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on Central and Western Asia |
| By: | Pasquale Scandizzo; Raghav Gaiha; Katsushi Imai |
| Date: | 2007 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0706&r=cwa |
| By: | Raghav Gaiha; Ganesh Thapa; Katsushi Imai; Vani S. Kulkarni |
| Date: | 2007 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0723&r=cwa |
| By: | Raghav Gaiha; Katsushi Imai |
| Date: | 2007 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:sespap:0705&r=cwa |
| By: | Philippe Aghion; Robin Burgess; Stephen Redding; Fabrizio Zilibotti |
| Abstract: | We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the License Raj – a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector – vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are found to be unequal across Indian states with different labor market regulations. In particular, following delicensing, industries located in states with proemployer labor market institutions grew more quickly than those in proworker environments. |
| Keywords: | Distance to frontier, India, Industrial policy, Financial development, Labor regulation, Liberalization, Manufacturing, Reform. |
| JEL: | J52 L11 L52 O14 O24 O47 O53 P41 |
| Date: | 2007–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zur:iewwpx:345&r=cwa |
| By: | ; Singh Manjari |
| Abstract: | Child labour in India is a critical socio-economic problem that needs special attention of policy makers. In order to make effective policies to reduce child labour it is important to understand the specific factors that affect it in different situations. The paper empirically examines these factors across 35 Indian states and union territories at three levels of aggregation: total population, rural/urban, and male/female. The results showed that education, fertility, and workforce participation are the major influencing factors in our models. Interestingly, impact of economic indicators of poverty and income differed among total, rural, urban, male, and female population. The explanatory powers of models showed large variations across different levels of aggregation and were stronger for total, rural and female population. |
| Keywords: | Child labour, education, fertility, workforce participation |
| Date: | 2008–01–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2008-01-01&r=cwa |
| By: | International Water Management Institute (International Water Management Institute) |
| Keywords: | Irrigated farming/ Rainfed farming/ Rice/ Water harvesting/ Ethnic groups/ Farmers |
| Date: | 2007 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iwt:polbrs:p06&r=cwa |
| By: | Girja Sharan |
| Abstract: | A large part of Gujarat in the North-west region of India is semi-arid. The lands are less suited for agriculture. Animal husbandry is therefore common. Productivity of cattle is however also low due to problems of feed and due to climatic stresses, specially heat. Environmental control of farm buildings - animal houses, greenhouses- in semi-arid areas is a special challenge. There is widespread shortage of water; rural grid is prone to interruptions several times a day. Cattle owners do not give importance to animal comfort as a means to improve productivity. The HVAC industry and professionals have not made efforts to develop systems compatible with the region’s environment and economics of farming. Towards that, the earth-tube-heat-exchanger based systems appear to be more suited for farm sector in semi-arid climatic conditions. We present the experience of using such systems for environmental control in dwellings of zoo animals, and greenhouse in arid area of Kutch. Mention has also been made of the ongoing work to install more such systems in the dairy cattle housing. |
| Keywords: | earth-tube-heat, exchangers, cattle houses, greenhouses in arid areas |
| Date: | 2008–01–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2008-01-02&r=cwa |
| By: | Naushin Mahmood (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad); Zafar Mueen Nasir (Policy Planning Cell, Labour and Manpower Division, Islamabad) |
| Abstract: | An examination of the public pension and social security schemes in Pakistan reveals that the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a small proportion of old-age population, whereas a significant proportion of the elderly population working in the informal sector remains largely unprotected by social security schemes. As such, the challenge of meeting the needs of the increasing elderly population demands an improvement of the support base and social security system in Pakistan that emphasises the need to implement reforms of public pensions and programmes of social protection. Efficient deployment of resources and improvement of the governance structure are needed for effective welfare of the eligible sub-group of the elderly and the economically disadvantaged population. |
| Keywords: | Social Security, Pensions, Pakistan |
| JEL: | H55 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pid:wpaper:2008:42&r=cwa |
| By: | Pillai N., Vijayamohanan |
| Abstract: | Kerala has a high status in infrastructure development in India and her experiences in social infrastructure development rank her one among many developed countries. This study seeks to analyse the development experiences of Kerala, and to examine what worked behind these experiences. A proposition of a ‘chain interaction’ between human development and economic growth is suggested whereby the human development Kerala had achieved by means of infrastructure development propelled economic growth (in terms of consumption expenditure) which in turn has led to further human development. Another proposition on an ‘invisible hand’ a la Adam Smith that translates disparate, individual self-interests into coherent social interest also is put up in explaining the development experiences of Kerala. Both these propositions are statistically verified using some innovations in the interpretations of the results and in the methodology of Markov chain (‘Markov chain causality’). An attempt is also made to correlate quality and freedom in the context of infrastructure development. Defining development in its truest sense in terms of a duality of availability (including accessibility) and quality, we argue that Kerala has in the field of infrastructure achieved only what we call quasi-capability (or q-capability) enhancement, and she is yet to strive for the true development or the freedom from quasi-freedom. |
| Keywords: | Infrastructure; Growth; Human development; Kerala; quality |
| JEL: | H0 I0 O15 |
| Date: | 2008–02–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:7017&r=cwa |
| By: | Leonard, Kenneth; Hammer, Jeffrey; Das, Jishnu |
| Abstract: | This paper provides an overview of recent work on quality measurement of medical care and its correlates in four low and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and watching doctors-that are relatively easy to implement and yield important insights about the nature of medical care in these countries. The paper discusses the properties of these measures, their correlates, and how they may be used to evaluate policy changes. Finally, the authors outline an agenda for further research and measurement. |
| Keywords: | Health Monitoring & Evaluation,Health Systems Development & Reform,Gender and Health,Health Economics & Finance,Disease Control & Prevention |
| Date: | 2008–01–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:4501&r=cwa |
| By: | Pillai N, Vijayamohanan |
| Abstract: | By virtue of the vital nature of electric power, both to our economic and personal well being, a power system is expected to supply electrical energy as economically as possible, and with a high degree of quality and reliability. The developed countries in general place higher reliability standards on the performance of electricity supply. However, there has been no significant study in the context of the Indian power sector to analyze reliability in terms of loss of load probability; the technical appraisal of the State power systems in general is confined to examining the plant load factor (PLF) as a measure of capacity utilization only. The present study is a modest attempt to evaluate the reliability of the Kerala power system in the framework of a theory-informed methodology – the first of its kind. |
| Keywords: | Loss of load probability; reliability; power system; Kerala |
| JEL: | Q41 C44 |
| Date: | 2008–02–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:6953&r=cwa |
| By: | Pierre-Richard Agénor and Nihal Bayraktar |
| Abstract: | This paper provides empirical estimates of contracting models of the Phillips curve for eight middle-income developing countries (Chile, Colombia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey). Following an analytical review, a variety of models with one and more leads and lags are estimated using two-step GMM techniques. Nested and non-nested tests are used to select a specification for each country, and in-sample predictive capacity and stability are analyzed. Higher-dimension models tend to perform better than parsimonious models with one lead and one lag. Except for Colombia and Korea, backward-looking behavior has a relatively larger impact on inflation dynamics. World oil prices and relative input prices have a limited effect, whereas borrowing costs are significant for Korea and Mexico. |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:man:cgbcrp:94&r=cwa |