The employment structure of India’s organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last decade with a steep rise in the use of contract workers in place of directly hired wo... Section: Working Papers
by Radhicka Kapoor | On 01 Jan 2019 This paper utilizes a large cross-section of data sets such as the ILOSTAT, NSSO Quinquennial Employment and Unemployment Survey, Labour Bureau Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey, National Fami... Section: Working Papers
by Surbhi Ghai | On 01 Dec 2018 This paper examines the role of consumer finance, a high growth segment of the Indian financial sector in promoting financial inclusion. Consumer finance involves granting credit to consumers to enabl... Section: Working Papers
by Saon Ray | On 01 Dec 2018 This paper explores how these mechanisms - innovation, inclusion and efficiency – have been integral to microfinance operations in the past, and how innovations in digital technology may be yet anothe... Section: Working Papers
by Saon Ray | On 01 Oct 2018 This paper presents India’s trade in apparel products by sub-sectors and key markets, and analyses its trade competitiveness across different sub-sectors. It examines the impact of trade agreements an... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 01 Oct 2018 The paper attempts to measure the incidence and extent of skill/education mismatch and analyse the economic returns/cost to over/under education in one of India’s largest labour intensive industries:... Section: Working Papers
by Prateek Kukreja | On 01 Sep 2018 The study finds that there has been a limited impact of trade liberalization on the volume of trade between the two countries. The shift from positive list to negative list has not resulted in any maj... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 01 Aug 2018 Services are a major component of global gross domestic product and employment, and a
rising component of global trade and investment flows. This
is the largest sector of the Indian
... Section: Working Papers
by Avantika Kapoor | On 01 Oct 2017 The paper presents a case for a phased rolling out of direct benefits transfer (DBT) for Food in India. By studying all states and Union Territories on three broad parameters: demographics, performanc... Section: Working Papers
by Shweta Saini | On 01 Aug 2017 This paper takes stock. It assesses the current market state and structure, surveys a cross-section of market participants to identify the relevant issues, and employs two case studies of EME peers, C... Section: Reports
by Renu Kohli | On 01 Aug 2017 This paper, based on a primary survey of companies engaged in organic food business in India and the United Kingdom (UK), examines how organic food can attract more investment (domestic and foreign) a... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 01 Jul 2017 The study attempts to investigate the factors affecting a firm’s decision to hire contract workers. The information from a specially commissioned survey of manufacturing firms undertaken in 2014 by IC... Section: Working Papers
by Jaivir Singh | On 01 Jul 2017 This paper undertakes an evaluation of the Labour and Environment chapters of the TPP Agreement, with a view to determining India’s stand if the same or similar provisions are proposed in multilateral... Section: Working Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 01 Jul 2017 The study attempts to measure growth elasticity based on Internet usage and not Internet penetration. It is a refinement in the approach to measure impacts given that subscriptions sometimes do not tr... Section: General
by Rajat Kathuria | On 01 Jul 2017 The study is about estimating the extent to which domestic prices of major Indian agriculture commodities deviate from their corresponding free trade reference prices. The free trade reference prices... Section: Reports
by Shweta Saini | On 01 Jul 2017 The study finds that among the many steps taken by the state, three interventions played the most important role in the state’s impressive performance in agriculture. They are irrigation facilities, a... Section: Reports
by Ashok Gulati | On 01 Jul 2017 This paper study the composition, sources and drivers of agricultural growth in Madhya Pradesh to identify the factors that have contributed to robust agricultural growth in the state and discuss the... Section: Working Papers
by Ashok Gulati | On 01 Apr 2017 This paper details the approaches of other countries when their banking sectors were burdened with unsustainable levels of impaired assets. The paper examines the bad debt situation in India, the circ... Section: Working Papers
by Jaimini Bhagwati | On 01 Apr 2017 An important segment of labour regulations concerns the protection aspects of social security. These regulations provide safety nets or fall back mechanisms to enable workers to cope with crises that... Section: Working Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 01 Jan 2017 The paper begins with a discussion of Indian labour law and the increasing use of ‘contract labour’ in Indian formal manufacturing. It questions the widespread perception that employment of contract l... Section: Working Papers
by Jaivir Singh | On 01 Sep 2016 This is particularly so when the current solar power capacity in the country has just touched
8000 MW by July end, 2016, and no country in the world has such an ambitious target as
India has set out... Section: Working Papers
by Ashok Gulati | On 01 Aug 2016 This study (i) identifies factors determining informal trade, (ii) prepares estimates of India's informal trade with Pakistan (iii) examines the modalities of informal trade (iv) analyzes the transact... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 01 Jul 2016 This paper analyses what is possible as a low carbon scenario for India using India Energy Security Scenarios-2047 tool developed by the erstwhile Planning Commission and later refined by its successo... Section: Working Papers
by Montek Ahluwalia | On 01 Jul 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... Section: Working Papers
by Jaimini Bhagwati | On 01 Jun 2016 This paper broadly deals with the concerns of the multinationals in the area of taxation environment. Section two of this paper deals with the genesis of the recent crisis in this area and issues invo... Section: Working Papers
by R Singh | On 01 Jun 2016 This paper examines the changes in regulation in four G7 countries post the financial sector breakdown of 2008 and suggestions made by the Financial Stability Board with respect to e.g. capital adequa... Section: Working Papers
by Jaimini Bhagwati | On 01 Jun 2016 This study analyses the reasons for low levels of trade, the nature of trade in this sector and the intra-industry trade between the countries. The study also throws light on the informal trade in tex... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 01 Jun 2016 This paper focuses on the automobile industry and examines the nature of global value chains in it with reference to the case of India. The aim is to explore the relation between lead firms, particula... Section: Working Papers
by Saon Ray | On 01 May 2016 This paper describes the status, challenges and scope for strengthening surveillance of chronic disease risk factors, morbidities and mortality in India. Surveillance experience of four selected Stat... Section: Working Papers
by Udaya S. Mishra | On 01 May 2016 This paper provides a new presentation of the urban water problem and offers a set of solutions
that are sustainable, both in ecological and financial terms, and seek to tackle the deep inequities in... Section: Working Papers
by Mihir Shah | On 01 May 2016 The objective of the study is to understand the ‘actual’ consumption patterns of fruits and vegetables in India and compare this to the World Health Organization (WHO) ‘recommended’ quantity for an ad... Section: Reports
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 01 Feb 2016 This paper discusses India’s demographic dynamics and
argues that policymakers have the widest window of opportunity with that segment of population which is poised to enter the workforce between 203... Section: Working Papers
by Ali Mehdi | On 01 Sep 2015 This paper discusses India’s demographic dynamics and argues that policymakers have the widest window of opportunity with that segment of population which is poised to enter the workforce between 2030... Section: Working Papers
by Ali Mehdi | On 01 Sep 2015 Given the importance of agriculture in any sizable country to feed its people, most countries have subsidised agriculture in the past. Fertiliser subsidy in India has succeeded in achieving its object... Section: Working Papers
by Ashok Gulati | On 01 Aug 2015 This paper reviews the current state of the literature on Indian urbanization to analyze existing urban development trajectories at the state level in order to understand the challenges Indian cities... Section: Working Papers
by Meenu Tewari | On 01 Aug 2015 This scheme was rolled-out in 2008-09 and at present is in its fourth phase. The objective includes a comparative analysis of the scheme with similar schemes of the government, an evaluation of select... Section: Policy Briefs
by Indian Council for Research on International Econo ICRIER | On 31 Jul 2015 After following inward oriented economic policies for nearly four decades, India opened up to international trade in the early 1990s. Since then, the trade integration of the Indian economy in general... Section: Working Papers
by Pankaj Vashisht | On 01 Jun 2015 The paper empirically maps the annual distribution commitment (61.43 MMTs) of the government with the procurement pattern of rice and wheat, for each quarter, to estimate the quarterly operational sto... Section: Working Papers
by Shweta Saini | On 01 Mar 2015 This paper attempts to evaluate the possible gains and losses arising from the gradual opening up of pharmaceutical trade between India and Pakistan. The comparative advantages of both countries at a... Section: Working Papers
by Vaqar Ahmed | On 01 Dec 2014 This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor productivity growth (TFPG), technical change, and efficiency change for a panel of firms... Section: Working Papers
by Saon Ray | On 01 Nov 2014 An evaluation of the country’s buffer stock policy reveals gaps and inefficiencies.
Large quantities of food grains have accumulated in the godowns of the Food Corporation of
India (FCI) and its nom... Section: Working Papers
by Shweta Saini | On 01 Sep 2014 Despite witnessing a decade of rapid economic growth, an acceleration of growth in the organised manufacturing sector has eluded India. Using data from the Annual Survey of Industries, the factors hol... Section: Working Papers
by Radhicka Kapoor | On 01 Sep 2014 This paper attempts to study the factors holding back the growth of output and employment in this manufacturing sector. The creation of a large number of industrial jobs made possible by the rapid gro... Section: Working Papers
by Radhicka Kapoor | On 01 Sep 2014 The paper reviews the calculation of Indian wholesale and consumer price indices and suggests improvements in the light of past experience and international best practices. It confirms that food infla... Section: Working Papers
by Kirti Gupta | On 01 Jul 2014 This paper focuses on the Indian T&A sector and on non-patent IP rights, such as trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights, and geographical indication as well as informal protections to examine whet... Section: Working Papers
by Suparna Karmakar | On 01 Jan 2014 This paper attempts to project the likely impact of robust monsoon rains of 2013 on the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in India. The model hypothesizes that the performance of agricu... Section: Working Papers
by Ashok Gulati | On 01 Dec 2013 The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across
states. This represents a puzzle given the relatively free flows of capital, labor and
commodities across state borde... Section: Working Papers
by Samarjit Das | On 01 Sep 2013 Developing countries, including India, are increasing relying on foreign direct
investments (FDI) for raising finance for infrastructure development and other
projects. Consequently, coun... Section: Research Papers
by Tanu M Goyal | On 01 Aug 2013 Child labor (CL) has been a major concern for the developing world, especially for India with its goal towards ‘inclusive growth’. However, impact (or vulnerabilities) of major domestic or external sp... Section: Working Papers
by Sahana Roy Chowdhury | On 01 Apr 2013 This paper analyses the property tax system in India, examines the reasons for its low revenue productivity, reviews the recent reform initiatives and identifies further reform areas. [NIPFP Working P... Section: Working Papers
by M. Govinda Rao | On 01 Jan 2013 In Ghate & Wright Journal of Development Economics, vol. 99 (2012) pp 58–67, it was
noted that there was considerable variation in the extent to which different Indian
states participated in the Gr... Section: Working Papers
by Chetan Ghate | On 01 Oct 2012 This paper takes a broader view and explores the multiple effects that global warming and climate change could have on food production and food security. Dealing with climate change would require stre... Section: Policy Briefs
by S. Richa | On 16 May 2012 The paper undertakes an examination of the experience of developing countries with dispute settlement vis-à-vis developed countries during the 17 years since the entry into force of the WTO Agreement.... Section: Policy Briefs
by Anwarul Hoda | On 30 Apr 2012 This study analyses India’s inflation using the Phillips curve theory. To estimate an open-economy Phillips curve, we need three variables: (1) inflation (2) the output gap and (3) the real effective... Section: Working Papers
by Karan Singh | On 20 Apr 2012 The populous, fast growing emerging economies of Brazil, China, Egypt, India and South Africa face daunting challenges on the energy, environment and climate change fronts. These five countries accoun... Section: Policy Briefs
by Kirit Parikh | On 30 Mar 2012 This paper provides a synthesis of the experiences of six countries (Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria) in enhancing food security of their population. Approximately 46 per cent of t... Section: Policy Briefs
by Pooja Sharma | On 30 Mar 2012 The paper discusses the pros and cons of
the already proposed international cooperative mechanisms toward climate change
mitigation and highlights the problem of information revelation, particularly... Section: Working Papers
by Meeta Keswani Mehra | On 20 Jan 2012 This paper assesses the sources of risk for Indian banks in the context of their history, structure, level of development, and policy environment and draws out implications for global and domestic pol... Section: Policy Briefs
by Ashima Goyal | On 18 Jan 2012 In the year 2008, the Government of India announced its National Policy on biofuels, mandating a phase-wise implementation of the programme of ethanol blending with petrol in various states. This stud... Section: Policy Briefs
by Saon Ray | On 31 Dec 2011 The current global financial crisis has reopened an old debate on the international monetary system by baring weaknesses and flaws that have long been known. The debate is centred on both stability an... Section: Policy Briefs
by Alok Sheel | On 30 Dec 2011 The distribution effects or incidence of consumption taxes such as the Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST) remains a contentious issue. Three aspects have to be distinguished. First is... Section: Policy Briefs
by Parthasarathi Shome | On 12 Dec 2011 The policy brief explores the evolving discourse on water issues in Pakistan where the process of political articulation, securitization and mobilization which often links water to Kashmir is studied.... Section: Policy Briefs
by Medha Bisht | On 21 Aug 2011 This paper analyses the impact of the retail FDI policy on Indian consumers and make policy recommendations for the Indian government. Based on a primary survey of Indian consumers, the paper examines... Section: Policy Briefs
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 19 Aug 2011 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been engaged in discussions on the future of the climate change regime. While the principle of “common but differenti... Section: Policy Briefs
by Anuradha R. V. | On 01 Jul 2011 Managing capital flows is the key policy challenge for emerging economies like India in the aftermath of the crisis. In contrast to other emerging markets who are levying capital controls, India‘s mac... Section: Working Papers
by R. Kohli | On 04 Jun 2011 Impact of changes in policy rate of interest on demand for bank credit is examined for seven emerging market economies including India for the period 2002 to 2010. Panel data techniques are used after... Section: Working Papers
by B L Pandit | On 24 May 2011 This paper deals with migration into India from adjoining neighbours and its impact on security and other issues of national interest. Unlike other studies on migration, it focuses on the ethnic ident... Section: Policy Briefs
by Subhakanta Behera | On 23 May 2011 The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with th... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 29 Apr 2011 This paper presents a comprehensive set of stylised facts for business cycles in
India from 1950 - 2009. India's business cycle in the pre 1991 economy is compared with the post 1991
Indian economy,... Section: Working Papers
by Ila Patnaik | On 27 Apr 2011 This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions taxes (FTT). It includes examples of FTT in the wider context, for example, on sto... Section: Working Papers
by Parthasarathi Shome | On 18 Apr 2011 This paper develops tools to examine selected major issues in the Indian economy. The study computes the potential growth rate of the economy and the agricultural sector, extends the analysis of fisca... Section: Working Papers
by Mathew Joseph | On 11 Feb 2011 This study attempted to evaluate the working of the Central Government Health
Scheme (CGHS) and Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) by
assessing patient satisfaction as well as the issue... Section: Working Papers
by Sukumar Vellakkal | On 21 Dec 2010 The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing
services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in
FTAs.
The WTO negotiations focu... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 20 Aug 2010 This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the
Planning Commission with earlier estimates of the 1980s and 1990s, focusing on the
methodology and database used for estim... Section: Working Papers
by K.L. Datta | On 11 Aug 2010 This paper explores issues relating to informal trade in the SAARC region.
It spells out the reasons underpinning illegal trade in the South Asian
region. Further it focuses on the estimated size an... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 10 Aug 2010 Sports retail is a small but fast growing segment of modern retail in India. Recently, the
country has been hosting many international sports and this has given a boost to this
sector. Many foreign... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 13 Jun 2010 This paper analyzes the prospects for liberalizing financial services under the GATS, in view of
India’s interests and concerns in this sector. The paper consists of seven sections. Section 2 discuss... Section: Working Papers
by Rupa Chanda | On 03 Jun 2010 Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector.
However, sceptics have raised doubts about both the quality and sustainability of the increase in
se... Section: Working Papers
by Barry Eichengreen | On 24 Apr 2010 In this paper we attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of
academic research and patenting in India. Research inputs by a faculty member are considered to be an outcome of
h... Section: Working Papers
by Amit Shovon Ray | On 20 Apr 2010 The paper seeks to
prove the point that the Indian OTC derivatives markets, unlike many other
jurisdictions, are well regulated. Only contracts where one party to the contract is an
RBI regulated e... Section: Working Papers
by Dayanand Arora | On 03 Apr 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... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 03 Feb 2010 The question of protecting intellectual property rights by academic inventors was never seriously contemplated until the introduction of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in the US. The Act allowed universiti... Section: Working Papers
by Amit Shovon Ray | On 30 Jan 2010
Though Japan had been one of the top five investors in India for long, its share in
India’s total FDI inflows has been dwindling since 2000. Other countries have
surpassed Japan in terms of the... Section: Working Papers
by Geethanjali Nataraj | On 25 Jan 2010 The paper first gives a brief history and comparison of Japanese foreign direct investment
into India and other Asian countries, highlighting the fact that Japanese investment into India
is quite lo... Section: Working Papers
by Srabani Roy Choudhury | On 19 Dec 2009 The present paper analyses trade and investment relations and explores future areas of potential co-operation between India and Korea. The study also suggests the areas where there is huge scope for i... Section: Working Papers
by Pravakar Sahoo | On 14 Dec 2009 The study aims to identify issues relating to food security, the policy initiatives taken to tackle these issues, evaluate these policies and suggest measures to overcome identified constraints in ord... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 11 Sep 2009 This paper attempts to compare the characteristics of South-South FDI versus North-South FDI in the context of India. The analysis is carried at two levels. First t the overall trends of FDI flows (bo... Section: Working Papers
by Subhasis Bera | On 28 Jul 2009 An attempt is made to compute the aggregate productivity growth using the Domar aggregation technique. Building up from the Total Factor Productivity Growth (TFPG) estimates for 3-digit industries, we... Section: Working Papers
by Deb Kusum Das | On 12 Jul 2009 This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India’s
organized manufacturing in order to understand the constraints on employment
generation in the labour intensive sect... Section: Working Papers
by Deb Kusum Das | On 13 Jun 2009 This paper will hopefully provide an important methodological tool for all
researchers who may be attempting to analyze and explain the growth of the service
sector and its share in the Indian GDP o... Section: Working Papers
by Barry Eichengreen | On 08 May 2009 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... Section: Working Papers
by Sukumar Vellakkal | On 22 Feb 2009 This paper contributes to two strands of literature on empirical models of trade flows and
trade policy. The first and the older strand is that of gravity models of bilateral trade
flows going back... Section: Working Papers
by T.N. Srinivasan | On 20 Feb 2009 India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in
energy services within the GATS framework are examined. The study found that India has the capability of
exporting high-skilled manpower at competit... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 25 Jan 2009 The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence, and argue, that stunning as India’s success is, the potential – and need – is for still more reform and more rapid growth. 8 percent is a good rate of... Section: Working Papers
by Anne O. Krueger | On 17 Jan 2009 Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper
focuses on purchasing power estimates in China and India in the 2005 round of the
UN International Comparison Programme (I... Section: Working Papers
by Alan Heston | On 20 Dec 2008 This paper focuses on comparisons of productivity, (unit) labor cost and industry-level competitiveness for the manufacturing sector of China and India. They first provide a comparison between India a... Section: Working Papers
by Bart Van Ark | On 20 Dec 2008 Using product-level data on exports from different cities within China, this paper investigates the contributing factors to the rising export sophistication. [WP no. 226]. Section: Working Papers
by Zhi Wang | On 26 Nov 2008 In this paper an overview of
India’s technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of India’s
technological capability and the role it has played in the process of India’s econom... Section: Working Papers
by Amit Shovon Ray | On 26 Nov 2008 The paper reviews India’s macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key macroeconomic developments regarding
economic growth, inflation, external balance... Section: Working Papers
by Shankar Acharya | On 29 Oct 2008 This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China’s consumption has been low and investment high. This paper looks into the role played by the financial sector... Section: Working Papers
by Jahangir Aziz | On 07 Oct 2008 The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is revisited using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces. Section: Working Papers
by Catherine Yap Co | On 29 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... Section: Working Papers
by Mathew Joseph | On 23 Sep 2008 The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals that while much has already been achieved in both these economies, the Chinese re... Section: Working Papers
by Przemyslaw Kowalski | On 04 Aug 2008 India represents a sharp contrast to China in the small size of its goods trade. Although India’s GDP is a third that of China, its global trade is only about 12 percent as large while its trade with... Section: Working Papers
by Barry Bosworth | On 02 Aug 2008 The main objective of this paper is to analyse some aspects of Japanese policy in the post World War-II period and understand how the various informal institutions (shared mental models) have influen... Section: Working Papers
by Saradindu Bhaduri | On 31 Jul 2008 The slow progress and modest achievements of regional integration in South Asia
have generated a huge amount of skepticism about its role as an effective strategy of
growth. The present study, howev... Section: General
by Aradhna Aggarwal | On 22 Jul 2008 The relationship between trading activity, volatility and transaction cost using a three-equation structural model for five top selected commodities namely Gold, Copper, Petroleum Crude, Soya Oil and... Section: Working Papers
by Pravakar Sahoo | On 07 Jul 2008 The promotion of an inclusive financial system is considered a policy priority in many countries. While the importance of financial inclusion is widely recognized, the literature lacks a comprehensive... Section: Working Papers
by Mandira Sarma | On 26 Jun 2008 This paper investigates certain macro data on the Indian economy to draw inferences on the sustainability of the economic growth experienced over the last couple of decades. Interpreting sustainabilit... Section: Working Papers
by Purnamita Dasgupta | On 24 May 2008 This paper presents an overview of Indo-Japan cooperation since late 18th and early 19th century till date. In the light of the changing paradigm in India-Japan relations over the past several years,... Section: Working Papers
by PG Rajamohan | On 01 Apr 2008 The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals,
pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply
projections for food items d... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 26 Mar 2008 This paper reviews India’s experience to understand how services sector
liberalisation can generate (welfare) gains for developing countries, in particular vis-à-vis its employment generation potenti... Section: Working Papers
by Suparna Karmakar | On 14 Mar 2008 India has undertaken extensive reforms in its manufacturing sector in the last two
decades. However, an acceleration of growth in manufacturing, and a concomitant
increase in employment, has eluded... Section: Working Papers
by Poonam Gupta | On 11 Mar 2008 This paper analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of
nonfarm incomes across rural households. A unique data set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to... Section: Working Papers
by Maja Micevska | On 29 Feb 2008 This paper analyses the determinants of competitiveness of auto industry in India, based on a field survey and a quantitative analysis of secondary data. It highlights that all segments of Indian auto... Section: Working Papers
by Badri Narayanan G. | On 29 Jan 2008 In the context of the low levels of regional cooperation among South Asian countries
when compared with the successful results from cooperation in East Asia (consisting of
South East and East Asian... Section: Working Papers
by Ramesh Chandra | On 18 Jan 2008 This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff
barriers between India and Pakistan.
The study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two
coun... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 31 Oct 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... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 29 Oct 2007 The empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate profitability is examined. Recommendations are offered for policymakers and corporate ma... Section: Working Papers
by Alka Chadha | On 18 Sep 2007 In spite of being one of the largest producers of fruits and vegetables in the world, the export competitiveness among the Indian producers remains low. But with new marketing initiatives, the post-ha... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 24 Aug 2007 The welfare of the producers are analysed with the main focus on small farmers. The analysis presented in the paper is an approximation of the general equilibrium analysis. The four parts of this appr... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 16 Jul 2007 In this paper an analytical review of the capital adequacy regime and the
present state of capital to risk-weighted asset ratio (CRAR) of the banking sector in India has been presented.
In the curre... Section: Working Papers
by Mandira Sarma | On 14 Jul 2007 With the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) expiring on 1st January 2005, the competition in textile and clothing industry is likely to increase. The paper finds an inverse relationship between the unit cost... Section: Working Papers
by Danish A Hashim | On 21 Jun 2007 The relationship between trade liberalization and industrial productivity in developing countries, drawing upon a large number of studies in Latin America, Africa and Asia is explored. Beginning with... Section: Working Papers
by Deb Kusum Das | On 21 Jun 2007 The impact of liberalisation on labour markets is examined by the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI), trade and technology on wages and employment in Indian organised manufacturing industries... Section: Working Papers
by Rashmi Banga | On 01 Jun 2007 The paper highlights the dilemma faced by developing countries in balancing market access rights with the need to regulate service providers, in light of the ongoing negotiations under Article VI:4 of... Section: Working Papers
by Suparna Karmakar | On 24 May 2007 There are three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human capital development), and technology and knowledge upgradation. It examines how the imp... Section: Working Papers
by Aradhna Aggarwal | On 02 May 2007 During 2006-07, FDI inflows into India were more than double than those in 2005-06.
Indeed, during April-January 2006-07, inward FDI into India at US$16.4 billion, was far
higher than the annual ave... Section: Working Papers
by Amitendu Palit | On 29 Apr 2007 The study is based on an extensive survey carried out in the Indian cities of Chennai, Trichy, Thiruvananthapuram, Tuticorin, Mumbai and Rameshwaram. Informal trade between India and Sri Lanka is larg... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 19 Apr 2007 India and Sri Lanka are in the process of negotiating Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. In this context, the study shows that since there has been an increase in services trade between the... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 16 Apr 2007 Many WTO (World Trade Organization) member countries, including India, are
defensive about opening up of the audiovisual sector in the Doha Round due to reasons of
cultural sensitivity. On the other... Section: Working Papers
by Arpita Mukherjee | On 17 Feb 2007 This paper investigates the relationship between capital account openness and
inflation since the 1980s. It argues that widespread capital account liberalization
during the last two decades appears... Section: Working Papers
by Abhijit Sen Gupta | On 29 Jan 2007 This paper takes a detailed look at the SSM and analyzes its usefulness for developing
countries. It also explores how the concept of a special agricultural safeguard has evolved in
the present roun... Section: Working Papers
by Parthapratim Pal | On 11 Oct 2006 In this paper an attempt is made to evaluate the most efficient approach to regional economic integration in Asia. Given that ASEAN is an existing regional bloc in Asia, alternative approaches to the... Section: Working Papers
by Amita Batra | On 04 Sep 2006 Knowledge of demand structure and consumer behaviour is essential for a wide range of development policy questions like improvement in nutritional status, food subsidy, sectoral and macroeconomic poli... Section: Working Papers
by Surabhi Mittal | On 25 Aug 2006 The paper relates the growth of higher education in India to the changing funding
pattern and suggests ways to ensure that higher education remains both affordable and
accessible to all. The author... Section: Working Papers
by Pawan Agarwal | On 25 Jul 2006 On the basis of a survey conducted in three cities viz., Delhi,
Mumbai and Amritsar the paper examines the characteristics of firms engaged in Indo-
Pakistan trade. It also estimates the transaction... Section: Working Papers
by Nisha Taneja | On 10 Jun 2006 Global outsourcing, technical change, and falling barriers to trade worldwide have
transformed the structure of production and global competition in the textile and apparel industry. This sector has... Section: Working Papers
by Meenu Tiwari | On 20 Nov 2005 The next major boost to world trade is expected to come from greater trade in
services. And this is possible only when greater liberalization in services is achieved which in turn depends on the prog... Section: Working Papers
by Rajeev Ahuja | On 01 Nov 2005 Though Paul Kennedy and other scholars of National Security, Diplomacy and
Foreign relations have emphasized the importance of the economy in National Power, not many economists have taken an interes... Section: Working Papers
by Arvind Virmani | On 01 Nov 2005 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... Section: Working Papers
by Suparna Karmakar | On 01 Nov 2005 This paper assesses the impact of India’s unilateral tariff reductions and lowering
of quantitative restrictions since 1991. It then evaluates the WTO commitments on nonagricultural market access in... Section: Working Papers
by Bishwanath Goldar | On 01 Nov 2005 This paper talks about the customs tariff reforms in India that have come down significantly over the last decade. The 'peak' customs duty rate for instance has progressively come down from around 150... Section: Policy Briefs
by Arvind Virmani | On 03 Dec 2004 While in their purchase operations, as in all other activities, governments endeavour to maximise the use of scarce financial resources. Some of these objectives are to promote the development of a do... Section: Working Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 07 Nov 2004 While in their purchase operations, as in all other activities, governments endeavour to maximize the use of scarce financial resources, the 'cost minimising objective underlying competitive bidding r... Section: Working Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 03 Nov 2004 According to the GATT principle of most favoured nation (MFN) treatment, trade must be conducted on the basis of non-discrimination between Members of the WTO. 'Like Products' must be taxed the same w... Section: Research Papers
by Aradhna Aggarwal | On 07 Sep 2004 The environment industry has witnessed rapid growth over the last two decades. Industry surveys in the mid- 1990s had estimated that the global environment industry revenue would increase from US$ 469... Section: Working Papers
by Aparna Sawhney | On 04 Aug 2004 The focus of this paper is on the
potential economic factors underlying voter behaviour in a democracy. It develops a
simplified model based on economic theory (welfare & conditional probabilities)... Section: Working Papers
by Arvind Virmani | On 28 Jul 2004 This study is aimed at assessing the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) from the perspective of the developing countries such as India and identifying the improvements and clari... Section: Research Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 08 Jul 2004 Over the past four decades or so, the issues that have dominated WTO/GATT negotiations have generally fallen in the prototype of either a transatlantic conflict or a North-South divide. The latter has... Section: Research Papers
by Anwarul Hoda | On 07 Jun 2004 The paper provides the educational composition of the manufacturing workers in
the eighteen selected states of India during the last four NSSO rounds on Employment and Unemployment in India covering... Section: Working Papers
by Suresh Chand Aggarwal | On 13 Apr 2004 Liberalisation initiatives have been taken by India with a view to improve the efficiency of manufacturing industries and achieving faster GDP growth. The present
paper investigates the influence of... Section: Working Papers
by C Veermani | On 01 Apr 2004 The price volatility of agricultural commodities assumes critical importance in the context of the ongoing debate regarding agricultural trade liberalisation in India. The arguments against agricultur... Section: Working Papers
by C S C Sekhar | On 12 Jun 2003 The paper provides an overview of the nature of trade in health services in the world economy. It oulines some of the general implications of trade in health services for national health systems for a... Section: Working Papers
by Rupa Chanda | On 13 Nov 2001 The paper attempts to analyse the export-enhancing role of MNEs in the Indian manufacturing sector during the 1990s. The CAPITAL LINE database is used. The database includes firms engaged in both manu... Section: Working Papers
by Aradhna Aggarwal | On 07 Jun 2001 The study seeks to answer two very basic
questions in the Indian context: first, are there economies of scale and
scope in Indian banking? In other words, are bigger banks better for India?
And, se... Section: Working Papers
by Pradeep Srivastava | On 23 Jul 1999 The world changed on July 2, 1997 when Thailand floated the baht.
Explanations abound on the origins of the crisis - indeed it is a growth industry.
This study is part of that explosion. It has seve... Section: Working Papers
by Surjit S. Bhalla | On 10 Jul 1998 This paper distinguishes the Intellectual Property Rights relevant to agriculture and
explain these rights. The international intellectual property law for
these rights will be described. India's in... Section: Working Papers
by Jayashree Watal | On 03 Jul 1998 |