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    Infrastructure challenges in India: the role of public-private partnerships

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    While India is the fourth largest economy in the world, a key Wfactor obstructing its growth and development is the lack of world class infrastructure. Estimates suggest that this lack
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    Climate resilience urban development: vulnerability profiles of 20 Indian cities

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2013
    India is the second most populous country in the world. Its population has increased by more than 181 million during the 2001-2011 decade. Correspondingly, the urban population has increased from 286.1 million in 2001 to 377.2 million in 2011 an is expected to rise to 534 million by 2026.
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    India's electronics sector: policies, practices and lessons from China

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    The National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2012 is primarily aimed at ramping up India's Electronic Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) capability. The policy comes on the back of a strong and sustained demand for consumer electronic goods that accounted for a hefty bill of US$125 billion last year.
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    The energy poverty and gender nexus in Himachal Pradesh, India: the impact of clean fuel access policy on women’s empowerment

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2009
    In India, one hundred and sixty million people, especially women and children, spend long hours gathering biofuels and suffer the health consequences of carrying heavy loads and from the pollution from burning biofuels. If they did not have to gather fuel, these hours could be used towards their self-development or for economically productive activities and hence alleviate poverty.
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    Natural resource accounting for Goa

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2008
    Goa is the smallest state in terms of area, located on the west coast of India and fourth smallest state in terms of population. It is situated on the slopes of the Western Ghats. It is bounded on the North by Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, on the East by Belgaum, on the South by Karwar Districts of Karnataka, and on the west by Arabian Sea.
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    Energy and its sustainable development for India

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2009
    India, at 1.17 billion people is the second most populated country in the world and is home to 17% of the world population. Its primary energy consumption (in 2007) was 18.65EJ, 3.75% of the entire world.
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    Gender analysis of renewable energy in India: present status, issues, approaches and new initiatives

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2009
    Approximately 2 billion people throughout the world do not have access to clean energy for cooking and about 1.7 billion people are without electricity for either cooking or heating. Grid- based electrical power fails to reach many rural and poor urban areas in developing countries, and there is also inadequate distribution of gas or other fuels for cooking and heating.
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    Prospects for regional cooperation on cross-border electricity trade in South Asia

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2013
    Energy remains one of the key inputs to socio-economic progress in developing societies. South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, have so far lagged far behind their developed counterparts in terms of access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy, especially electricity.
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    Urban vulnerability and risk – a key factor for building climate resilient urban development in Indian cities

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2013
    India is witnessing rapid growth in the urban centers. Urbanization trend is expected to accelerate in coming decades as well. It is projected that the number of cities with a population of more than 1 million will reach to 75 by 2021 from 53 in 2011. Due to diverse physiographic and meteorological conditions, cities in India are exposed to various types of natural hazards.
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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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