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Changing livelihoods in Delhi’s periphery, circa 1930–2012
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014Every country that moved out of poverty went through major shifts in its occupational profile too.DocumentSocioeconomic backwardness increases vulnerability to climate change: evidence from Uttar Pradesh
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014The global average surface temperature over the past 50 years has increased at nearly double the rate of the past 100 years. Although warming is greatest at the higher northern latitudes, it has been widespread worldwide over the past 30 years.DocumentHeat waves decrease labour supply: evidence on low-income urban workers in weather-exposed occupations
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014A heat wave is generally defined as an extended period of hot and humid weather, although there is no universal definition of the term, and is measured relative to the normal weather in the area. Temperatures that people from a hot climate consider normal could be a heat wave in a cooler area if these are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.DocumentThe reserve bank of India's reaction to exchange rate variation: a time-varying parametric approach
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014The statement by a former RBI Governor Dr Y V Reddy that the official intervention in the foreign exchange market from 1990 to 2000 was a journey from agony to comfort was reverted in 2000 when reserve accumulation peaked at US$ 294.397 billion and the comfortable situation that prevailed turned out to be a problem of plenty in March 2012.DocumentDemand for price insurance among farmers in India: a choice experiment-based approach
2014Agriculture is an intrinsically risky economic activity. Farmers face a multitude of risks, such as production risks, on account of weather variations, and price risks, associated with falling output prices.DocumentSocial capital as obstacle to development: brokering land, norms, and trust in rural India
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014During the 1990s, powerful development institutions like the World Bank came to see the social networks and norms of the rural poor in developing countries as 'assets' to be tapped for poverty alleviation.DocumentIndia-baltic sea region trade and connectivity: myth or reality?
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2011India and Baltic Sea Region (BSR) may seem very different areas of the world, and indeed in many ways they are heterogeneous. But, there are many similarities. Both the regions enjoy diversity-of geography, culture, landscape, economy and language.DocumentTowards a more equitable outcome from Rio plus 20
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012The “Rio plus 20” summit being held on 20-22 June 2012 provides an opportunity to launch a process for forging a new global compact, underpinned by greater equity and policy space for the developing countries, for dealing with sustainable development in an integrated and holistic fashion, and for moving away from the ‘silo’-mentality.DocumentThe R&D scenario in Indian pharmaceutical industry
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2011A set of policy reforms have been introduced in the Indian pharmaceutical sector since mid-1990s, aimed at incentivizing the private sector research and development (R&D). Patent reforms was the most significant policy reform.DocumentIndia’s union budget: changing scope and the evolving content
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2010On the Indian economic policy canvas, the Union Budget, in general, and the Finance Minister’s budget speech, in particular, has a unique relevance. As a policy event, the attention it receives stands out in comparison to other domestic policy announcements and the routine presentation of government budgets in the developed world or even in the emerging economies.Pages