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    Technology at work: the future of innovation and employment

    Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, 2015
    The 21st century has already brought remarkable technological achievements. The leading corporations of the digital age — including YouTube, Facebook and eBay — barely existed only a decade ago. The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the year Skype was first released. The first iPhone was launched in 2007 and in 2010 Google announced their first fully autonomous car.
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    The impact of high crude oil prices and challenges in pricing of petroleum products

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    India, with its limited domestic crude production, imports more than 70 percent of its crude oil requirement to fuel its burgeoning oil demand in wake of the booming economy. The rise in international crude oil prices directly impacts the cost of refined products.
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    What do falling crude prices mean for India's fiscal deficit?

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2007
    India's 2003-04 budget defied the trend of budget estimates of revenue receipts being consistently overestimated compared to actual receipts. The actual revenue collections exceeded not only the budget estimates but the revised estimates as well.
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    Policy options for agricultural investments and governance of markets: in support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala

    Oxfam, 2014
    Guatemala's farming sector has undergone some major changes over the last 20 years, such as the growth of monocultures and of small-scale farming for export. This trend has been driven by both a general framework of laws offering incentives and international demand, particularly for vegetables, legumes, and substitutes for oil-derived fuels.
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    Unblocking bottlenecks to effective resource revenue management in Peru

    Oxfam America, 2014
    Many developing countries that rely heavily on the extraction of natural resources for revenue do not realise consistent and equitable economic benefits. In Peru, economic growth and exports have risen significantly, and the national rate of poverty has declined. Yet in some regions, including those where mining operations are located, poverty rates are stagnant or increasing.
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    Local skill concentrations and district employment growth: A Spatial simultaneous equation approach for India

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Employment data available for India specify only total number of workers (including self-employed and those with regular and casual jobs) in a given year. The focus of this paper is to explore the role of spatial distribution of skills in explaining differential growth rates of employment across Indian districts between the years 2001 and 2011 by using data from Census of India.
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    Why tax effort falls short of capacity in Indian states: a stochastic frontier approach

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Taxation is an important tool to enhance the economic development and to finance the expenditure responsibilities of a government. This paper attempts to measure the tax capacity and tax effort of 14 major Indian states from 1992-92 to 2010-11 using Stochastic Frontier Analysis.
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    Rapid Appraisal of the State of Competition in the Rice Value Chain

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    The rapid appraisal is based on the interview of select players in various levels of the palay/rice value chain from Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija to Metro Manila. It finds that the paddy and rice supply chain is multilayered with many competing players in each layer, and with no evidence of any cartel-like behavior in the areas studied.
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    Impediments to contract enforcement in day labour markets: A Perspective from India

    2014
    In developing countries, lack of formal contract enforcement mechanisms is compensated by informal or relational governance enforced through trust, kinship, reputation, etc. This paper focuses on one such setting in India's urban informal economy: the 'day labour' market for casual labour.
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    The Political economy of MGNREGS spending in Andhra Pradesh

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014
    Infrastructure projects are necessary for economic growth and reducing income inequality, likely due to the spill-over gains from increased accessibility.

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