Quality of data released by Government having high COVID 19 numbers was analyzed.
Parameters considered are timeliness of the publication of daily reports, accessibility of reports,
sufficiency of t...
by Viraj Mahesh Vibhute | On 13 May 2020 The paper provides a narrative of Sri Lanka’s history of twin deficits, examines macroeconomic performance from the lens of twin deficits, and discusses the policies adopted to address macroeconomic i...
by Dushni Weerakoon | On 28 Mar 2019 The goal of the note is to lay out and discuss a package of reforms that could be consistent with the objectives of the government. The fiscal instruments that we consider here include the division of...
by Roy Bahl | On 07 Mar 2019 The paper reviews green markets, technologies, and practices with a focus on developing Asian countries, and offers a set of policy options to enable governments and development finance institutions t...
by Daniele Ponzi | On 29 Jan 2019 This study reviews how green finance in Singapore is working, examines existing barriers, and suggests some solutions. Singapore, a well-established financial hub in Asia, aims to be a hub for green f...
by Youngho Chang | On 20 Jan 2019 This Policy Note assesses the extent to which the products of the Philippines and Taiwan compete with or complement each other using the Balassa revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index and other tr...
by Ritchelle J. Alburo | On 03 Oct 2018 The study examines the survivability of Philippines MSMEs' exports to select countries. The analysis is based on the survival analysis model of Besedeš and Prusa (2006a; 2006b) and Besedeš and Prusa (...
by Mark Edison Bautista | On 20 Sep 2018 This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of different financial schemes for introducing PV facilities in terms of the suitability of funding vehicles and investment mechanisms. Given the p...
by Ranaporn Tantiwechwuttikul | On 13 Aug 2018 This paper mines relevant past work to generate guidance for monitoring the proposed SDG target related to transboundary water cooperation. Potential measures of water cooperation were identified, fil...
by Davison Saruchera | On 27 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 This paper proposes a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index (ARCII) to strengthen the index’s ability to track the progress of economic inte...
by Cyn-Young Park | On 06 Jun 2018 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 To what extent do the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and
the World Bank remain central today and how much influence do they still wield in shaping
the global agenda? While...
by | On 30 Mar 2018 This paper seeks to examine how the objectives of monetary policy have changed over the years from one of supporting public investment to one of inflation control and still later to inflation targetin...
by | On 15 Mar 2018 The paper examines how Kerala, a demographically and socially well advanced state in India, responded to the high population pressure during the 30 year period from 1975-76 to 2005-06.
by N. Ajith Kumar | On 07 Mar 2018 The paper presents a variety of indicators to show that demand constrained output during the period of growth slowdown 2011-17. It also draws on research to show the macroeconomic structure of the eco...
by Ashima Goyal | On 22 Feb 2018 This systematic paper aimed to canvas the extent and impact of initiatives to reduce incidence, risk and harm from sexual violence in conflict, post-conflict and other humanitarian crises, in low and...
by Jo Spangaro | On 20 Feb 2018 In recent years, South Asia has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. To maximize the benefits in terms of faster growth and poverty reductio...
by Prabir De | On 19 Dec 2017 Financing of infrastructure is vital for the creation and maintenance of adequate infrastructure. The present paper has attempted to analyse various infra financing methods practised in India, namely,...
by | On 04 Dec 2017 International space cooperation in the Asia Pacific region have entered a new stage. Today a lot of nations in this region have actively developed space capabilities, and have come to use them for a v...
by | On 09 Nov 2017 The paper examines the issue of resource adequacy for Right to Education (RTE) by estimating the resource requirement for universalization of elementary education across twelve Indian States. Using RT...
by Sukanya Bose | On 05 Oct 2017 This paper estimates the optimal inflation rate in Nepal based on the data of the period 1978–2016.
by Nepal Rastra Bank Research Department NRB | On 28 Sep 2017 This paper examines the nature, changes and factors responsible for issues and problems faced by the sugarcane growers and sugar mills in India. This paper is based on the latest available secondary d...
by Abnave Vikas B. | On 12 Sep 2017 Regional integration (RI) is a process by which countries enter into an agreement to upgrade cooperation through common institutions and rules. The objectives of the agreement could range from economi...
by Research and Information System for Developing Countries | On 24 Aug 2017 The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Singapore came into effect on 1st August 2005. It was the first such comprehensive FTA signed by India with any country coveri...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 24 Aug 2017 The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Agreement (CECA) between India and
Singapore came into effect on 1st August
2005. It was the first such comprehensive
FTA signed by India with any country
c...
by V. S. Seshadri | On 02 Aug 2017 Labour provisions have become more commonplace in trade agreements and increasingly comprehensive in their scope. The Handbook provides practical information in a format geared towards non-specialist...
by International Organisation | On 28 Jul 2017 This study measures the size of fossil fuel subsidies such as underpricing of petroleum products and electricity, tax exemptions, and subsidized credit; examines the potential economic, energy, and en...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 Jul 2017 This study measures the size of fossil fuel subsidies such as tax breaks for diesel and natural gas, market price support for natural gas for vehicles, and free electricity for low-income consumers as...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 Jul 2017 In the era of globalization where the whole globe plays to be our home, has regionalization lost its
importance? At least in the context of South Asian nations the answer can no way be a Yes. Regiona...
by | On 29 Jun 2017 The report herein provide in-depth analysis of the state of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in Nepal.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 19 Jun 2017 The report as that there are currently 17 emissions trading systems (ETS) in place in four continents and account for nearly 40% of global gross domestic product. In Asia and the Pacific region, there...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 Jun 2017 This report presents a preliminary economic analysis of road user costs and fees, partly drawing from the World Bank’s Road User Charge (RUC) model and analysis framework, and a review of the tolling...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 01 Jun 2017 The study recognized the need for consideration of numerous issues when developing ecocompensation regulations. These include (i) provision of guidance for determining the ecocompensation rate; (ii) e...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 11 May 2017 This study contributes to a growing body of research demonstrating that adoption of
internationally available and well-proven energy efficiency measures can improve the
effectiveness, sustainability...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 May 2017 High growth rates during the precrisis period have helped South Asia reduce poverty rates and raise living standards.
But despite gains in alleviating poverty, the number of poor people in the region...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 04 May 2017 This paper analyzes two notions of compliance, 'compliance in letter' and 'compliance in spirit', using
data on Board and Audit Committee meetings from India under its Clause 49 corporate governance
...
by Subrata Sarkar | On 03 May 2017 South Asia continues to be one of the most important crisis regions in the 21st century. It is characterized by an interlocking web of old and new security risks. There are unresolved territorial disp...
by | On 17 Apr 2017 This book addresses many of these prevalent policy issues and suggests
measures to address them from the varied perspectives of space commerce, space policy, space security, global governance, and in...
by | On 14 Apr 2017 The problems of water, energy, climate change, and urbanisation, are all intertwined; they are, also, all 'wicked'. There is little consensus on how to effectively navigate these problems, let alone,...
by | On 02 Feb 2017 The scope of this project was defined by the mandate of the ILO. It therefore focused on the employment relationship as it relates specifically to migrant and ethnic minority workers. The normative ba...
by | On 28 Nov 2016 A silent revolution is sweeping the country. That is because, the
payment systems has been evolving and changes have been
continuous over the last 35 years, it has rarely got noticed as a
revolutio...
by R. Gandhi | On 17 Nov 2016 The paper shows that disincentives generated by the successive governments in Kerala through imposing artificial barriers on the freedom of farmers and
agricultural entrepreneurs resulted in the coll...
by Lekshmi R Nair | On 08 Nov 2016 This paper analyses the trends, nature and extent of out-migration from South Asia and its neighbouring countries like Afghanistan and Iran and examines the economic implications in both sending and r...
by | On 06 Sep 2016 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 (Act 8 of 1996). China has chosen not to take part in the ar...
by | On 20 Jul 2016 Taxation policies in India have historically not been environmentally oriented. A tax system is needed whic is environmentally more rational. It is argued in this study that India is currently going...
by D K Srivastava | On 01 Jul 2016 In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social...
by Michal Bauer | On 24 Jun 2016 Throughout the conference it became clear that there are two emerging trends in humanitarian action across the Asia–Pacific. The first is the increasing activity of selected Asia-Pacific states engage...
by | On 09 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 Management of regulated water systems has become increasingly
complex due to rapid socio-economic growth and environmental changes in river basins over recent decades. This paper focusses on the publ...
by Zareena Begum Irfan | On 17 May 2016 India and Pakistan, the two large countries in South Asia, must work for the region’s collective good rather than moving closer to the United States and China, respectively, and promoting the interest...
by Shahid Javed Burki | On 28 Mar 2016 India’s principal trade partners are countries/economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and over the last decade the share of APEC in India’s trade has been growing. Specifica...
by Deeparghya Mukherjee | On 28 Mar 2016 The paper attempts to develop a project life-cycle approach to gain insights into the complexities of water reallocation. The paper is
able to show that water reallocation and the resultant phenomeno...
by Subodh Wagle | On 21 Mar 2016 The paper focuses on the constructive role that China can play in enhancing security in South Asia. The potential contribution that China can make to enhancing non-traditional security in the region i...
by Ramandeep Kaur | On 21 Mar 2016 The Metaguidelines for Water and Climate Change were developed by the Asia–Pacific Water Forum (APWF) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Global Water Partnership (GWP). This pu...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 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 Infant and child mortality rates in India have fallen by almost half from the time of adoption of millennium development goals to 2012 but there has not been a concurrent decrease in morbidity and und...
by Sowmya Dhanaraj | On 10 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 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 The paper investigates the political aspects of the coorperation between China, South Korea and Japan to address transboundary pollution in Northeast Asia. Investigating the motivations, modalities an...
by Reinhard Drifte | On 09 Mar 2016 The recent establishment of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) as an integral part of the ADMM, a forum created in 2006 as a means of fostering defence and security dialogue and coo...
by | On 02 Mar 2016 Diversification of rural women from traditional crop based agriculture to high valued agricultural, allied and processing activities with emerging prospect merit considerable attention in context of w...
by Nilabja Ghosh | On 02 Mar 2016 This paper examines the possibilities of using economic instruments, especially pollution taxes and bargaining approaches resulting in people’s participation for environmental management in India. It...
by M.N. Murty | 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 WRI is keen to track its on-ground impact to serve as a feedback mechanism to Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) and as a learning for other state regulators who may be looking for sol...
by Deepak Sriram Krishnan | On 29 Feb 2016 Southeast Asia is a region highly vulnerable to near and long-term climatic changes. In order to jointly address emerging climate risks and to complement multilateral negotiations through enhanced reg...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 Major disasters that typically hit Southeast Asia illustrate the immensity of the tasks involved in undertaking disaster relief operations. With the establishment of the ASEAN Community by the end of...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | 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 A series of recent humanitarian crises in Southeast Asia have signalled a new impetus to re- think the nature of security cooperation in the region. The outbreak of pandemics, the devastating impact o...
by Melly Caballero-Anthony | On 26 Feb 2016 The issue of managing sub-national liabilities is not only an issue in the EU, but is also being a major concern in South Asia, China and Brazil as much of the public investment needed for sustainable...
by Ehtisham Ahmad | On 26 Feb 2016 This paper seeks to extend the domain of identity economics by exploring motivational foundations of in-group cooperation and out-group competition. On this basis, we explore the reflexive interaction...
by | On 26 Feb 2016 Due to a long history of strained political relations between India and Pakistan, trade possibilities between the two neighbouring countries have rarely been studied [Nabi and Nasim (2001), Mukherji (...
by Abid Burki | On 24 Feb 2016 This paper reports on an Internet-based survey designed to collect information on the state of workplace practices from labor experts and practitioners around the world -- the 2004 Global Labor Survey...
by Richard B. Freeman | On 24 Feb 2016 Five years have passed since the signing of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, when United Nations (UN) member states agreed to the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP). Contained in paragraph 138 of...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 24 Feb 2016 This is a preliminary report for the World Bank regarding emissions of greenhouse gases from hydropower reservoirs in India. The objective of the work, according to the terms-of reference, is, inter a...
by World Bank | On 24 Feb 2016 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 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 Existing work on energy security tends to over-emphasise the prospect of competition and conflict over resources while under-exploring the promise of cooperation. This policy brief provides a framewor...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 This paper reviews some of the current debates on the reform of the international monetary system. Despite its deficiencies, the United States (US) dollar will remain the dominant currency and Special...
by Yung Chul Park | 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 discusses the financial landscape of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a region engaged in building an economic community (a “single market and production base”) by 2015....
by Choong Lee | On 21 Feb 2016 The South Asia region is lagging behind many regions in the world in regional electricity cooperation and trading, despite the huge anticipated benefits. This study uses an electricity planning model...
by Govinda Timilsina | On 21 Feb 2016 As the floods in Thailand and Cambodia continue, the state of regional cooperation is proving critical in addressing the difficulties faced by affected countries. Disaster preparedness is increasingly...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 It is over six years since the 2005 UN World Summit endorsed the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP), thus recognising an individual state’s responsibility to protect its citizens from four mass atrociti...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 There is a widespread belief that rice futures are not necessary for the Asian rice markets because these markets are not “broken.” In any case, it is not clear to many why a rice farmer would benefit...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 This paper uses a strategic framework developed by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to assess whether Australia’s foreign investment regime is sufficiently delivering on its four main objectives...
by Alan Fels | On 19 Feb 2016 China’s first attempt to establish a multilateral financial institution was met with some suspicion and caution in the west. According to one interpretation, China is frustrated with the United States...
by Mike Callaghan | On 19 Feb 2016 This workshop was conducted as part of the mitigation strategies in rice production project, implemented with support from the agriculture initiative of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. The projec...
by B. Sander | On 18 Feb 2016 This paper seeks to understand the changing financial landscape in East Asia that resulted from ongoing regional financial cooperation among ASEAN+3 countries. It examines the development of the Chian...
by | On 17 Feb 2016 The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) face three sets of challenges: those that are common to others in the official development finance community; those that are common to the World Ban...
by Vikram Nehru | On 16 Feb 2016 This paper considers emerging commercial policy challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in light of the impasse reached at the Eighth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in December 2...
by Michael Plummer | On 16 Feb 2016 Thailand’s increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of ope...
by Suthiphand Chirathivat | On 16 Feb 2016 The major concern for the banking sector of Bangladesh is that implementation of Basel II will cause banks to raise capital appreciably and thus undermine their existing capital position. In such a si...
by Md. Kabir Ahmed | On 15 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 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 This paper finds that PTAs are clearly drivers of significant IP reform in developing countries and that the implementation challenge for these countries is real and complex. The challenge does not on...
by | On 10 Feb 2016 This paper aims to provide a framework for those making and influencing policies to better understand and analyse how key trade policy issues and tools in fisheries relate to and impact on their susta...
by International Centre and Sustainable Development | On 08 Feb 2016 The purpose of this issue paper is to support public understanding of the possible environmental, trade and developmental implications of the WTO negotiations on Environmental Goods (EGs), in particul...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 The objectives of climate change mitigation projects are undermined when they do not meet sustainable development criteria and transparency standards. In such cases, international mitigation mechanism...
by Transparency International TI | On 06 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 This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and w...
by Georg Inderst | On 02 Feb 2016 Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Not one of the 168 countries assessed in the 2015 i...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 Difficulties in raising sufficient resources to finance internationally agreed development goals and global objectives, such as combating climate change, have led the quest for new and innovative sour...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 caling-up renewable energy as a means to address climate change will require addressing impediments to the global diffusion of sustainable energy goods and services. Trade policy can contribute in thi...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 This study provides trade negotiators, policy-makers and other stakeholders with a clear, practical comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the various safeguard clauses included i...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 The evolving food security agenda offers governments a chance to address some urgent concerns and strengthen the multilateral trade system. The Doha Agenda has been overtaken by time and events. Many...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 This paper dwells upon some of the conceptual issues pertaining to regional economic cooperation in general and specific to the South Asian region. It also documents the progress made in SAARC, the SA...
by Ram Upendra Das | On 30 Jan 2016 This paper discusses the emerging scenario in regional infrastructure development in South Asia, identifies the infrastructure challenges for the future, and provides some policy options in order to b...
by Prabir De | On 30 Jan 2016 South Asia has attracted global attention because it has experienced rapid GDP growth over the last two decades. What is not so well known is that South Asia is the least integrated region in the worl...
by Ejaz Ghani | On 29 Jan 2016 Substantial literature has emerged in the past two decades on the meaning of “soft law”, its purposes, and its consequences for effective international cooperation. This paper argues that the distinct...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 Trade friction today is largely due to regulatory diversity as contemporary markets are chiefly segmented through non-tariff barriers. The purpose of the paper is to enquire into regulatory cooperatio...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from ICIMOD’s pioneering Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. The Kangchenjunga landscape, sh...
by Karma Phuntsho | On 28 Jan 2016 This publication incorporates all the discussions on marginal and small farmers such as micro financing for agricultural value chains, MahilaKisanSashaktikaranPariyojna, MF for small farmers through e...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 27 Jan 2016 While conditions in trade finance markets returned to normality in the main routes of trade, the structural difficulties of poor countries in accessing trade finance have not disappeared – and might h...
by Marc Auboin | On 26 Jan 2016 The status of child undernutrition in India continues as an area of concern. There are significant opportunities within health system to address this issue. Allocating clear tasks to workers while bui...
by Rajani R. Ved | On 26 Jan 2016 India's Sri Lanka policy since 1991 is one example of how India's foreign policy imperatives, redefined by the end of the Cold War and the introduction of liberal economic reforms, have impacted relat...
by | On 25 Jan 2016 The statutory liquidity requirement (SLR), as a monetary policy instrument, has experienced infrequent changes in Bangladesh. Past evidence shows that reduction in SLR produced positive impact on bank...
by Sayera Younus | On 23 Jan 2016 India and its partners – Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa – in the BRICS forum have launched the New Development Bank. With the leaders of these countries, who recently met at Ufa in Russia, dis...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 This synthesis paper presents the findings from a multi-country research project which assesses the extent to which gender has been incorporated into the design and implementation of a wide range of s...
by Rebecca Holmes | On 23 Jan 2016 The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a pote...
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 The Department for the Welfare of SC/ST/OBC/Minorities introduced the SC/ST tuition-fee reimbursement scheme in 2003-2004 for SC and ST students of Delhi enrolled in recognized unaided private schools...
by | 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 Very recent years India has witnessed wide-ranging economic reforms in her policies governing international trade and FDI flows. As per the findings of the paper, some of the important determinants of...
by Ram Upendra Das | On 21 Jan 2016 The research is a collaboration in health biotechnology and shows relatively strong involvement of the emerging economies BRICS, apart from some of the other economies such as Cuba, also actively purs...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 21 Jan 2016 This paper evaluates the impact and potential of development programmes known as Small Development Projects (SDPs), introduced by India as part of its development cooperation portfolio in Nepal. Throu...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 21 Jan 2016 This paper refers to social inclusion as a goal, process and outcome. As a universal goal, social inclusion aims to achieve an inclusive society that entails respect for human rights, cultural diversi...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 The recent uproar about the toxic levels of pollution in the country’s national capital region has once again brought to fore the failure of the regulatory and legal mechanisms in India to control air...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 The present paper examines the capital structure adjustment dynamics of listed non-financial corporations in seven East Asian countries during 1994-2002. Compared to firms in the least affected countr...
by Sarmistha Pal | On 19 Jan 2016 The liquidity framework of Basel III assumes added significance for banks in India and many banks have been approaching us to comprehend the finer points of the liquidity regulations, as also with req...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 18 Jan 2016 Research and practice related to social policy and poverty alleviation have left a legacy of a very broad agenda of “things that need to be done”, along with important unanswered questions about how t...
by | On 13 Jan 2016 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were introduced to monitor implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration which set out a vision for inclusive and sustainable globalization based...
by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr | On 13 Jan 2016 The international community has advanced in reforming the international aid system. Such reform comes at a time when there is a renewed skepticism about aid effectiveness and when the crisis sheds new...
by José Alonso | On 11 Jan 2016 The new role that middle-income countries (MICs) play in the global landscape obliges international community to review the configuration of the development cooperation system. On the one hand, MICs s...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 This paper explores the scope for Innovative Development Finance (IDF) to compensate for declining Official Development Assistance (ODA) and/or to enhance the efficiency of ODA. It shows that IDF has...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 Analyses of redistributive policies often focus on income flows to examine the nexus between redistribution and economic growth. With strengthening signs of growing economic inequality in many countri...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 The paper analyses the select Communiqués and Declarations pertaining to social sectors issued from time to time. In this context, it evaluates the status and performance of social development in each...
by | On 09 Jan 2016 This paper looks at the ‘BCIM Regional Cooperation’ and the related proposal to revive the ‘Southern Silk Route’ connecting China and India through Bangladesh and Myanmar. The aim is to understand the...
by | On 09 Jan 2016 The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help from regional institutions in promoting the creation of a single Asian market. W...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 07 Jan 2016 Infrastructure connectivity in Northeast Asia — comprising the northeastern People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and the Russi...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 07 Jan 2016 The Asian financial crisis (1997-1998) and the global financial crisis (2007-2009) highlighted the potential value of financial regionalism, i.e., regional-level cooperation in financial policy. This...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 07 Jan 2016 As the program on Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) continues to grow, through this comprehensive study, IDCR analyzes the evolution of ITEC, and its impact on India’s bilateral relatio...
by Centre for Policy Research (CPR) | On 05 Jan 2016 This study elucidates people's perception about causes and impacts of climate change, current plans and programs, and future programming needed to address climate change issues more fully. The climate...
by The Asia Foundation | On 02 Jan 2016 This report reflects efforts to capture the trends in labour migration from Nepal, identify the structural gaps and suggests ways to move forward for the Government and stakeholders. Although various...
by The Asia Foundation | On 02 Jan 2016 This paper discusses an analysis of design and implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) schemes, with special reference to Latin America, and a comparative analysis of similar schemes in Indi...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 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 The policy paper reviews selected case studies of Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana, a sub-component of the National Rural Livelihood Mission. The paper provides key learnings to the practitioners...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 Jan 2016 Global capital flows into emerging markets, including those in Asia, continue to be volatile, generating both benefits and costs. The latter are associated with episodes of currency and banking crises...
by Ramón López | On 01 Jan 2016 The failures of water management have been extensively studied and reviewed and the shortcomings are listed.
by Ravi Chopra | On 29 Dec 2015 The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was set up in 2003 with the objectives of creating a single market and production base, enhancing equitable economic development as well as facilitating the integrat...
by Siowyue Chia | On 29 Dec 2015 This report presents lessons and results of specific relevance to shaping the post-2015 development framework derived from 20 Joint Programmes supported by the MDGF. These studies contain lessons to e...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 This report contains relevant sections of the principal international agreements over the past 20 years where countries have committed to responding to violence against women and girls. also provides...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and...
by Mustafizur Rahman | On 23 Dec 2015 This paper aims at understanding the reasons behind the institutionalization of Indo-French defence cooperation after 1998, and at assessing the future prospects for this collaboration. By retracing i...
by | On 22 Dec 2015 This paper draws on secondary data to map out a proliferating set of international nutrition commitment initiatives, and assesses how these employ accountability mechanisms to support the delivery of...
by Dolf J.H. te Lintelo | On 17 Dec 2015 This paper considers the challenge of establishing a robust follow-up and review mechanism to support such implementation. The paper underscores the importance of the follow-up and review process taki...
by | On 04 Dec 2015 An important element of the socio-economic impact of HIV is
how it disproportionately affects women and girls, in terms of
their vulnerability to infection, constrained access to services
and the a...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 Dec 2015 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will meet for the Winter Session between November 26th and December 23rd, 2015. The legislative agenda includes 19 Bills currently
pending in Parliament for consideration an...
by Kusum Malik | On 25 Nov 2015 This paper examines the relationship between inequality and collective action, and identifies a range of mechanisms that shape the association between income inequality and local collective action. Th...
by | On 29 Oct 2015 Many methodologies exist for dividing a population into those who are classified as eligible for social transfers and those who are ineligible. Popular targeting mechanisms include means testing, prox...
by | On 29 Oct 2015 This Handbook is mainly for human rights practitioners who want to familiarise themselves with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and use the human rights fram...
by | On 23 Sep 2015 The agenda for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development suggests there will be less focus on aid, and more on how developing countries can generate their own financial resources...
by | On 22 Sep 2015 This CSTEP study describes the UN’s four guidance principles and defines a Smart City Reference Framework that should provide the overarching principles and guidance to smart city programmes. The rep...
by | On 02 Sep 2015 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has witnessed repeated efforts to strengthen regional integration through cooperation with the establishment of a number of regional organizations...
by Johannes F. Linn | On 25 Aug 2015 It is essential to better understand the nature, shortcomings and potential of South-South development cooperation in order to inform and strengthen CSO advocacy for greater development effectiveness...
by The Reality of Aid Network | On 20 Aug 2015 The paper analyses the potential opportunities between Bangladesh and Myanmar stemming from sub-regional cooperation. The paper examines Myanmar’s integration into the regional and global economy toge...
by Debapriya Bhattacharya | On 18 Aug 2015 A review is done to understand if criminalising cheque bounce cases has been an effective remedy. The penalties imposed in other countries against cheque bounce offenders is studied and an analysis of...
by Centre for Civil Society CCS | On 14 Aug 2015 This paper considers whether GDP-linked official external public debt can help address some of the challenges that developing countries face when managing international financial flows. GDP-linked off...
by United Nations Development Programme UNDP | On 20 Jul 2015 This Report of the Committee on Agriculture deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Sixtieth Report of the Committee on Agriculture (2013-14) on ‘Pricing...
by Lok Sabha Secretariat | On 24 Jun 2015 Sexual violence is a significant cause of physical and psychological harm and suffering for The health concerns of survivors/victims of sexual violence, and their right to health is an issue of import...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 22 Jun 2015 The statement discusses the need of development of a competent and accountable public service by attracting, developing, engaging and managing an efficient and innovative organizational, functional an...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 18 Jun 2015 The statement aims to stand firmly as an independent institution and to conduct every election honestly, fairly and transparency and in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the country. The st...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 18 Jun 2015 This paper attempts to distinguish ‘trust in cooperation’ from ‘trust in ability’ with respect to gender through an experimental trust game. ‘Trust in ability’ is explored in the context of hands-on m...
by Savita Kulkarni | On 10 Jun 2015 These reports provide a critical analysis of how governments address the issues of poverty and whether aid and development cooperation policies are put into practice. This 2014 Reality of Aid Report b...
by The Reality of Aid Network | On 09 Jun 2015 The present report is an attempt to focus on how our national policies and programmes can be better appreciated and reflected in the country’s obligations and commitments to the various international...
by Planning Commission | On 25 May 2015 The paper aims to review the status of on-going National AIDS Control Programme with reference to objectives, strategies, plan initiatives, targets and outlays during 11th Five Year Plan and achieveme...
by National AIDS Control Programme NACP | On 25 May 2015 This year the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will formally establish the ASEAN Community, which is set to enhance regional community building among its member states. Ramses Amer makes...
by | On 13 May 2015 This report by Ministry of Rural Development is an analytical anthology of all major research studies done on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) that were published in various acad...
by | On 29 Apr 2015 The report documents compendium of state policies from perspective of climate change mitigation with findings such as many states endowed with rich natural resources are naturally very environment fri...
by | On 21 Apr 2015 The study discusses complementary initiatives in terms of legal and regulatory reforms necessary to sustainably support market-oriented financing options. Given market orientation, the paper is comple...
by | On 24 Mar 2015 This document studies the Trade Policies and Institutions of BRICS, India and BRICS: issues of trade and technology; and examines the scope for deepening cooperation in services among BRICS members. T...
by | On 24 Mar 2015 The publication captures the core of ADB's operations in India and showcases select ADB interventions that are helping the government achieve its development goals.
ADB supports the Government of I...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 17 Mar 2015 Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic development. Yet, two issues remain to be addressed in the literature. First, whi...
by Yasuyuki Sawada | On 16 Feb 2015 The paper distinguishes between the stock of income generating assets such as human capital and wealth and deriving income flows in order to clarify the differences between growth-equity trade off deb...
by Pierre Kohler | On 28 Jan 2015 The paper explores the impact of the existence of such a mechanism on the effectiveness of various policy instruments in influencing outcomes on the official foreign exchange markets and GDP. The pape...
by R.Kavita Rao | On 13 Jan 2015 The global economic crises that started in 2008 have exposed commodity markets to increasing price
volatility and raised concerns for higher inflation, food security and poverty reduction. This seri...
by S.Mahendra Dev | On 12 Sep 2014 The objectives, content, pedagogy and assessment of science education at various stages are examined.
by National Council of Educational Research &Training NCERT | On 25 Jul 2014 Since the 1970s in particular, the countries of Western Asia and those of the Asia-Pacific region have been closely linked to each other through highly extensive movements of people. Opportunities cre...
by United Nations Economic and Social Commission (UNESCAP) | On 17 Jun 2014 The 77-page report documents discrimination by school authorities in four Indian states against Dalit, tribal, and Muslim children. The discrimination creates an unwelcome atmosphere that can lead to...
by Human Rights Watch | On 17 Jun 2014 This report first briefly delves into the historical context within which India's development cooperation must be seen and the role, objectives and the functioning of the DPA is explained. The report...
by Vivan Sharan | On 21 Jan 2014 Ganges is one of the important rivers of South Asia. It is a trans-boundary river between India and Bangladesh. Some rivers, originating in the Tibetan Autonomous region of the People's Republic of Ch...
by Dwarika Dhungel | On 15 Nov 2013 Labor migration to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has massive effects on the GCC, the
countries migrants come from, and the migrants themselves and their families. Yet existing research on
...
by Michael Clemens | On 12 Nov 2013 The international trade in Afghan drugs is one of the most significant transnational threats emanating from Central Asia.
Exacerbated by weak border management, corruption, and lack of income-generat...
by Lars-Erik Lundin | On 26 Jul 2013 There are many nutrition policies in developing countries. What are the challenges faced by these malnutrition policies? There are many countries which have successfully included nutrition in their d...
by Olivier Ecker | On 12 Feb 2013 The Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Parliament) has, on 3 September 2012, passed the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012 (Bill). The Bill now r...
by Trilegal Bulletin | On 01 Oct 2012 This paper focuses on the assessment of energy savings potential in seven highly energy consuming industries. The paper estimates the energy savings potential for each of these industries using unit l...
by Manish Gupta | On 17 Sep 2012 Regional governance systems and national frameworks to address climate change and accelerate green growth in Asia are reviewed and tools to address climate change are outlined. Options for regional le...
by Heinrich-Wilhelm Wyes | On 11 May 2012 In this paper a test for appropriate policies is done that could help control the
use of plastic bags in Delhi. In January 2009, the Government of Delhi
introduced a wide-ranging ban on the use of p...
by Kanupriya Gupta | On 03 Feb 2012 Singapore and Malaysia are considering sharing electricity. Will this pave the way for an ASEAN-wide electricity grid, or even cooperation in the supply of nuclear energy? [RSIS No. 007/2012]. URL:[ht...
by Alvin Chew | On 01 Feb 2012 A series of common-pool-resource field experiments were conducted
in eight indigenous communities in India that have very long traditions of
shared norms and mutual trust. Two experimental designs a...
by Rucha Ghate | On 02 Dec 2011 The objective of this policy is to ensure safe, affordable, quick, comfortable, reliable
and sustainable access for the growing number of city residents to jobs, education, recreation
and such other...
by Ministry of Urban Development GOI | On 30 Nov 2011 This report presents the results of the deliberations of the
Task Force. Section one provides
the
background.
Section
two
presents
the
status
of
the
implementation
of
March
2010
recomme...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment MoL&E | On 18 Nov 2011 In response to the Second Micro Finance Crisis in Andhra Pradesh, which took place in October 2010,
the Ministry of Finance has pro- posed a new Micro Finance Institutions (Development & Regulation)
...
by Shubho Roy | On 17 Oct 2011 The global Reality of Aid Network has been working in preparation for Busan alongside CSO colleagues
from women’s rights organizations, trade unions, farmers’ organizations, faith-based organizations...
by Brian Tomlinson | On 30 Aug 2011 The role played by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the banking system in India in strengthening education system. Realizing the importance of education for the economic development and the overall liv...
by Chakrabarty K C | On 10 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 A scientific reputation is not immediate,it is acquired over a lifetime and is akin to
compound interest—the more you have the more you can acquire. It is also very
easy to lose, and once gone, ne...
by Philip E. Bourne | On 10 Jul 2011 Upon an initial reading of the SEZ Act it is not apparent
whether the labour law governing Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
in India is distinguishable from the law prevailing outside the
zones. Howe...
by Jaivir Singh | On 25 May 2011 The broad objectives of this study refer to analysing the impact of introducing comprehensive
goods and services tax (GST) on economic growth and international trade; changes in rewards to
the fac...
by National Council of Applied Economic Research | On 19 May 2011 Poverty targeting, defined as the use of policy instruments to channel
resources to a target group identified below an agreed national poverty line, is
used by all governments in Asia in one form or...
by John Weiss | On 11 Mar 2011 Recent health policy debates in both developed and developing countries have been strongly
influenced by a trend towards ‘marketisation’, involving the selective introduction of a range of
market me...
by Anne Mills | On 18 Feb 2011 This study seeks to derive lessons from the French nuclear energy experience that can be
used to guide the Indian programme as it steps on the pedal to fast track nuclear expansion. [Occasional Paper...
by Manpreet Sethi | On 13 Jan 2011 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 This paper uses a game-theoretic framework to explain how collectivist values hamper
societies’ efforts to elicit cooperation in inter-group games of prisoners’ dilemma (PD) and
draws on the resul...
by Ke-young Chu | On 15 Dec 2010 Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world’s two largest developing countries,
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and
intra-regio...
by Swapan K. Bhattacharya | On 06 Dec 2010 Although the overall economic performance of economies in South Asia in recent years has been impressive, there is concern that an aging and increasingly inadequate infrastructure may limit the potent...
by John Gilbert | On 01 Nov 2010 International trade has played an essential role in Asia’s remarkable growth, development,
and integration in recent decades. Infrastructure, both hard and soft, has played an integral
part in facil...
by Douglas H. Brooks | On 28 Oct 2010 In the last decade, East Asia has engaged in constructing numerous mechanisms to enhance regional cooperation in the areas of trade and finance. However, the region’s economic architecture exhibits ce...
by Saori N. Katada | On 21 Oct 2010 The current global economic crisis has led to greater prominence for the issue of strengthening social protection systems in Asia. This paper analyzes the key factors determining and the possible aven...
by Mukul G. Asher | On 12 Oct 2010 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading strategy. The PRC’s export i...
by Yunling Zhang | On 12 Oct 2010 The global economic and financial landscape has been transformed over the past decade by the growing economic size and financial power of emerging economies. The new G20 summit process, which includes...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 05 Oct 2010 This paper reviews recent state interventions in financial crises and draws lessons for crisis
management. A number of areas are identified where crisis management could be
strengthened, including...
by Charles Adams | On 29 Sep 2010 In spite of continued growth, millions of Ugandans remain in long-term, extreme poverty. They are also likely to continue being by-passed by the opportunities that economic growth offers, mostly to th...
by John De Coninck | On 24 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 The currency crises of the 1990s, particularly the one that
hit Southeast Asia since the devaluation of the Thai baht on July
2, 1997, are suggestive of the relevance and pervasiveness of
contagion...
by Chang Li Lin | On 21 Jul 2010 The paper aims at examining the "grow green, clean up later", approach to economic growth used by several countries.
by Environment and Development Division | On 21 Jul 2010 To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks, regional economies need to be rebalanced toward regional demand- and trade-driven growth through increased regional co...
by Biswa N Bhattacharyay | On 09 Jul 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 The present study examines issues related to fiscal federalism at the third tier in general and grants to local bodies in particular. The study presents a normative framework to estimate the requireme...
by Abhay Pethe | On 14 Aug 2009 There has been an increase in the demand for infrastructure services and opening up of the infrastructure sector for private investment. As a result, a large number of financial intermediaries and pri...
by Mustafa. K. Mujeri | On 15 Jun 2009 The paper revolves around Anthropology and Ethical Guidelines: from a stand alone code to everyday disciplinary practice [NCRM]
by Maya Unnithan Kumar | On 06 Jun 2009 India’s foreign policy has had an anomalous quality since the time Jawaharlal Nehru resolutely attempted to steer clear of Cold War alliances. This continues to be so given India’s unique situation of...
by Sushil J Aaron | On 21 May 2009 Despite the rapid development of economic interaction between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, their trade and investment ties are still in their...
by Masahiro Kawai | On 20 May 2009 The production, transportation and consumption of energy resources, especially of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, generate negative environmental externalities including air pollution....
by Deepa Menon Choudhary | On 18 May 2009 A case study in Goa is used to examine whether tenure security and asset re-distribution can lead to environmentally sustainable outcomes.
by Pranab Mukhopadhyay | On 28 Nov 2008 This paper applies theoretical pluralism to studies of poverty. However in order to be more specific it takes as a case study some competing studies of Indian rural tenancy relations. In the paper, sp...
by Wendy Olsen | On 25 Sep 2008 The objectives of the policy on organic farming, the strategies of the policy are explained here.
by Centre for Sustainable Agriculture CSA | On 26 Jul 2008 The financial crisis of 1997 gave the Asian region a very hard lesson on the importance of financial stability. The severity of the crisis and the failure of IMF in assisting these countries became a...
by Titik Anas | On 17 Jul 2008 In a globalising economy, regional or national benchmarks do not suffice any more. Be it technology or business method or practices, Indian small scale entrepreneurs will have to benchmark their curre...
by Anil K Gupta | On 10 Oct 2007 The IIME Core Committee has developed the concept of 'Global Minimum Essential
Requirements' (GMER) and defined a set of global minimum learning outcomes, which students of the medical schools must d...
by Task Force on Medical Education | On 21 Jul 2007 Ethical codes of conduct cannot be effectively implemented in isolation and may
be enforced in several different ways. One, is to conscientise the
members of the profession to observe the rules, sec...
by Amar Jesani | On 06 Feb 2007 Most mainstream intellectuals, particularly economists, have almost dismissed Gandhiji..
Economists are important here because they influence the socio-political thinking the most. In traditional soc...
by Sudarshan Iyengar | On 15 Dec 2006 The main objective of the paper is to explore the role of Japan in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and Technical Cooperation (BIMSTEC). The analysis suggests that BIMSTEC-Japan cooper...
by Mukul Asher | On 26 Feb 2006 Central Ethics Committee on Human Research (CECHR) was
constituted under the chairmanship of Honourable Justice Shri M.N.
Venkatachaliah by the then Director General, Dr. G.V. Satyavati to consider
...
by Indian Council of Medical Research | On 08 Feb 2006 Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 ye...
by David M. Cutler | On 01 Feb 2006 This paper analyses the opportunities in services trade that may arise out of the India-ASEAN Economic Cooperation to makes an assessment of the net gains that could arise from liberalisation of the c...
by Suparna Karmakar | On 24 Dec 2005 EU's response to the East Asian community has to take account of several dimensions including Issues and dynamics of East Asian regional cooperation and integration; Scenarios of regional Community-bu...
by Willem vd Geest | On 08 Nov 2005 12th SAARC Summit Declaration Islamabad January 2004
by Anonymous | On 13 Aug 2005 Motivated by the commitment to strengthen intra-SAARC economic cooperation to maximise the realization of the region's potential for trade and development for the benefit of their people, in a spirit...
by Anonymous | On 13 Aug 2005 Re-affirms that the principal goal of SAARC is to promote the welfare of the peoples of South
Asia, to improve their quality of life, to accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural
deve...
by Anonymous | On 13 Aug 2005 The entire project of SAARC is dependent on India’s capacity to bind the neighbouring states in multiple networks of ties to promote regional cooperation. India not only shares frontiers with all the...
by Rajen Harshe | On 13 Aug 2005 These guidelines have been developed by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology as a guide to the professional and ethical responsibilities that practicing anthropologists should uph...
by Anonymous | On 12 Aug 2005 |