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    Sino-Indian border infrastructure: an update

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
    Improved infrastructure has a critical role in enabling a nation to apply military power. On the India-China border, there is a clear military imbalance-not just in terms of equipment and forces on the border but also in terms of the physical infrastructure.
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    Look East through Northeast: challenges and prospects for India

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    Since the early 1990s, India has been seeking to situate the country's troubled Northeast at the heart of what eventually evolved into its so-called 'Look East' policy. The enthusiasm over the 'Look East' thrust of Indian foreign policy has also grown as Europe and the US have found themselves mired in economic stagnation with no immediate prospect of recovery.
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    Royal succession in Saudi Arabia: challenges before the Desert Kingdom

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    With a new king in power, this paper looks at royal politics in Saudi Arabia and identifies topical domestic and regional challenges from the Saudi perspective.
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    A survey report on the application of bond and bail legislation in Zambia

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2015
    This survey was conducted to collect information on factors affecting access and conditions regarding bail among people found to be in conflict with the law in Zambia. The survey was conducted for a period of six months in all ten provinces of the country.
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    Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
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    Does Results-Based Aid change anything? Pecuniary interests, attention, accountability and discretion in four case studies

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2015
    This paper studies foreign assistance programmes called Results-Based Aid (RBA) in which one government disburses funds to another for achieving an outcome.
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    The face of African infrastructure: Service availability and citizens’ demands

    Afrobarometer, 2015
    The need for infrastructure improvements is a top-tier economic, political, and social issue in nearly every African country. Although the academic and policy literature is extensive in terms of estimating the impact of infrastructure deficits on economic and social indicators, very few studies have examined citizen demands for infrastructure.
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    Indo-US cvil nuclear cooperation agreement: implementation hurdles

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2005
    India signed a landmark strategic agreement having far reaching consequences with the United States during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's summit meeting with President George W. Bush on July 18, 2005. Of the two major facets of the agreement, the first was the belated acceptance of India as a 'responsible state with advanced nuclear technology'.
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    Mumbai blasts: time to act

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    The Mumbai serial train blasts that killed over 200 persons and left more than 700 injured within a span of 11 minutes on July 11, 2006 is the most serious attack on the Indian state and its people since the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
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    Effective legislation critical for fighting terror

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    Terrorism today poses the gravest threat to India’s sovereignty and integrity. It subverts the fundamental Rule of Law, denies rights to the citizens, endangers the social fabric, and threatens political and economic stability. This should not be allowed to happen. Such a determination can only be effectively expressed through comprehensive counter-terrorism legislation.

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