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Economic Policy Monitor 2014: Effective regulations for sustainable growth
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015This fifth issue of the PIDS Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) highlights the importance of regulatory coherence and quality to realize rapid, sustainable, and inclusive growth.DocumentInvesting in human capital for inclusive growth: focus on higher education
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2016Aiming for inclusive growth requires as a first step an understanding of the forces that support positive growth rate of real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in the long run. The benefits from higher education in the Philippines, however, are not automatically inclusive. One major factor behind this is that households for the most part internally finance higher education.DocumentThe growth of micro and small, cluster based furniture manufacturing firms and their implications for poverty reduction in Tanzania
Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2012Micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) offer good examples of firm clustering and incipient entry points for industrial development in Tanzania. This study analyses the growth of cluster-based, micro and small furniture-manufacturing firms located in the Keko, Buguruni-Malapa, and Mbezi Beach kwa Komba industrial clusters.DocumentEconomic profiling of the creative industries: a desk review
Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, 2013The UN’s Creative Economy Report 2010 notes the increasing acceptance of the role of the creative economy as a leading sector in generating economic growth, employment and trade, and that creative industries are among the most dynamic sectors of the world economy–offering new, high growth opportunities for developing countries.DocumentThe birth death and survival of exports in Zambia 1999-2011
Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, 2013This paper deals with the dynamics of Zambia’s export performance, analyzing the birth, death and persistence of exporting in various products and destinations. The authors use a framework that has recently proliferated in international trade to decompose the growth of Zambia’s exports into an “intensive” and “extensive” margin.DocumentICT and employment promotion among poor women: how can we make it happen? Some reflections on Kerala's experience
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2008This paper deals with the integration of gender in policies relating to information and communication technology to empower socially excluded poor women as producers of this technology. In this context, this paper examines an interventionist ICT policy undertaken by Kudumbasree (an innovative women based participatory programme)DocumentGlobalisation lived locally: new forms of control, conflict and response among labour in Kerala, examined through a labour geography lens
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2009With the support of the labour geography framework, this study tries to analyse how the economic geography of capitalism is shaped by the spatial practices of labour.DocumentThe deluge of debt: understanding the financial needs of poor households
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2009This paper discusses the financial lives of poor households. It examines the different sources of income and expenditure of the poor households residing in a coastal settlement in Kerala. The method of financial diary for data collection is adopted for the study. The sample size is 13.DocumentA study of National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in three Grama Panchayats of Kasaragod District
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2009The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is a historic legislation passed by the Government of India in September 2005. It was enacted in order to address the crucial issues of unemployment and poverty in rural India. The NREGA guarantees a hundred days of unskilled employment to each household in every financial year at an equal wage rate for both male and female workers.