India and Finance policy
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- How should transfers between Indian states be designed?
- T.K. Sen; C. Trebesch / National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, 2004
- Sub-national governments in federal countries such as India often rely on transfers from the central government to maintain their public services. The Indian transfer system attempts to redress disparities in fiscal capacity and expen...
- What stops people from filing tax returns in India?
- A. Das-Gupta / National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, 2004
- Previous studies have indicated that 89 per cent of potential taxpayers in India did not file tax returns. Yet empirical evidence and theoretical work on characteristics of ‘non-filers’ is limited. This paper presents a simp...
- Is the pegged exchange rate best for Bhutan?
- K. Galey / Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan, 2003
- This paper investigates whether the pegged exchange rate between the Bhutanese and Indian currencies is the best system for Bhutan’s economy. Since the introduction of the Bhutanese Ngultrum in 1974 it has been pegged at par with...
- How to achieve effective collaboration with the private sector for TB control
- K. Lonnroth; M. Uplekar; V.K. Arora; S. Juvekar; N.T.N. Lan; D. Mwaniki; V. Pathania / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004
- This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization compares processes and outcomes of four public-private mix (PPM) projects implementing DOTS for tuberculosis (TB) control, in New Delhi and Pune, India, Ho Chi Minh City,...
- Political, legal and structural bases of success in attracting FDI
- J.S. Henley / Development Studies Association, UK and Ireland, 2003
- This paper seeks to explain why, although both China and India had similar levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the late 1970s, China now attracts far more FDI than India. The analysis focuses on the way in which nation...
- Re-understanding neo-classical economics from experience-based perspectives
- M Chen; R Jhabvala; R Kanbur; N Mirani; K Osner / Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2004
- A group of development analysts – researchers, activists, and practitioners - engaged in an unusual exercise in early 2004. They had a dialogue about labour market, trade and poverty issues, but they preceded the dialogue with ex...
- New economic policies may lead to new subordinations
- S Mukhopadhyay; R.M. Sudarshan / International Development Research Centre, 2003
- This book develops a new framework for gender analysis by demonstrating the importance of identifying the context of such analysis, and by highlighting the necessity of differentiating ‘gender’ per se from its various ‘...
- A more proactive approach is required to attract foreign direct investment into India
- R.S. Rajan; R. Sen / Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002
- This paper examines the impact of India’s economic reforms in the 1990s on its international trade linkages with the rest of the world. The paper summarises recent trade reforms in India and documents the extent to which the coun...
- Review of formal and informal financial linkages of agricultural traders in Asia
- A. Shepherd / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
- This study looks at how traders of grains and horticultural produce in Asia finance their activities and how they use that finance. It examines the financial needs of traders, including seasonal variables, and explores formal and info...
- Microfinance: a weapon of mass empowerment for the unbankable?
- Anton Simanowitz; Alice Walker / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Microfinance is benefiting millions of people but is it reaching the very poor? How can microfinance do more to contribute to poverty reduction? Are microfinance organisations (MFOs) able to expand their boundaries and develop innovat...
- Centre for Development Finance (CDF)
- The Centre for Development Finance focuses on improving the delivery of public goods that contribute to inclusive social and economic opportunity in India.
- India Post
- Indian Government department running postal services, part of Department of Post, Ministry of Communications & IT.
- Strategic Foresight Group
- Strategic Foresight Group seeks to undertake forward-looking research in geopolitical, economic, technological and societal changes. Their research examines future trends and discontinuities in spaces where geopolitics intersects with business, economy, society, religion and technology.
- Agricultural Financing Corporation Ltd. (AFC)
- Agricultural Finance Corporation Limited is an agricultural & rural development consultancy established in 1968. AFC Foundation undertakes grass root level project implementation for poverty alleviation and livelihood promotion through financial and non financial services. They also provide training and capacity building services to the various stakeholders in the agriculture and rural se...
