed since the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established. Fewer goods and services originate from any one supplier or country. Components and intermediate services...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 Important synergies or complementarities exist between trade liberalization initiatives and the application of measures to suppress anti-competitive practices or arrangements. In fact, both anti-compe...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 We estimate the effects of trade facilitation on the extensive margins of trade. Using OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators – which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bal...
by Robert Teh | On 27 Jan 2016 In recent years, the global hunger and nutrition community has increasingly come to view political commitment as an essential ingredient for pushing food and nutrition security higher up public policy...
by | On 26 Jan 2016 The WTO’s plurilateral Information Technology Agreement (ITA) reduced tariffs to zero on many IT products. This paper presents a comprehensive study of its trade impacts by incorporating recent insigh...
by Christian Henn | On 26 Jan 2016 This policy notes highlights the importance of nutrition, it provides an overview of nutrition situation in India, its variation across socio-economic groups and states. further using the undernutriti...
by Ashi Kohli Kathuria | On 26 Jan 2016 Since the May 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden by the US Seal Team Six in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the composition and character of the aforementioned terrorist group has undergone several changes. Three...
by | On 25 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 This note proposes an analytical framework for the current phase of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) programme of research on discriminatory social norms affecting adolescent girls. The curren...
by Caroline Harper | On 24 Jan 2016 North Korea’s latest expression of interest in humanitarian help from India has brought into new focus the whole issue of economic engagement between the two countries. India may well have to weigh th...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 India’s political landscape is likely to be dominated by a new leader, Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in ways that the international community is yet to decipher. For now, as Mr Mo...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 Maithripala Sirisena’s unexpected victory against his former boss and the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka’s presidential election held on 8 January 2015 signifies a major political...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 A number of studies have indicated that trade liberalisation did not have any significant impact on poverty reduction although the impact on employment generation had been positive (e.g. Raihan 2007)....
by Mehruna Chowdhury | On 23 Jan 2016 Despite the importance, the contribution of SMEs to the country’s GDP and employment has remained somewhat unclear especially in view of the multiplicity of the definition of SMEs adopted by different...
by Bangladesh Bank | On 23 Jan 2016 Alliances’ of public and private actors can play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to sustainable energy systems, and these groupings can be ‘engineered’. Based on research findings from I...
by Institute of Development Studies IDS | On 23 Jan 2016 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 Information and communications technology (ICT)-based reforms are increasingly being used to improve the delivery of public services. The main question which the research reported here addressed is th...
by Anuradha Joshi | On 23 Jan 2016 Consolidates information on fisheries and aquaculture using a regional lens and analytical tools. Cover the Coral Triangle countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Island...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 Jan 2016 The Global Agenda Council on Social Media white paper to be launched at the Forum's Annual Meeting 2016, The Impact of Digital Content: Opportunities and Risks of Creating and Sharing Information Onli...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 22 Jan 2016 World trade has experienced a significant slowdown since the 2008 financial crisis. Over this period, the global ratio of trade expansion to income growth has halved. An effective global trade and inv...
by World Economic Forum [WEF] | On 22 Jan 2016 The paper analyzes strategic trade policy for differentiated network goods oligopolies under alternative scenarios, when there is export-rivalry between two countries. We show that, under price compet...
by Anomita Ghosh | On 22 Jan 2016 This Study surveys the progress that APEC has made towards promoting regional economic cooperation and integration. It examines the desirability of India joining APEC and looks at possible benefits an...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 21 Jan 2016 Household surveys are an important source of information about education systems. International survey programs such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Clusters Sur...
by Education Policy and Data Center EPDC | On 21 Jan 2016 This guidance aims to assist official data producers (national statistical offices and line ministries) in defining and meeting their digital preservation requirements and obligations. The recommendat...
by Nancy McGovern | On 21 Jan 2016 In 2009, the European Union (EU) proposed to use border carbon measures, which could take the form of a direct or indirect “carbon tax”, against imports from its partner countries that were not follow...
by Biswajit Dhar | On 21 Jan 2016 Migration has acquired increasing importance globally in recent years. However, there has remained a paucity of adequate data on the numbers and characteristics of migrants. Indeed, it has been widely...
by | On 20 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 The paper discusses the need to have elections completely free of crime, and abuse of money, based on a perfect electoral roll, and with full voter participation.
by S. Y. Quraishi | On 19 Jan 2016 This report investigates student awareness, interests and aspirations around general and vocational education. Using a survey administered to class 12 students in one district each in Rajasthan, Chatt...
by Megha Aggarwal | On 19 Jan 2016 Research on clientelism broadly assumes that local political agents, or brokers, possess fine-grained information on voters’ political preferences, and often can directly or indirectly monitor their v...
by Mark Schneider | On 18 Jan 2016 The literature on decentralized public programs suggests that errors in the targeting of anti-poverty programs are rooted in the capture of these programs by local elites or local politicians. Consist...
by Mark Schneider | On 18 Jan 2016 This paper develops a theory on how voters form and change political preferences in democratic developing world contexts. In the developing world, where state institutions are often weak, voters tend...
by Neelanjan Sircar | On 18 Jan 2016 This paper revisits the issue of the intra-household allocation of education expenditure with the recently available India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural...
by | On 15 Jan 2016 The paper argues that access to public infrastructure plays a crucial role on the presence of private schools in a community, as it could not only minimise the cost of production, but also ensure a hi...
by Sarmistha Pal | On 15 Jan 2016 Despite considerable research on differences in labour market outcomes between native born New Zealanders and immigrants, the extent of discrimination experienced by the foreign born in the workplace...
by Bridget Daldy | On 14 Jan 2016 This learning brief synthesises lessons drawn from CARE’s Adaptation Learning Programme for Africa (ALP), which has been supporting vulnerable communities in sub-Saharan Africa to adapt to the impacts...
by Webb J. | On 13 Jan 2016 In this paper, we evaluate India’s flagship rural employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), by answering questions such as whether the MG...
by | On 09 Jan 2016 The Pakistan Army’s ideological hegemony, especially in the country’s Punjabi-speaking heartland, the continuing focus on the state’s narrative of a religion-based unitary identity which is under a co...
by Aasim Akhtar | On 08 Jan 2016 Land is regarded as an important source of livelihoods to many people, especially rural people. For those people, access to and control over land resources is the source of livelihoods. Therefore, lan...
by Samana Adhikari | On 08 Jan 2016 Effective monitoring of access to, quantity of and quality of water is a key consideration for India. Given the large investments and big programmes and schemes including the current thrust of Sector...
by People's Science Institute PSI | On 07 Jan 2016 The rural household livelihood and children’s educational investment decisions are analyzed in a post-conflict setting located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh. The study represents...
by | On 07 Jan 2016 International trade is redefined today in terms of trade in value added and global value chains. Most countries trade both in finished goods as well as intermediates. India, a less talked about countr...
by | On 07 Jan 2016 The paper looks at some issue-based plurilateral agreements — such as the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), the Financial Services and Basic Telecommunication Services Agreements, and the Anti-C...
by Michitaka Nakatomi | On 07 Jan 2016 Production around the world is now increasingly characterized by shorter product cycles and just-in-time processes. Consequently, the reliability of the supplier is an important distinguishing charact...
by Mokhopadhyay Partha | On 05 Jan 2016 The Centre for Policy Research has, during the previous years conducted a number of examinations for assisting various public undertakings in finding suitable candidates to fill in posts both at the c...
by K. Garg | On 05 Jan 2016 Efforts have been made in the past to develop technologies and tools for selection of personnel, which have no or little concern to the caste, race, age, gender, place of birth or location or their so...
by K. Garg | On 05 Jan 2016 This paper examines the political economy of Indian higher (tertiary) education. We first provide an empirical mapping of Indian higher education and demonstrate that higher education in India is bein...
by | On 05 Jan 2016 This year's Indonesia Local Economic Governance Survey provides a fascinating look into the dynamics of local governance and business development in Indonesia nearly a decade after regional autonomy....
by The Asia Foundation | On 02 Jan 2016 This report presents findings from a study undertaken to understand the barriers that inhibit access to HIV services for women. Two different scenarios were studied - female sex workers and wives of m...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 Jan 2016 This paper surveys recent literature on the competitive saving motive and its broader economic implications. It introduces the concept of competitive saving, i.e., saving to improve one’s status relat...
by | On 01 Jan 2016 Myanmar is expected to grow at least 6.8% per year in the coming years. Accompanying this growth will be an increase in demand for infrastructure services, including ICT-related services, both for co...
by Kee-Yung Nam | On 01 Jan 2016 Open educational resources made their appearance in early 2002 as a promising tool for enhancing the quality of and access to education and were perceived to have the potential to reduce costs by reus...
by Jouko Sarvi | On 01 Jan 2016 This paper examines the economic and trade effects of infrastructure in Asia. Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has resulted i...
by Jamilah Mahyideen | On 01 Jan 2016 Self-employment constitutes a vital part of the economy since entrepreneurs can provide not only employment for themselves but also for others. The link between self-employment and immigration is, how...
by Ken Clark | On 29 Dec 2015 This discussion paper examines existing methods for measuring aspects of political transitions. The paper canvasses and examines existing measurement tools that focus on some, but not all, relevant di...
by United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] | On 23 Dec 2015 This guide identifies key entry points for the inclusion of young people in political and electoral processes and compiles good practice examples of mechanisms for youth political empowerment around t...
by United Nations Development Programme [UNDP] | On 23 Dec 2015 World over, there is an awakening, post the great financial crisis of 2008, about the existence, contribution, magnitude, significance and risks of non-banking financial sector. The business model of...
by R Gandhi | On 22 Dec 2015 The primary aim of this paper, however, is not to account for the historical/political rise of Shiaism or of Iran, or even debate the existence of the so-called ‘Shia Crescent,’ but to examine instead...
by | On 22 Dec 2015 The 2015 edition of Information Economy Report examines electronic commerce, and shows in detail how information and communications technologies can be harnessed to support economic growth and sustain...
by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UN | On 22 Dec 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched to address the growing challenges of urbanization by improving infrastructure, governance and the quality of life in cities. This...
by Sama Khan | On 21 Dec 2015 This paper addresses the issue of migration and its public health implications within the human rights framework. Migrants have always been conceptualized as problematic in the context of policies bot...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 The Global Information Technology Report provides a comprehensive assessment of networked readiness, or how prepared an economy is to apply the benefits of information and communications technologies...
by | On 21 Dec 2015 The present paper examines the trends and patterns of import intensity in the whole economy and manufacturing sector in India during 1990s and beyond. The paper also reviews past studies on import int...
by Mahua Paul | On 18 Dec 2015 Sri Lanka, home to a plethora of ethnically diverse communities, saw horrific
communal bloodshed in July 1983. Over three decades down the line, history seems to be repeating itself as hordes of Budd...
by Chaarvi Modi | On 17 Dec 2015 The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, 1998, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissi...
by United Nations UN | On 07 Dec 2015 An attempt is made in this paper to understand the different dimensions of the call centre as an emerging workspace. The paper provides a critical narrative of the profile of respondents (N=22), natur...
by B.Devi Prasad | On 02 Dec 2015 Intelligence agencies provide the most sensitive protective security shield for a country. They mostly operate in shadows, develop sources and penetrate the enemy to prise out information that could b...
by Radha Vinod Raju | On 24 Nov 2015 Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India on Education Show Continued Gender Gap and Rural Urban Differences. In rural areas, literacy rate was seen as 71% compared to 86% in urban areas. Also amo...
by National Sample Survey Office NSSO | On 17 Nov 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 Newspapers has shown steep decline of circulation and advertising revenue in the west. Online advertising is taking away the majority of advertising revenue from print Increasing printing costs also a...
by V.V.S. Sarma | On 23 Oct 2015 This paper analyses the potential implications of mandated CSR under the recently enacted Companies Act, 2013 in India on firm incentives, likely responses of corporates that come under the ambit of t...
by Jayati Sarkar | On 19 Oct 2015 Narendra Modi is the first PM after Indira Gandhi with the power and possibly the intention to change the Indian system.
by T.N. Ninan | On 16 Oct 2015 As the Indian Ocean region increasingly becomes a more important geopolitical space, global powers and smaller states are laying down their stakes. This paper examines the military build-up of major I...
by | On 15 Oct 2015 More than 850 million people in developing countries are excluded from a wide range of information and knowledge, with the rural poor in
particular remaining isolated from both traditional media and...
by | On 14 Oct 2015 Ten years of election watch in Bihar.
by Association for Democratic Reforms ADR | On 12 Oct 2015 In Bihar, India, coverage of essential health and nutrition interventions is low. These interventions are provided by 2 national programs—the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and Health/Na...
by Rasmi Avula | On 09 Oct 2015 Why does gender equality in the media matter? Because of the many influences that shape the way we see men and women, media are among the most powerful. Media shape our daily lives, infusing their mes...
by UNESCO UNESCO | On 07 Oct 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 This paper, seeks to understand why firms in the garment and textile sector choose to comply with or ignore Pakistan’s environmental regulations and effluent standards. Based on survey of 60 firms, it...
by Ghulam Samad | On 23 Sep 2015 The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. It presents estimates of the numbers of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors tha...
by United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat | On 23 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 Open and participatory budget making is imperative for good
governance; yet by international standards India fares badly
on this count. This article analyses the process of budget
preparation and...
by Vinod Bhanu | On 11 Sep 2015 This paper aims to uncover the features that make India’s youth politics so distinct from other forms of politics within the country, the kinds of politics young people participate in, and the kinds o...
by Rahul Advani | On 10 Sep 2015 This paper identifies the key factors determining the correct identification of skill gaps within firms. The impact of skill gaps on average training expenditures and labour costs is also measured. Th...
by Luis Ortiz | On 26 Aug 2015 Enhancing bank competition, among other measures, could adequately strengthen interest rate transmission; but the danger is in overreaching and losing leverage.
by Ramkishen S. Rajan | On 16 Aug 2015 It is not correct to blame the media when effective communication suffer. The government will have to recheck its media policies and the distance it has to keep the media.
by T.N. Ninan | On 15 Aug 2015 This working paper records the findings of the project and discusses the key principles that underpin the Danish and Finnish welfare states. The paper reflects on the critical issues that must be cons...
by Valerie Koh | On 11 Aug 2015 The paper theoretically explores the impact of introducing bureaucratic competition on corruption. For this purpose it considers three different measures of corruption such as corruption incidence (CI...
by | On 04 Aug 2015 In this paper, we study the data from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) of India and disaggregate across demographic and leading causes of suicides. We find that mental and physical health are t...
by Shamika Ravi | On 02 Aug 2015 Contrary to fairness expected in modern world, people seem to treat in-group members (us)
better than out-group members (them). Do people then defend the in-group members as
politicians but prosecut...
by | On 27 Jul 2015 Financial sector’s primary role is intermediation between ultimate savers and ultimate investors. Initially, it was banks which were the intermediaries. As the financial sector evolved, other types of...
by R. Gandhi | On 21 Jul 2015 Gender disparities appear to be decreasing in academia according to a number of metrics, such as grant funding, hiring, acceptance at scholarly journals, and productivity, and it might be tempting to...
by Jevin D. West | On 15 Jul 2015 Banks and financial institutions are easy prey to fraudsters. As long as banks and financial institutions handle huge sums of money as financial intermediaries they will always be the target of ingeni...
by R. Gandhi | On 06 Jul 2015 This case study is about an intervention by MSSRF for the development of livelihoods, as well as food and nutritional security, to address the issues of poverty and malnutrition among the women and ch...
by Chandrika C S | On 30 Jun 2015 The right to acquire/rent property anywhere in the nation is a fantasy fostered by the Constitution and the rhetoric of modernisation and urbanisation.
by Pramod K. Nayar | On 28 Jun 2015 In the two-dimensional model of interpersonal attraction, cognitively evaluated respect for capacity of
and trust in willingness to facilitate goals/needs of each other have been postulated to be nec...
by Ramadhar Singh | On 25 Jun 2015 This paper shows that when donors and recipients care about each other two-sided altruism the presence of asymmetry of information about the donor's income leads very naturally to a signaling game. A...
by Garance Genicot | On 25 Jun 2015 This overview brings together major findings and crosscutting issues
in the “country situation reports” from Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively, which were commissioned
b...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 15 Jun 2015 This Sunday Column remembers the proud past of print in India, with stories that we have condemned to amnesia. These are stories about books, about print education, and about GST
by Noel D'Cunha | On 07 Jun 2015 This Advocates’ Guide has been developed based on the ecommendations made in the World Health Organization’s “Ensuring human rights in the provision of contraceptive information and services: Guidance...
by Renu Khanna | On 01 Jun 2015 New technologies are leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and protecting the enviro...
by Independent Extpert Advisory Group on a Data Revol (UN-IEAG) | On 21 May 2015 The Community Media Trust (CMT), based in Pastapur, Medak district, Andhra Pradesh is an exemplary community of women farmers who have taken full charge of their lives and environment. They have now e...
by Charumathi Supraja | On 12 May 2015 Media and its development have accompanied an
increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal
actions and engagements, rapid social change,
technological innovation and decline of some traditi...
by | On 12 May 2015 It has been a decade since the outbreak of one of Asia’s most serious insurgencies, the conflict between Malay Muslims and the Thai state in Southern Thailand. Often ignored and unremarked upon by the...
by Duncan McCargo | On 30 Apr 2015 This study aims to analyse the pattern in which mainstream media projects health issues, with a focus in the pulse polio eradication programme, and to understand the implications for media advocacy. A...
by Swati Bhattacharjee | On 27 Apr 2015 The present guide is an updated and consolidated guide for the use of all stakeholders. This guide contains five parts. Part I of the guide discusses some aspects of the Act which all the stake-holder...
by Government of India GOI | On 27 Apr 2015 The network neutrality debate is the idea that all internet content irrespective of type or who created it, should be treated the same in transfer process. Because the medium of communication has dete...
by | On 15 Apr 2015 The network neutrality debate is closely related to social, political, and economic debates over the public information network and the duties of its private carriers. The paper begins by defining net...
by | On 15 Apr 2015 This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale experiments in Punjab, Pakistan. Three results support the releva...
by | On 14 Apr 2015 The paper provides an in-depth empirical analysis of Thai political history in an attempt to understand why democracy has failed to consolidate since the 1932 revolution that ended the absolute monarc...
by | On 08 Apr 2015 The law Commission of India has submitted its Report No. 255 on “Electoral Reforms” to the Union Law and Justice Ministry. Informing this to the Media persons here in New Delhi Justice Shri A. P. Shah...
by Law Commission India | On 18 Mar 2015 Voters in India are often perceived as being biased in favor of parties that claim to represent their caste. The caste bias is incorporated into voter preferences and examine its in influence on the...
by Avidit Acharya | On 12 Feb 2015 This paper outlines the trends and patterns of migrants . It also discusses the impact and socioeconomic characteristics of migration in Delhi.
by | On 05 Feb 2015 This paper overviews of the nutrition problem, and locates ICT and mobile phones as a major role player in improving the nutritional status of the people, especially women and children, in developing...
by Rituparna Dutta | On 12 Jan 2015 The bilateral Joint Announcement on Climate Change Agreement released by the US and China on 11 November on the sidelines of the APEC Meeting in Beijing has imparted a new momentum to the troubled neg...
by D Raghunandan | On 21 Dec 2014 This study addresses the nature, extent and reasons for women’s political participation within India, Nepal and Pakistan. All three countries have recently elected or are in the process of electing th...
by Ranjana Kumari | On 27 Nov 2014 A
bill
to declare certain institutions of information technology to be institutions of national
importance, with a view to develop new knowledge in information technology and
to provide manpower o...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 26 Nov 2014 In this paper, the relationship is assessed between possessing information on, gaining access to and the efficacy of delivery of India's national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGA) in three sta...
by Shylashri Shankar | On 28 Oct 2014 This study investigates farmers' decision making under risk by eliciting their willingness to
pay (WTP) for hypothetical risky income distributions. To inquire whether farmers behave
differently whe...
by Thiagu Ranganathan | On 27 Oct 2014 Maharashtra Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms
(ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 2336 candidates out of
4119 candidates who are contesting in the Maharashtra Assemb...
by Association for Democratic Reforms ADR | On 14 Oct 2014 RBI has taken several steps to improve the processing of data. Information system will also be enhanced very soon. [Remarks at Reserve Bank of India at the 8th Statistics
Day Conference, Mumbai].
by Deepak Mohanty | On 30 Sep 2014 The Government of Odisha has striven to make Odisha the preferred IT destination for IT / ITES / ESDM companies by providing a congenial business environment, an investor friendly policy framework wit...
by Government of Odisha | On 09 Sep 2014 Science has traditionally been a male preserve. Socio-religious prejudices kept science education out of bounds for vast majority of women in India. Even today underrepresentation of women in science...
by Paromita Ghosh | On 29 Jul 2014 The paper aims to capture the synthesis and popular reconstruction of one of independent India’s earliest instances of large-scale violence over the emotive issue of language, i.e. the January 1965 Ma...
by Sriram Mohan | On 24 Jul 2014 Book Review - Understanding India: Cultural Influences on Indian Television Commercials discusses Indian Television Commercials in the context of marketing interests and visual culture. The author exa...
by Hemali Sanghavi | On 09 Jul 2014 Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is u...
by Motkuri Venkatanarayana | On 23 May 2014 The rapid emergence of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector has placed India on the global stage during the last one and a half decades. e sector has acted as a catalyst for growt...
by Organization of and Development | On 23 May 2014 Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of differe...
by Andrea Weber | On 23 May 2014 Drawing on interviews with 16 men and women in two age groups – fifties and twenties – and participant observation in adda sessions in an undergraduate college in contemporary Kolkata, this paper atte...
by Romit Chowdhury | On 13 May 2014 Political parties and elections lie at the center of modern democratic politics. Elections function as the chief means of holding leaders accountable for their actions in democratic societies. Politic...
by Erik Kuhonta | On 28 Apr 2014 The recent global food crisis can be seen as a wake-up call which can be turned into an opportunity by developing countries and the international community to revitalize global agriculture producti...
by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | On 22 Apr 2014 Inequality is rising in India alongside rapid economic growth, reinforcing the need to investigate social mobility. Are children from less well-off sections also able to rise to higher-paying position...
by Anirudh Krishna | On 04 Mar 2014 Contents?
Social Discrimination in Health
How to think of Discrimination?
Why Casteism Persists Even in the 21st Century?
Discrimination, Stigma and a Typology of Violence: Some Conceptual Reflect...
by Medico Friend Circle | On 08 Feb 2014 In this paper we analyze women as political candidates in a representative democracy. Using 50 years of assembly elections data at the constituency level from the Indian states, we show that women are...
by Mudit Kapoor | On 30 Jan 2014 Using the case of Delhi and drawing on
examples from other metropolitan cities, this paper attempts to understand the
factors that have led to the rise of middle class neighborhood associations an...
by Poulomi Chakrabarti | On 16 Jan 2014 Tobacco continues to be a major social and health menace across the globe. It is estimated that by 2030, it would account for the death of about 10 million people per year; half of them aged between 3...
by Dr. Pragati Hebber | On 09 Jan 2014 There are great opportunities for Open Access
publications to advance human health,
provided the medical research and publishing
communities can rise to the challenges
that come with them. There a...
by Plos medicine Editors | On 02 Jan 2014 There are many misconceptions on what behavioral economics is. This is essay clearly says what is behavioral economics. [CGD essay].
by Matthew Darling | On 11 Dec 2013 Social Media and search results can be readily manipulated which has remained unappreciated by the press and the general public. During time of elections, when the stakes are high, electoral candidate...
by Panagiotis Metaxas | On 06 Nov 2013 The apex court of India has decided to allow the NOTA (none of the above) option in the voting system. Noting that democracy was all about choice the Court has stated that by providing NOTA button in...
by Supreme Court of India | On 29 Oct 2013 A study middleman margins, trading mechanisms and the role of asymmetric information about prices between potato farmers and local trade intermediaries, in West Bengal,
India is conducted. Farmers in...
by Sandip Mitra | On 23 Oct 2013 Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries.
This paper uses cross-industry heterogeneity in growth rates within Vietnam to test
empirically whether growth leads...
by Jie Bai | On 03 Oct 2013 A large-scale randomized experiment was conducted in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396].
by Emily Beam | On 03 Sep 2013 What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely?
by Shimi Cohen | On 26 Aug 2013 A model built in which the media endorses the character of office-seeking candidates
as a means to promote its own ideological agenda. In equilibrium, political parties completely
pander to the elit...
by Archishman Chakraborty | On 12 Aug 2013 The National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) is designed so as to apply to all sharable non-sensitive data available either in digital or analog forms but generated using public funds by...
by Ministry of Science and Technology GOI | On 30 Jul 2013 Fuel price hikes have always been unpopular in Indonesia, largely because of their wide-ranging impact on the population. Yet, it is undeniable that the current high subsidies are unsustainable. To mo...
by Margareth Sembiring | On 26 Jul 2013 Recently, it has been argued that political competition may have similar effects on economic performance as market competition. This study empirically examines this proposition by linking political co...
by Bharatee Bhushan Dash | On 05 Jun 2013 Since 2002, the Indian state of Odisha has been undertaking a grassroots awareness campaign on “dos and don’ts” during heat wave conditions through the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program. The sele...
by Saudamini Das | On 24 May 2013 To explore how much coverage is given by Leading
Indian newspaper to 2G Scam and
Common Wealth Games during the period of study.
To explore what kind of image of India is famed by all four newspape...
by Daniel Drache | On 25 Apr 2013 This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance
in the dissemination of information. BREAD Working Paper No. 380. URL: [http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/380.pdf].
by Erlend Berg | On 16 Apr 2013 This study measures the efficiency of Indian states in
raising health outcomes, using the stochastic frontier methodology for
panel data for the period 2000-2009. [MSE WORKING PAPER 70/2012]. URL: [...
by Prachitha J | On 16 Apr 2013 A study finds that Facebook users may be the new
vote bank Indian politicians have to now worry about.
by IRIS Knowledge Foundation IKF | On 12 Apr 2013 The importance of the political parties in Myanmar and their role as the
creators of the future of the country. The course of the present developments
relies on the ability of the political parties....
by Aung Aung (IR) | On 09 Apr 2013 Journalism in South Asia is facing many challenges with physical security being a major issue in most of the region. Several countries may have improved relatively due to decisions to reduce the risks...
by International Federation of Journalists IFJ | On 04 Feb 2013 A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountain...
by Jean-Marie Baland | On 28 Jan 2013 There are relatively few theoretical models or empirical
analyses of clientelism which analyse the sources and consequences of clientelism. Data from household surveys in rural West Bengal are used t...
by Pranab Bardhan | On 14 Jan 2013 This paper attempts to analyse the benefit incidence of health spending in the context of India. Benefit incidence analysis (hereafter BIA) is used here. This is a methodology that addresses this ques...
by Lekha Chakraborty | On 17 Dec 2012 What are the response of voters to candidates who have reported that they have criminal charges against them? A analysis within the framework of a simple analytical model which assumes that criminal c...
by Bhaskar Dutta | On 02 Nov 2012 As sex ratio imbalances have become a problem in an increasing number of countries, it is important to understand their consequences. With the defeat of the Kuomintang Party in China, more than one mi...
by Simon Chang | On 28 Aug 2012 A unique data-set from Indonesia is analysed to understand what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link informatio...
by Vivi Alatas | On 23 Aug 2012 What is the relationship
between social conflict and poverty in the context of Manipur? There is a need to recognize togetherness of the imperatives of
economic well being, socio-cultural identity a...
by Anand Kumar | On 22 Aug 2012 Political economy and economic sociology have developed in relative isolation from each other. While political economy focuses largely on macrophenomena, economic sociology focuses on the level of soc...
by Jens Beckert | On 07 Aug 2012 The violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State appears to have died down. However, partisan portrayals of the violence risks jeopardising the security of locals and Myanmar’s reform process with extr...
by Kyaw San Wai | On 31 Jul 2012 The cross-country empirical literature on the finance-growth relationship has debated three
propositions: (i) financial deepening has a strong impact on the growth process; (ii) measures
of financia...
by Sabyasachi Kar | On 13 Jul 2012 Why should health advocates be concerned about the new marketing paradigm? Because young people's choices about what to eat and when are largely shaped by food and beverage marketing -- and these indu...
by Berkeley Media Studies Group BMSG | On 13 Jul 2012 This study examines the reliability of the Census of Nagaland between 1981 and
2011 by testing the internal consistency of Census population estimates. It also tries to
validate the Census estimates...
by Ankush Agrawal | On 06 Jul 2012 The concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is relatively new to many Southeast Asians, who have traditionally relied on the state for security and therefore faced a sense of hopelessness when such...
by Pavin Chachavalpongpun | On 27 Jun 2012 Are there substantial changes in the relationship between women and engineering in recent times? This is a fascinating question to explore especially since it has been so little studies especially in...
by Sreelekha Nair | On 11 Jun 2012 Parliament met for the Budget Session between March 16 and May 22 with a three-week recess in April. Both Houses met for 35 days each. A special sitting was convened on Sunday, May 13 to commemorate 6...
by Rohit Kumar | On 23 May 2012 The wealth accumulation of Indian parliamentarians using public disclosures
required of all candidates since 2003 are studied. Annual asset growth of winners is on average 3 to 6 percentage points hi...
by Raymond Fisman | On 18 May 2012 The Pendang parliamentary and Anak Bukit by-elections for the Kedah state legislative assembly
were among the most contentious of by-elections in recent Malaysian politics. Held
simultaneously on 18...
by K Ramanathan | On 10 May 2012 Persistence and
breakdowns of democracy are the dominant features of
Nepali politics.Democracy continues to be attractive amidst
setbacks and discontinuity. So it remains perennially elusive,
desp...
by Lok Raj Baral | On 23 Apr 2012 This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of
war with particular reference to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national
security’ becoming a maj...
by Aradhana Sharma | On 20 Apr 2012 Using a case study of two districts in South India, farmers’ information needs and information search behavior, factors affecting their search behavior, and their willingness to pay for information a...
by Suresh Chandra Babu | On 10 Apr 2012 Using data of non-financial listed firms over a period of 1999-2010, this paper investigates the effectiveness of balance sheet channel in monetary transmission mechanism in Pakistan. By classifying f...
by Safia Shabbir | On 09 Apr 2012 Labour market insecurity, recognised as pervasive in rural India, is
multi-faceted. This study attempts to fill a gap in the research on
key dimensions of labour market insecurity by using the Natio...
by Padmini Desikachar | On 02 Apr 2012 The burning of agricultural field residue, such as stalks and stubble,
during the wheat and rice harvesting seasons in the Indo-Gangetic
plains results in substantial emissions of trace gases and pa...
by Ridhima Gupta | On 28 Mar 2012 This study examines whether the allocation of public expenditures of
the Indian states are significantly influenced by government specific political
characteristics. Three types of government specif...
by Bharatee Bhusana Dash | On 27 Mar 2012 A simple theory is developed which formally describes how charities can resolve the information
asymmetry problems faced by small donors by working with large donors to generate quality signals. To t...
by Dean Karlan | On 26 Mar 2012 There is in urgent need for modernization and generational
Change need to be done in the Indian railways to assure safety, improve productivity, take advantage of advanced technology, respond to ever...
by Ministry of Railways | On 14 Mar 2012 Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in
India. Estimates suggest that more than 25 million women are
"missing". Sex selection at birth and the mistreatment of
young g...
by Siwan Anderson | On 09 Mar 2012 Discussion on the human rights violation of under trial prisoners.
by Ranesh Chandra Majumdar | On 06 Mar 2012 Utilizing data from the power corporation of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state,
the politics of electricity theft over a ten year period (2000–09) is studied. It is seen that electricity the...
by Miriam Golden | On 06 Mar 2012 A
bill
to regulate public procurement with the objectives of ensuring transparency, fair and equitable treatment of bidders, promoting competition, enhancing efficiency and economy and safeguarding...
by Ministry of Finance | On 24 Feb 2012 The effect of electoral rules and forms of government on public policy outcomes using a new dataset on agriculture and food policies from 74 countries over the 1960-2005 period is investigated. Using...
by Alessandro Olper | On 22 Feb 2012 Review of the book 'Riots and After in Mumbai: Chronicles of Truth and Reconciliation' Meena Menon, Sage Publications India, 2011, Pp 267 + xcii, Rs. 595/-
by Irfan Engineer | On 17 Feb 2012 Standard errors (S.Es.) of month on month and year on year inflation in Pakistan are estimated
based on data for the period of July 2001 to June 2010 using stochastic approach as well as
extended s...
by Javed Iqbal | On 15 Feb 2012 The aim of this paper is to compare the technical efficiency of Indian Banks operating
abroad and foreign banks operating in India and to investigate the effect of openness of the
country, ownership...
by Vivek Kumar | On 08 Feb 2012 The study measures the contribution of MNCs to the generation of innovations from India.
The focus is on innovations that are carried out in foreign R&D Centres. After having
mapped out the size of...
by Rakesh Basant | On 06 Feb 2012 This paper examines the functioning of Parliaments in Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka1 in order to gauge the extent of openness and access
from the point of view of both Members of Parliam...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 31 Jan 2012 Although previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural India, son-biased stopping rules imply that estimates of the effect of gender on parental investmen...
by Silvia H. Barcellos | On 30 Jan 2012 Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, independent entrepreneurial migrants
from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of “greener pastures.” This
paper scrutinizes the...
by Laurence Marfaing | On 25 Jan 2012 The Election Commission recently announced the poll schedule for Assembly elections in five States
– Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. As parties prepare for the upcoming
election...
by Rohit Kumar | On 24 Jan 2012 The short term and long term stock price volatility changes around bonus
and rights issue announcements have been examined using historical
volatility estimation and time varying volatility approach...
by Madhuri Malhotra | On 24 Jan 2012 Even though it would be considered politically premature by both the Congress and the BJP – it may be best to think in terms of fresh elections. URL:[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/t-n-ni...
by T.N. Ninan | On 03 Jan 2012 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce examined the subject of Foreign and Domestic Investment in the Retail sector beginning April 5, 2007 under the chairmanship of Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi....
by Anirudh Burman | On 05 Dec 2011 The MHTF–PLoS Collection in
2011–12 will focus on quality of maternal
health care, as it is clear that such a focus
is now a global imperative [9]. The quality
of maternal health care is highly va...
by Samantha R Lattof | On 02 Dec 2011 Invited Presentation at the Seventh Play the Game Conference in Cologne, Germany. The author reviews media coverage of women in sports and concludes that media is an essential part of producing, repr...
by Annie Sugier | On 01 Dec 2011 This
Report covers developments in implementation of the Convention in India
from 2006 to 2011. The harmonised guidelines for preparation of Common
Core Document and the reporting Guidelines of the...
by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 25 Nov 2011 In an era of globalised communication technologies, research is focussing on the potential of media as a means of ‘soft power’, to persuade people and wield influence. The issue of credibility also co...
by Maya Ranganathan | On 22 Nov 2011 Two recent IRS quarterly surveys have shown that readership of newspapers is declining in Assam. Why is this happening?
by Nava Thakuria | On 22 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 In analyzing this phenomenon for Indian manufacturing industries, this study tries to find out the determinants of profitability of firms based on three energy clusters (natural gas, petroleum, coal)...
by Santosh Kumar Sahu | On 10 Nov 2011 Spending on consumption items is examined which have signaling value in social
interactions across groups with distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are
defined by caste an...
by Melanie Khamis | On 10 Nov 2011 This paper discusses Asia’s infrastructure needs and its
corresponding financing needs and challenges. It proposes ways to address financing gaps by identifying potential
financing sources and instr...
by Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay | On 09 Nov 2011 This article outlines the potential mechanisms through which ICT could
facilitate agricultural adoption and the provision of extension services in developing countries. It
then reviews existing prog...
by Jenny C Aker | On 07 Nov 2011 With the exception Brander and Drazen (2008), who use a comprehensive cross-country
database consisting of both developed and developing countries, the hypothesis that rapid
growth helps incumbents...
by Poonam Gupta | On 31 Oct 2011 Apart from being BRIC countries, what India and Brazil have in common is a large service sector that contributes significantly to the GDP. The service sector contributed 66% to the Brazilian GDP and 5...
by Rekha Jain | On 18 Oct 2011 A bill to provide for development of sports in India, coordination of
national teams for participation in international events, fair
and transparent functioning of autonomous sports bodies and
welf...
by Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs YAS | On 17 Oct 2011 In this study, a comparative analysis of the role of knowledge flows in capability formation among firms in the Indian Information Technology sector (IT sector) across cluster and non-cluster location...
by Rakesh Basant | On 13 Oct 2011 The Indian economy has shown considerable resilience to the global economic crisis by maintaining one of the highest growth rates in the world. The services sector accounted for around 88 per cent of...
by Abhijit Das | On 13 Oct 2011 In this paper the objective functions of the regions as well as their decision to provide
public investment are endogenized in a model of competition for foreign owned mobile capital. It is demonstra...
by Rupayan Pal | On 04 Oct 2011 A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the
scientific development and regulation of mines and
minerals under the control of the Union. URL:[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/sep/d2...
by Ministry of Mines GOI | On 03 Oct 2011 Inflation management is one of the hardest tasks an economic policymaker has to undertake. It appears, at first sight, that one can rely entirely on commonsense to carry out this task. But that will b...
by Kaushik Basu | On 28 Sep 2011 The foundation of the new policy, known as the “National Policy for Senior Citizens 2011” is based on several factors. These include the demographic explosion among the elderly, the changing economy a...
by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment GOI | On 19 Sep 2011 This paper examines the competitiveness of the Indian garments industry vis-à-vis the other
South Asian countries Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Under the SAFTA agreement, many of the
garment i...
by Saon Ray | On 16 Sep 2011 This paper estimates returns to education in India using a nationally representative survey. The standard Mincerian wage equation separately for rural and urban sectors is estimated. To account for th...
by Tushar Agrawal | On 06 Sep 2011 This paper examines whether ownership and increased competitive pressure affect food retailers’ market power, analysing whether all actors involved in the food supply chain deviate from the pricing be...
by Eleni A Kaditi | On 29 Aug 2011 In order to facilitate introduction of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Advanced mobile broadband services, the Authority has decided to deliberate on various related issues including sui...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 24 Aug 2011 The paper attempts to explore the technology spillover effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Indian manufacturing industries across different selected clusters in India. To measure the spillov...
by Pami Dua | On 12 Aug 2011 Illegal markets differ from legal markets in many respects. Although illegal markets have economic significance and are of theoretical importance, they have been largely ignored by economic sociology....
by Jens Beckert | On 05 Aug 2011 The study seeks to examine the extent of financial inclusion in West Bengal. It is observed from
the study that although there has been an improvement in outreach activity in the banking sector,
the...
by Sadhan Kumar Chattopadhyay | On 03 Aug 2011 The study makes specific recommendations for decisionmakers
in industry, society and politics on how to handle new
network technologies. URL:[http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD...
by Thomas F Dapp | On 02 Aug 2011 National Competition Policy is necessitated, as an overarching Policy framework, in continuation
of the 1991-reforms, to infuse greater competition across sectors, and unleash fuller growth potential...
by Ministry of Corporte Affairs GOI | On 01 Aug 2011 Information and Communication
Technology (ICT’s)
bring lot of opportunities to women in the work situations and small business.
Teleporting, flexi time and work from home arrangements are some of t...
by Government of India Ministry of Women and Child Development | On 29 Jul 2011 The Union Law Minister recently launched the ‘Mission Mode Programme for Reduction of
Pendency of Arrears in Courts’. According to media reports, the programme aims to dispose of
40 per cent of the...
by Rohit Kumar | On 15 Jul 2011 Review of
Political Economy of Communications in India: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Pradip Ninan Thomas;
Sage, India; 2010, Rs 650.
by Vrijendra | On 07 Jul 2011 Some recent literature in the meta-analysis category where results from a range of studies are
brought together throws doubt on the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and
development....
by Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha | On 24 Jun 2011 In a two-sector model, where one of the sectors is monopolistically competitive and subject to increasing returns to scale but without love for variety, the effects of a balanced budget fiscal expansi...
by Partha Sen | On 20 Jun 2011 In a television interview not so long ago when the interviewer painfully and persistently asked Husain yet again, why he had chosen Qatar over Hindustan, he said laughing, playfully invoking and twis...
by Shuddhabrata Sengupta | On 15 Jun 2011 Alcohol industry is a
massive and growing US$150 billion
global business—have not yet received
adequate prominence in medical journals.
Indeed, attention to and scientific research
on the alcohol...
by PLoS Medicine Editors | On 15 Jun 2011 In October 2008, a delegation from the International Press Freedom and
Freedom of Expression Mission undertook a solidarity and advocacy mission
to Sri Lanka to assess the current media situation...
by Int Press Freedom & Freedom of Expression Mission IPF&FE | On 13 Jun 2011 Polarization in India is analysed roughly in the past two and half decades using consumption
expenditure data. It is seen that polarization has increased sharply since the 1990s, reversing the earlie...
by Sripad Motiram | On 13 Jun 2011 The present paper is a study of the impact of salinity ingress on the rural households in the coastal regions of Gujarat. The paper throws up some important insights which appear policy relevant.
by Jyothis Sathyapalan | On 02 Jun 2011 One of the most critical aspects of information about non-forest wastelands pertains to ownership. Not all
may be owned by Government. In addition to uncultivated lands which were historically part...
by Planning Commission | On 27 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 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 Current Status of the Bill: Pending URL:[http://prsindia.org/uploads/media/children%20against%20sexual%20offences.pdf].
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 25 Mar 2011 In simple language and with numerous concrete examples, this policy brief analyses the impact - among others - of key ex-ante factors such as acute 'horizontal inequality' between social groups in the...
by Jeni Klugman | On 22 Mar 2011 This brief examines one particular criticism of Constituency Development Funds (CDFs): they infringe upon the doctrine of separation of powers. It also discusses whether CDFs adhere to other important...
by Christina Murray | On 18 Mar 2011 Budget reactions from various sectors
by Leena Chandan | On 09 Mar 2011 Budget expectations from various sectors are given. URL:[ http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyShow.php?fileR=20110217120638043&secID=fromnewsroom&secTitle=From the News Room&dir=2011/02/17].
by IRIS India IRIS | On 21 Feb 2011 In the debate over the role of civil society under authoritarian regimes, the spread of transnational web-based media obliges us to rethink the areas in which the societal voice can be raised --- and...
by Bert Hoffman | On 10 Feb 2011 This paper describes framing and the challenges particular to the context of violence prevention, with the goal of moving youth violence from being understood primarily as a criminal justice issue dea...
by Lawrence Wallack | On 09 Feb 2011 The paper measures the impact of information technology on the output growth of Singapore economy. [Working Paper No. 18]
by Toh Mun Heng | On 02 Feb 2011 43 villages in Bangladesh were randomized to receive information on well-water arsenic that emphasized water safety relative to the national standard (bright-line message) or provided additional infor...
by Lori Bennear | On 02 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 If priors are deterministic (zero or unity) and conditional evidence is uncertain (lies between zero and
one) then Bayesian updating will lead to posteriors that are the same as priors. This in a sen...
by Srijit Mishra | On 31 Jan 2011 The Governor of Assam is pleased to order to that the Information Technology Policy of Assam as enunciated in the enclosed document will come into force with effect from the date of publication in the...
by Government of Assam | On 28 Jan 2011 The emotional dominant of well-being in contemporary cultures today,demands a transformational citizen. The transformational citizen is one who enhances and improves her/himself, feels/experiences a s...
by Pramod K. Nayar | On 23 Jan 2011 International comparisons of average national incomes omit important information about
leisure, home production, health, etc. They are also bedevilled by index number
problems. This paper suggests...
by Steve Dowrick | On 17 Jan 2011 The success of new start-up firms often depends on timing. It is valuable for the
potential entrepreneur to wait for the right moment before starting a new firm. In this
paper we provide a theoret...
by Thomas Gries | On 14 Jan 2011 On 9th June 2010 the mandate of the UN human rights field
mission to Nepal, the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal), expires. The Prime
Minister MK Nepal has said t...
by Asian Centre for Human Rights ACHR | On 22 Dec 2010 In this paper they introduce two other notions of the comparative riskiness of lotteries with vector outcomes. [Working Paper No. 191]
by Sudhir A. Shah | On 17 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 For studying the analytical characteristics of a distribution, ideally one should have a random sample of observations from the corresponding population. Such a sample makes it possible for us to di...
by N. Krishnaji | On 07 Dec 2010 This paper discusses the concerns on the digital divide and illustrates, through case studies, how the recent developments in the Information and Communication Technology can be gainfully employed in...
by T.P. Rama Rao | On 03 Dec 2010 A proof of concept application using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the dairy sector was developed by the Centre for Electronics Governance at the Indian Institute of Management, Ah...
by T.P. Rama Rao | On 03 Dec 2010 This short commentary is about the introduction of e-grantz, an online scheme of distribution of educational assistance to dalit students in Kerala. At the time of admission to a course,
students fil...
by Rajesh Komath | On 02 Dec 2010 In this paper they analyze the relation between inequality, corruption and competition in a developing
economy context where markets are imperfect. They consider an economy where
different types o...
by Indranil Dutta | On 02 Dec 2010 This consultation paper aims to seek the views of stakeholders to assist TRAI in arriving at a
framework by which interconnecting service providers may be fairly compensated for
Intelligent Network...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 30 Nov 2010 Information on brand-variety performance is critical for small farmers in India since every year
they need to make crucial decisions on which brand-variety seeds to plant. The livelihoods from
their...
by Vasant P Gandhi | On 24 Nov 2010 A state-wise study of print media is done instead of taking the North Eastern region as a whole. Information about respective state's print media is given. The approach will also throw light on the di...
by Athikho Kaisii | On 22 Nov 2010 This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in
information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign direct investment (FDI),
with reference to its implica...
by Roghieh Gholami | On 22 Nov 2010 A persistent widening of skill based wage inequality in the Indian
Organised Manufacturing sector has been reported by many researchers.
Two main hypotheses had been tested in developed economies to...
by Vinoj Abraham | On 17 Nov 2010 A decomposition in the ownership of shares
by foreigners is offered into three parts: the change in insider shareholding,
the change in market capitalisation and the change in the fraction of
outsi...
by Ajay Shah | On 16 Nov 2010 Since the 1980s, there has been increasing informalization of industrial labour
in India. It has taken two forms: rising share of the unorganized sector in manufacturing employment and informalizatio...
by Bishwanath Goldar | On 03 Nov 2010 This paper makes an attempt to estimate the index of informal sector employment
which can be attributed to the supply-push phenomenon. Factors which explain the
inter-state variations include the...
by Dibyendu S. Maiti | On 02 Nov 2010 Given the manifold ways, in which the information technology could
contribute to human welfare, the developing countries have invested in
Information Technology (IT) as a short cut to prosperity. I...
by K.J. Joseph | On 01 Nov 2010 The corporate sector in India has witnessed a substantial growth
of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) during the 1990s, facilitated by
the policy-shift under Structural Adjustment Program. During the...
by P.L. Beena | On 28 Oct 2010 They provide a characterization of the obligation rules in the context of
minimum cost spanning tree games. They also explore the relation between
obligation rules and random order values of their r...
by Gustavo Bergantiños | On 11 Oct 2010 Technical interoperability enables
subscriber to receive signals from any DTH service provider using same STB. In the
year 2008, TRAI had recommended that technical interoperability be part of the l...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 06 Oct 2010 This paper is an attempt to fill the knowledge of the role played by network in the labor market assimilation of immigrants and the mechanisms through which networks affect the labor market outcomes o...
by Deepti Goel | On 30 Sep 2010 The paper deals with the issue of information sharing in a Cournot duopoly by an innovating
firm in the face of a merger with its rival. The innovating firm would share information about
the cost...
by Uday Bhanu Sinha | On 27 Sep 2010 What distinguishes a GIS system from other information systems is the availability of spatial analysis functions. The application and use of GIS is increasingly important today for design and evaluat...
by Dipti Mukherji | On 23 Sep 2010
Using a structural dynamic programming model, we investigate the relative importance of
family background variables and individual specific abilities in explaining cross-sectional
differences in...
by Christian Belzil | On 23 Sep 2010 The objective of this research was to examine if the growth in health facilities within the cities have kept pace with growth of population. The methodology used was geographic information and mapping...
by Anandi Dantas | On 17 Sep 2010
This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives
of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): poverty reduction and financial viability. Using an
unbalanced pan...
by Thankom Arun | On 06 Sep 2010 This paper examines the interdependence of cross-ownership and level of privatization in case of
differentiated products mixed duopoly. It shows that it is optimal for the private firm not to own any...
by Rupayan Pal | On 03 Sep 2010 Information plays a vital role in lives of individuals/groups for development and growth. Just information does not serve the purpose, but accurate information does. The sources/tools/techniques used...
by Rajanish Dass | On 06 Aug 2010 The study shows that the three major communities had different explanatory models of malaria. Though they had many differences and similarities, some beliefs and practices of malarial treatment and pr...
by Shamim Hossain | On 28 Jul 2010 In the backdrop of the low level of health insurance coverage in India, this study
examines the determinants of the scaling-up process of health insurance by analyzing
the rational behaviour of an i...
by Sukumar Vellakkal | On 22 Jul 2010 Point of Purchase (PoP) is the place where a customer is about to buy the product. This is the
crucial point where the exchange takes place. It offers us a last chance to remind or attract
customers...
by Dwarika Prasad Uniyal | On 14 Jul 2010 The Ambanis have a formidable business reputation, with skillful media management to match. There is a constant stream of newspaper column inches given over to writing about their business growth, dea...
by T.N. Ninan | On 06 Jul 2010 This editorial is about the difficulty of finding suitable candidates for board seats.
by T.N. Ninan | On 28 Jun 2010 Patents and patent applications are important indicators of innovative activity in industrial R
& D, especially in areas such as Information Technology (IT), where technology growth is
rapid. Within...
by Biju Paul Abraham | On 22 Jun 2010 This paper explores the modification of a discourse in the context of emergence of social movement from a single issue professional campaign through a framework of Habermasian communicative action the...
by Muhammad Anwar | On 22 Jun 2010 In this paper analyze the economic incentives that govern the strategic relationship
between the government and the independent media has been analysed using a consistent analytical
framework.The an...
by Samarth Vaidya | On 17 Jun 2010 The paper excavates how the advent of commercial audiography, through 'Recording Expeditions' between 1902 and 1907, shaped configurations of the nascent business in, and culture around, 'music on rec...
by Vibodh Parthasarathi | On 16 Jun 2010 They are providing systematic evidence that intermediaries play an important role in facilitating trade using a firm-level the census of China's exports. Intermediaries account for around 20% of China...
by Jaebin Ahn | On 14 Jun 2010 In this paper, a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts is illustrated. In India, exam competition is run through which children compete for a large financial prize and teachers...
by Rema Hanna | On 08 Jun 2010 This paper is a study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Science and Technology in Nepal. This study was undertaken essentially to achieve four objectives, viz. to review curricular...
by Dr. Vidya Nath Koirala | On 03 Jun 2010 This paper reviews the development of the social security system and trends in the urban labor market in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC face...
by Wang Dewen | On 20 May 2010 This study analyzes the content, usability, interactivity and connectivity of Indian executive
blogs. Results indicate that among the Indian CEOs and top executives who blog, most are
associated wit...
by Smeeta Mishra | On 14 May 2010 The editors stress the impact of inadequate road safety on global health, in both developed and low- and middle-income countries. "Research into the risk factors for injury from road traffic crashes,...
by PLoS Medicine | On 08 Apr 2010 Report from the 11th Media Dialogue ’North East: Fallen off the Media Map? or Why Does the Media Give so Lettle Space to this Vast Region?
by Shambhu Ghatak | On 07 Apr 2010 Stricter regulatory surveillance in emerging market economies (EMEs) largely insulated their
financial systems from the crisis. Development and convergence of regulatory apparatus has
been rapid. In...
by Ashima Goyal | On 29 Mar 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 The paper discuses the role played by institutional behavior in determining the policy outcomes of a state. Apart from secondary data the paper is also based on information collected from selected sta...
by Deepita Chakravarty | On 19 Mar 2010 This paper investigates a series of questions that explore this topic: What kind of
information do farmers value the most to improve agricultural productivity? Do
mobile phones and mobile-enabled ag...
by Surabhi Mittal | On 03 Mar 2010 To find out whether our government is spending an astronomical amount of
taxpayer’s money publicising itself rather than disseminating information, facts and figures were assimilated.
By tracking f...
by Kumar Gaurav | On 29 Jan 2010 Using data from a survey of clients of a microfinance bank,
Khushhali Bank, in 2005, the study revisited the survey data and found that despite the
Bank’s strict poverty-targeting program used in cl...
by Sununtar Setboonsarng | On 25 Jan 2010 Department of Industrial Policy and promotion has recently issued revised guidelines for calculation of total foreign investment i.e. direct and indirect foreign investment in Indian companies for bri...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 18 Jan 2010 The Indian media has wrongly compared Bihar's (that is, 11.03per cent) average annual growth during the period 2004-05 to 2008-09 with that of Gujarat (that is, 11.05per cent). While the media has quo...
by Shambhu Ghatak | On 14 Jan 2010 Discusses about the different poverty measuements.
by T.N. Ninan | On 22 Dec 2009 This paper is an attempt to explore the meaning and significance of political
participation within (a) the conceptual framework of democratic citizenship and
(b) debates surrounding representative d...
by Anupama Roy | On 10 Dec 2009 This paper presents some of the findings of our recent study on women’s representation and participation in panchayats. Some of the findings of the study (Buch; 1999) of women in panchayats after the...
by Nirmala Buch | On 04 Dec 2009 A woman scientist writes about being a working woman scientist in a man's world. [Sandarbh Issue 65]
by Hema Ramachandran | On 26 Nov 2009 This paper is aganist the popular assertion regarding the links between innovation and clustering and it is found that the main sources of knowledge transfer and innovation among key firms in Bangalor...
by Aya Okada | On 23 Nov 2009 The aim of this paper is to study the effects of court errors in estimating the harm,
on the parties' behaviour regarding the levels of care they take, and their decision to buy the information about...
by Ram Singh | On 17 Nov 2009 How product differentiation as well as strategic managerial delegation
affects optimal emission tax rate, environmental damage and social welfare, under
alternative modes of product market competiti...
by Rupayan Pal | On 04 Nov 2009 Fiscal policy measures are a key means by which governments can influence
distribution and poverty, but in fact the relationships between fiscal policy and poverty are not well understood. The most c...
by Andrew McKay | On 05 Oct 2009 There were many challenges involved in the conduct of the elections. For example,
the people had to cast votes among 16 presidential candidates (2 candidates withdrew two days before the elections) i...
by Manabu Fujimura | On 17 Sep 2009 The article describes the constitution and functions of Village Development Boards (VDBs) in NAGALAND where VDBs are considered as “Financial Intermediaries” or “Non-Banking Financial Intermediaries”....
by Karmakar K G | On 06 Aug 2009 Budget reactions from various sectors and by various people in the industry
by Leena Chandan | On 10 Jul 2009 The paper seeks to analyse and discuss the impact of financial reform and related
institutional change on the process of financial intermediation. In effect reforms stood the earlier
quantity driven...
by Chakrabarti B.B. | On 09 Jul 2009 Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and ca...
by C Veermani | On 23 Jun 2009 Competition law is different from other branches of law. It is not about the fairness or morality to be instilled in the actions which mark societal behaviour. Instead the rules of competition reflect...
by Tarun Jain | On 14 Jun 2009 This paper seeks to evaluate quantity and quality of service delivery in rural public health facilities under NRHM. On appropriate and feasible measures, the former is assessed on the static and dynam...
by Kaveri Gill | On 02 Jun 2009 Mass media plays a crucial role in information distribution and thus in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by mass media reflects the media’s ince...
by Alessandro Olper | On 29 May 2009 Speech is about the role of IT in the Indian financial sector [Keynote address at the Banking Technology Awards 2008 of the Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad].
by D Subbarao | On 25 May 2009 Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermed...
by C Veermani | On 21 May 2009 Firms differ in the effects that foreign direct investment liberalizations have on their businesses, and in the responses they make to adjust to the liberalized business environment. In this study th...
by Stanley Nollen | On 15 May 2009 To understand how gender, women’s rights and citizenship intersect with innovation in SouthAsia, one must begin by considering some of the main features of life for South Asian women, about a half of...
by Sujata Byravan | On 06 May 2009 This inaugural piece addresses a fundamental problem of communication – how to effectively talk about an issue. It’s not as simple as it seems. Its always known that people did not always “hear” what...
by Joseph Grady | On 05 May 2009 Attacks on journalists throughout the world -- by organised crime groups in Latin America, autocratic regimes in the Middle East, repressive governments in Africa and by combatants in war zones -- pos...
by World Association of Newspapers WAN | On 28 Apr 2009 The media has a demonstrated ability in fostering mutual understanding by communicating across divides, thus bringing competing narratives together into a shared story. This ambivalence presents an op...
by UNESCO UNESCO | On 28 Apr 2009 The paper proposes a Public accountability information system (PAIS), with a web enabled public information system and a smart card recording all the benefits that the poor are entitled to receive thr...
by Arvind Virmani | On 22 Jan 2009 Whether timing of the elections leads to riots or not within India. In other
words, does timing of elections instigate riots? Using time series crosssectional
data for 16 major Indian states for the...
by Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati | On 09 Jan 2009 A framework for national surveillance, monitoring, and research that could help inform guideline development in low-income settings. [Plos Medicine Policy Forum].
by Mike English | On 07 Jan 2009 This preliminary report has been prepared with a view to assist the state government in understanding the implications of the crisis, so that appropriate policies and programmes could be chalked to de...
by Centre for Development Studies CDS | On 02 Jan 2009 The paper discusses the poor health statistics for children in the age group of 11-19. The main reasons for deteriorating health are identified as reduction in cost of food products, lack of physical...
by Jeff Chester | On 22 Dec 2008 This consultation paper attempts to solicit the views of stakeholders on the issues involving quality of service aspects of cable television service in non-CAS area. Additionally, some new quality of...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 08 Dec 2008 Thomas Conroy, Jarice Hanson, eds. Constructing America's War Culture: Iraq, Media, and Images at Home. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008. viii + 171 pp. $60.00 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).
by Fabian Virchow | On 06 Dec 2008 This handbook gives information about violence like domestic or family violence and youth violence. It also provides suggestions to public health departments on the ways to deal with such crimes. Addi...
by Jane Ellen Stevens | On 04 Dec 2008 Whether there should be transparency in political finance? Whether there should be a control over the money that the political parties are receiving?
by Marcin Walecki | On 04 Dec 2008 Politicians face high-powered electoral pressures while bureaucrats face longer-term, low powered incentives. Given constitutional constraints, what incentives do politicians employ to control bureauc...
by Lakshmi Iyer | On 02 Dec 2008 This paper will is a review of the development of the virtual health sciences libraries. Virtual/digital libraries provide full text access to selected journals and books. Since, the needs of research...
by Ashish Atreja | On 27 Nov 2008 The objective of the paperis to obtain the inputs of stakeholders and to generate a discussion on the appropriate policy relating to cross media and ownership restrictions in India. The comments of al...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 03 Oct 2008 The paper analyzes the determinants of internationalisation, defined in terms of export intensity and overseas investments, of the IT firms in India. In particular, the paper examines the role of tech...
by Narayanan K | On 01 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 The study has indicated how consumers and farmers benefit from organized retailers. The study has also examined the impact on intermediaries and manufacturers. The results are indicative of the mega-a...
by Mathew Joseph | On 23 Sep 2008 The approach of the PUCL to civil liberties issues underlines a crucial understanding: an understanding which has as its base the recognition of the fundamental truth that civil liberties is not a mat...
by Z.M. Yacoob | On 18 Sep 2008 There is a tremendous amount of media freedom problems in the world, and there is also a certain time travel backwards in many parts of the world. It is not only true in the new democracies, where we...
by World Association of Newspapers WAN | On 19 Aug 2008 In this paper a dynamic model of subsidized credit provision is presented to examine how asymmetric information exacerbates inefficiency caused by corruption. Though designed to empower the underprivi...
by Bibhas Saha | On 11 Aug 2008 Review of
In An Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry.
Edited by Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi;
Routledge, London, New Delhi;
2008.
by Rahul De | On 06 Aug 2008 This occasional paper addresses three questions revolving around the IMF policy. The questions are: What are the underlying factors shaking the very foundation of one of the pillars of the
internatio...
by Marc Saxer | On 29 Jul 2008 The earthquake has certainly revealed that NGOs can play a positive role, but the question of “deviation” is of greater concern to the ruling party and where the challenge will lie for these young org...
by Amy Gadsden | On 18 Jun 2008 Left coalition ruled West Bengal for uninterrupted three decades. The study reveals that despite ruling for such a long period the state still lags behind in eradication of problems like poverty, as c...
by Arup Maharatna | On 04 Jun 2008 How is it that India’s leading language does not even have a national magazine,
commercial or otherwise, worth its name but can yet support a number of literary periodicals with readerships running...
by mahmood farooqui | On 28 May 2008 Narco-analysis was started almost seven years back in India, and was also accompanied by the increased use of lie-detection testing used on criminals. It was not taken up by human-rights organisations...
by Amar Jesani | On 14 May 2008 The challenges for journalists and the media community in South Asia encompass a range of factors that indicate the level of press freedom in any country: Physical attacks, threats and questionable le...
by Sukumar Muralidharan | On 04 May 2008 Risky products cause two types of costs for society; the accident costs and the
insurance costs. Liability rules allocate these costs between the parties involved. The expansion in the scope of produ...
by Ram Singh | On 14 Apr 2008 The rapid growth of the Indian media has occurred in a regulatory vacuum. Nor are there are accepted standards on the exercise of the free speech right in the Indian media. In this draft discussion no...
by Sukumar Muralidharan | On 11 Apr 2008 The impressive growth of the Indian media is largely taking place outside of the voting classes, ensuring that the media are not playing a significant public service role. Ultimately, the author sugge...
by James Mutti | On 11 Apr 2008 A brief overview is provided about India’s long-term growth performance. Then an attempt is made to set out the conditions for successful innovations. To assess the role of innovations in the Indian...
by Rakesh Mohan | On 03 Apr 2008 The paper starts with a brief review of some criticisms of the Peer Review system – labelled ex-ante top-down PR system – for the evaluation of academic works. The critiques are grouped into efficienc...
by Grazia Ietto-Gillies | On 24 Mar 2008 Economics has always been, and remains, a male-dominated occupation. In Mark Blaug’s mid-1980s surveys of great economists before and after Keynes, only three females – Rosa Luxemburg, Irma Adelman an...
by Brian Snowdon | On 17 Mar 2008 In this paper the authors share their experience in attempting to critically engage a set of young persons on their understanding of the present regime of globalisation through a semester-long course...
by Rahul Varman | On 13 Mar 2008 Review of
Radhika Gajjala. Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian
Women. New York: AltaMira Press.
by Christine Tulley | On 28 Feb 2008 Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies with humans and monkeys provide compelling evidence of shared numerical capacities across species. In this primer, it is explained why our understanding of t...
by Michael J. Beran | On 12 Feb 2008 The present study based on Gujarat provides interesting insights on medical abortion. Based on interviews with a few chemists, drug industries and the service providers, maladies in the provision of m...
by Leela Visaria | On 11 Feb 2008 This paper introduces wage bargaining in the framework of Milgrom and Roberts
where the workers' reservation wage is
the relevant information parameter critical for entry. The authors show that ent...
by Rupayan Pal | On 06 Feb 2008 The industry and firm-level patterns of anti-dumping (AD) use across 18 most active AD user countries are analysed. For the analysis, the study makes use of the newly available “Global Anti-dump...
by Aradhna Aggarwal | On 06 Feb 2008 Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part...
by PLoS Medicine | On 01 Feb 2008 This consultation paper discusses the various issues arising out of the plethora of tariff offers in the access segment and the need to address the consumer issues arising out of it. [All the stakehol...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 31 Jan 2008 Review of The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction" by Hal R. Varian, Joseph Farrell, Carl Shapiro, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004, pages 102, Price Rs. 795 RBI Occasional...
by Brijesh Pazhayathodi | On 22 Jan 2008 This study analyses the changes in prevalence of undernutrition between the 1980s and 1990s at the national and sub-national levels in India and focuses on the rural-urban comparisons. The study explo...
by Meenakshi J V | On 17 Jan 2008 The first phase of private sector involvement in FM radio broadcasting was launched by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India vide its notification in year 1999. Based on the ex...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI | On 11 Jan 2008 Three years ago Yahoo!, Intel, Nokia and Ericsson, formed the Beijing Association of Online Media (BAOM) ostensibly to ensure a check on media content especially pertaining to pornography, etc. Today...
by David Bandurski | On 10 Jan 2008 Information access and the realisation of the knowledge are the basic rights of the citizens. Mass media are the main sources for information and knowledge today. Audiences are not only the consumers...
by Nurcay Turkoglu | On 22 Dec 2007 Information access and the realisation of the knowledge are the basic rights of the citizens. Mass media are the main sources for information and knowledge today. Audiences are not only the consumers...
by Nurcay Turkoglu | On 22 Dec 2007 This document contains information and tools concerning testimonies of denial of health care – the stories of persons who have been denied essential health care from health facilities, and who have su...
by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan JSS | On 17 Dec 2007 There is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 bill...
by Nisha Taneja | On 29 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 Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with...
by Paul Matthews | On 26 Oct 2007 Review of
Sex- Selective Abortion in India –Gender, Society, and New Reproductive Technologies
by Tulsi Patel; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2007.
by Sayeed Unisa | On 25 Oct 2007 The nature of the financial turbulence that happened recently in US and Europe, why it happened, where it happened, and the implications for central banks. Some of the forces that led up to and charac...
by Rakesh Mohan | On 12 Oct 2007 This paper has the objective of analysing the determinants of FII investment in firms in high-tech corporate sectors like automobiles, drugs and pharmaceuticals, IT software and IT hardware for the pe...
by B.L. Pandit | On 08 Oct 2007 The Ministry expects that putting such a code in place will have the
following important positive impact, among others.
• The public will be provided with a mechanism through which they can
voice t...
by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting MIB | On 16 Sep 2007 The Broadcast media is a powerful purveyor of ideas and values and
plays a pivotal role in not only providing entertainment but also disseminating
information, nurturing and cultivating diverse opin...
by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting MIB | On 16 Sep 2007 Allocation of local public good over three jurisdictions with individuals with heterogeneous tastes, in a model with democratic institutions and majority rule. The nature of electoral uncertainty, the...
by Santhanu Gupta | On 16 Aug 2007 The educated and socially empowered Asian Woman is the key to improving the nutrition and mental acuity of young children and that improvement sets in motion lifelong prospects for heightened learning...
by Nira Ramachandran | On 24 Jul 2007 Multiple research studies on grammar and syntax used by men and women stress disparities stemming from gender specific styles of “talk”. Borrowing from the existing literature, transcripts of 107 empl...
by Asha Kaul | On 16 Jul 2007 The objective of the study was to help children conceptualise and develop an on-line magazine and observe changes in their skills and confidence as communicators due to their experience of developing...
by Kaustubh Nande | On 22 Mar 2007 The paper first provides some examples of how the media tend to neglect children as sources and resources and goes on to describe how briefly about how children have proved themselves eminently capa...
by Ammu Joseph | On 24 Feb 2007 There has been a clear change in the cultural milieu of the IT city Bangalore in the last few years. And while this may not be only due to the call centres that have sprouted providing high-paying jo...
by Sahana Udupa | On 16 Feb 2007 Knoweldge itself is seamless, as ideas spark other ideas, or reject unworkable ones. Through public access to science, at last we will have the advantage of being able to move from primary literature...
by | On 14 Feb 2007 The paper examines Australian Indymedia collectives as a means to improve understanding of the practices of alter-globalisation movements. Indymedia, which emerged around the anti-World Trade Organisa...
by Jenny Pickerill | On 30 Jan 2007 This paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the
world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and
receiving countries. Based on sec...
by Anthony P. D'Costa | On 29 Dec 2006 A commonly alleged pitfall of decentralization is that poverty, socio-economic inequality and lack of political competition allow local elites to capture local governments. This hypothesis is empirica...
by Pranab Bardhan | On 27 Dec 2006 To analyse the role of partisan beliefs and interests, this paper focuses on two
industries—telecoms and electricity—which have been subject to strong pressures for policy diffusion and thereby are u...
by Maria Victoria Murillo | On 21 Dec 2006 Good empirical analysis of the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty is challenging.
This note clarifies this challenge and possible contributions by considering: (1) what
estimated relati...
by Jere R. Behrman | On 20 Dec 2006 This paper aims to discuss how global media manipulate the “clash of civilization” based on Van Dijk’s analysis of manipulation mechanism, the limits of the principle of the freedom of expression and...
by Yasemin Inceoglu | On 04 Dec 2006 The mapping of the social and political constraints that marginalized communities and individuals encounter in their interface with e-governance projects, perhaps, has implications for the optimistic...
by T.T. Sreekumar | On 27 Nov 2006 There is a glaring paradox in all commonly used measures of poverty.
The death of a poor person, because of poverty, reduces poverty according
to these measures. This surely violates our basic intui...
by Ravi Kanbur | On 27 Nov 2006 This overview of trends and issues concerning young people and the media is based on a broad review of existing print and electronic sources, interviews with child media experts from different regions...
by Susan Gigli | On 14 Nov 2006 In a context where despite high levels of literacy and economic independence, women in Kerala are still expected to conform to conservative standards of docility, obedience and family-oriented (at the...
by Usha V.T. | On 20 Oct 2006 In "Bowling Alone," Putnam (1995) famously argued that the rise of television may be responsible for social capital's decline. I investigate this hypothesis in the context of Indonesian villages. To i...
by Benjamin A. Olken | On 13 Oct 2006 Open access (OA) to the research literature has the potential to accelerate recognition and dissemination of research findings, but its actual effects are controversial. This was a longitudinal biblio...
by Gunther Eysenbach | On 27 Sep 2006 Senators John Cornyn (Texas) and Joseph Lieberman (Connecticut)
have introduced a bill whereby federal agencies with research expenditure
over US$100 million per year must ensure that research arti...
by Hemal Prathasarathy | On 27 Sep 2006 This article reflects on the effectiveness of trade liberalization, as
envisaged in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of the WTO,
for promoting ICT use and production in developing countrie...
by K.J. Joseph | On 29 Jul 2006 The science base in the developing world cannot be strengthened without access to the global library of research information. Currently, this is nearly impossible due to the high costs of journal subs...
by Leslie Chan | On 25 May 2006 Communications matter but we have to be careful how we communicate, lest the wrong message is received. How well has this book communicated this truth?
by T.C.A. Srinivasa Raghavan | On 15 May 2006 Media Studies is an emerging discipline in Asia and is of enormous significance at a time when many of the counties in this region which is witnessing struggles, both within the state apparatus and...
by Yasemin Inceoglu | On 07 Apr 2006 A vast body of theories of the media, known popularly as 'media theory', has evolved and developed into separate, distinguishable and often contesting paradigms with osmosis between the distinct schoo...
by | On 03 Apr 2006 Any intervention of the Left in the field of the dominant media must be guided by an adherence to politics and seek to fundamentally alter the relations of artistic production and make art more access...
by Arjun Ghosh | On 01 Apr 2006 This paper presents some features of the contradictions in Andhra Pradesh’s economy today: the fast growth of IT and other technology-intensive industries in Hyderabad, and the alarming levels of dist...
by Jayan Jose Thomas | On 30 Mar 2006 It’s healthy for news organizations to be much more open about their decision making than they have been in the past. But in response to relentless pounding from bloggers and other critics, is the tra...
by Rachel Smolkin | On 26 Mar 2006 Review of:
Communication Technology and Human Development: Recent Experiences in the Indian Social Sector by Avik Ghosh;
Sage Publications, New Delhi; 2006; Rs. 340.
by Devan Chandrasekher | On 23 Mar 2006 Gender inequality in South Asia is an important policy issue; gender imbalances in
mortality have been of particular concern. Policy makers often argue that increasing the level of development and ac...
by Emily Oster | On 21 Mar 2006 Does a social scientist need to renounce his ethnicity in order to be objective and unbiased? The issue of how and why scholars choose their subjects and approaches has been debated for almost a centu...
by Darshan Tatla | On 15 Mar 2006 The close relationship, a symbiotic one, between the media and the government of the day has long existed. In the run up to the Iraq war and afterwards, the Bush Administration and legislators in t...
by Yasemin Inceoglu | On 16 Feb 2006 This paper distinguishes the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) sector to economic development by manufacturing and service activities in Karnataka State. Using the availab...
by M.R. Narayana | On 19 Jan 2006 This Consultation Paper, being issued with a view to making recommendations to the Government under section 11(1)(a)(iv) of the TRAI Act, focuses on the need to bring about convergence in all aspects...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | On 04 Jan 2006 The main argument of this paper is that in many situations, dicult puzzles of governance can be solved in dramatically new ways using modern IT systems. Nationwide centralised databases, coupled with...
by Ajay Shah | On 12 Dec 2005 Developments in the financial sector have led to an expansion in its ability to spread risks. The increase in the risk bearing capacity of economies, as well as in actual risk taking, has led to a ran...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 16 Nov 2005 Ignoring historical arguments on issues such as market, political economy, capital, and labour has great potential danger. The currently pervasive connotation of ‘liberalisation’ to mean virtually onl...
by Arup Maharatna | On 12 Sep 2005
by Arup Maharatna | On 06 Sep 2005 Trapped for close to a decade in a vicious cycle of violence and counter-violence, the royal proclamation of 1 February 2005 declaring an emergency, suspending the constitution and fundamental rights,...
by Anonymous | On 30 Aug 2005 THE PROBLEM
A short statement of the issues involved
CLARITY AMID EXTREMISM
Manjushree Thapa, author and political commentator, Kathmandu
WILL THE MONARCH SURVIVE?
B.C. Upreti, Senior Facul...
by Anonymous | On 29 Aug 2005 The introduction of economic reforms often hurts entrenched vested interests, which had prospered under state-led evelopment. For the ruling political party that introduces reforms, alienating such in...
by Ajit Karnik | On 19 Aug 2005 Malaysia's vulnerabilities are exacerbated by itsinexplicable reluctance to pursue inclusive economic diplomacy as exemplified by its reported opposition to include even India in the first “East Asia”...
by Mukul Asher | On 12 Aug 2005 Modifications to Drug Policy 1986
by Anonymous | On 10 Aug 2005 |