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    The impact of carbon taxes on growth emissions and welfare in India: A CGE analysis

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2012
    There is growing concern around the world about the impact of greenhouse gases (GHGs) on the environment and economy. Primarily responsible for global warming, GHG emissions (especially CO2 emissions) are closely linked to the consumption (burning) of fossil fuels. Countries have not been able to de-link the association between the use of fossil fuels and economic growth until now.
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    An investigation into changes in Nagaland's population between 1971 and 2011

    2012
    Developing countries like India need information on the socioeconomic sector of her population to design redistributive policies. But India’s official statistics are not free of errors. The Census of India is a case in point.
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    Silenced and fogotten: HIV and AIDS agenda setting paper for women living with HIV, sex workers and LGBT individuals in southern African and Indian Ocean states

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Women living with HIV, sex workers, and LGBT activists and their allies first convened in Johannesburg in 2011 to develop a joint regional advocacy strategy. Three individual sector meetings were held in the first phase, while a larger platform meeting bringing together all three sectors was held in 2012.
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    Revisiting the global food crisis: magnitude, causes, impact and policy options

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2010
    The brief period of the 21st century has been marked by a drastic intensification of the global food crisis. The phenomenal surge in fuel and food prices followed by the on-going economic crisis have worked in tandem to increasingly deprive the poor across the world, particularly in the Global South, from their fundamental right to food.
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    Carbon taxes vs productivity shocks: A comparative analysis of the costs in a CGE framework for India

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2012
    There is growing concern around the world about the impact of greenhouse gases (GHG) on the environment and economy. Primarily responsible for global warming, GHG emissions (especially CO2) emissions) are closely linked to economic growth. Since fossil fuels are the primary source of energy, the consumption (burning) of fossil fuels inevitably lead to GHG emissions.
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    Food price inflation in India: causes and cures

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2012
    Inflation in general and food price inflation in particular has been a persistent problem in India over the past few years. Price stability is crucial for sustainable growth as persistent inflation implies higher demand relative to supply.
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    India's petroleum demand: empirical estimations and projections for the future

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2012
    With rapid economic growth, energy demand in India has been rising rapidly, and India is now the fourth largest consumer of crude oil in the world. Unfortunately, India has to import most of its oil requirement, which leads to severe pressure on the economy when the oil prices rise.
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    Productivity and efficiency impacts of zero tillage wheat in Northwest Indo-Gangetic Plains

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2013
    Conservation agriculture (CA) technologies are being developed for the cereal production systems of South Asia to address the multifaceted problems of decelerating agricultural productivity, resource scarcity, climate change, and negative environmental externalities generated by the conventional production system.
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    Gender gap in life expectancy in India, 1970-2006

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2013
    Worldwide, women enjoyed longer life expectancy at birth than men for the first time in human history in the mid-2000s. In India, both genders have experienced a continuous rise in life expectancy since the 1970s, and the transition to female dominance in life expectancy also occurred around 2000. Nevertheless, the pace of mortality stagnated in the 1990s and 2000s.
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    Noah revisits biodiversity protection prioritisation

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2013
    The pledges to finance biodiversity preservation make up a fraction of the identified needs. Therefore, scientists must develop tools to help prioritise the many goals of biodiversity preservation. Analysts and policy makers often use the ‘Noah’s Ark’ metaphor to imply that society must choose how much biodiversity to save and which specific components of it to save.

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