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Authors Name: Arindam Banerjee

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The high levels of under-nutrition and persisting hunger in the region not only calls for an assessment of the situation of food production and consumption but also issues like access to food by the p...

On 31 Aug 2016

A Practical Note on Predictive Analytics Usage in Marketing Applications

This paper is an attempt to provide a simplified approach to this practical problem of evaluating model performance taking account of the decision context. Two scenarios are discussed; a) a classifica...

On 21 Jun 2016

Revisiting the Global Food Crisis: Magnitude, Causes, Impact and Policy Options

The magnitude of the food crisis demands urgent action on the part of governments, multilateral agencies and all those who cherish the vision of a hunger-free world. A correct identification of the ca...

On 30 Jan 2016

Budget 2014-15: The Continuing Neglect of the 'Rural'

The Union Budget remains significant for the agricultural sector in the country for at least the following two reasons. First, the budget comes in the background of an agrarian crisis in the country,...

On 04 Aug 2014

International Outsourcing Hurdles in Value-added Services

International Outsourcing has been traditionally looked upon as a low end cost effective servicing option to take advantage of the cost arbitrage that exists across countries. Of late, many outsourcin...

On 15 Jul 2010

Peasant Classes, Farm Incomes and Rural Indebtedness: An Analysis of Household Production Data from Two States

The paper attempts to appraise the extent of the constraint of credit relations on agricultural production and its differential impact across peasant classes. Additionally, the analysis of the structu...

On 04 Aug 2009