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on Central and Western Asia |
| By: | Government of India GOI |
| Abstract: | This is an initiative by the Planning Commission to formulate “Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects in order to have a unified perspective by all ministries.These guidelines are therefore applicable to all watershed development projects in all Departments / Ministries of Government of India concerned with Watershed Development Projects. |
| Keywords: | watershed, develoment, ministries, India, government, institutions, programme, livelihood, cluster approach, forest departments |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1793&r=cwa |
| By: | SHARACHCHANDRA LELE |
| Abstract: | Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the link between stream flow, agricultural water use and economic returns to agriculture. The study attempts to simulate the likely impacts of regeneration of a degraded forest catchment on stream flow and the consequent impact on irrigation tankbased agriculture in a downstream village. |
| Keywords: | India, agricultural water, irrigation, agriculture, catchment, research, crop, governance, ecologically, environmentally, crops, western ghats, forest, village, agriculture, india, |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1820&r=cwa |
| By: | Vinoj Abraham |
| Abstract: | The 61st round of NSS shows that there is a turnaround in employment growth in rural India after a phase of ‘jobless growth’. Paradoxically, this employment growth occurred during a period of wide spread distress in agriculture sector that include low productivity, price instability and stagnation leading to indebtedness. Under the typical neoclassical tradition, this trend would have predicted further contraction of employment in the rural economy. However, further probing reveals that employment growth in the rural areas is probably a response to the crisis that is gripping the agriculture sector. [WP No. 404]. |
| Keywords: | NSSO, rural India, jobless, growth, rural economy, employment, agriculture sector, productivity, instability, stagnation, price |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1824&r=cwa |
| By: | Keshab Das |
| Abstract: | This paper attempts a critical review of the performance and policy concerning the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in globalizing India since the early 1990s whence economic reforms were formally introduced. With an explicit accent upon participating in the global market sphere, the government policies have reoriented focus towards enhancing exports, competitiveness and efforts to be part of global value chains or global production networks. |
| Keywords: | India, unfair trade, micro small, enterprises, global value chains, exports,industrial clusters, credit |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1822&r=cwa |
| By: | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI |
| Abstract: | Written comments on the issues raised for consultation may please be furnished to Principal Advisor (FN), TRAI by 30th January, 2009. The comments may be sent in writing and also preferably be sent in electronic form (E-mail: traifn@yahoo.co.in or arvindtrai@gmail.com). |
| Keywords: | telecom sector, regulatory cost, pricing, incrmental costs, costing, Efficiency, equity, indian |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1834&r=cwa |
| By: | Kamat, Manoj S. |
| Abstract: | The cross-sectional trends in dividends are investigated at an aggregate level of ownership (i.e. closely/largely held and regulated firms), and at disaggregate level across 20 industries to examine how Indian Private Corporate Sector appropriated its profits over 1961-2007 periods. Alternatively it is examined whether internal funds are a significant source of finance and the dynamics of relation between dividends relative to earnings across type of companies and industries. Indian corporate sector pays relatively more equity dividends than preference dividends. Other things being equal, the probability of paying cash dividends decreases with share holder concentration and the regulated companies pay relatively larger dividends. Dividend payouts for all type of firms decline, and such tendency is more pronounced after liberalization periods indicating a greater choice of internal financing through retained earnings. The analysis of inter-corporate and inter-industry variations reveals that dividends interplays differently with exogenous factors. |
| Keywords: | Dividend Policy; Indian Private Corporate Sector; Public and Private Limited Companies; Regulated Industry; Ownership Effect; Industry Cross-section |
| JEL: | C10 D21 P43 B22 C22 |
| Date: | 2009–01–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:12545&r=cwa |
| By: | Ashima Goyal |
| Abstract: | In order to examine if the impact of oil price shocks depends on the structure of an economy, a vertical (VSC) and a horizontal (HSC) long-run supply curve identification are successively imposed on a three variable VAR with Indian time series data. While core inflation is measured with the VSC, the HSC requires a new concept of demand-driven inflation: Residual (demand) inflation, which gives the impact of short and medium run demand shocks on inflation. Core and residual inflation are both estimated. The data favors the HSC, but both identifications imply that policy demand squeeze aggravated international oil price shocks. |
| Keywords: | VAR, identification strategies, developing economy, residual, output, labor surplus, oil price, economy, vertical, horizontal, VSC, HSC, supply curve, inflation, time series, data, demand, residual, India, Indian, |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1826&r=cwa |
| By: | Saravanan S |
| Abstract: | This paper identifies the idealistic images driving the watershed programmes as a major stumbling block in sustainable natural resource management. It calls for building on the existing governance instruments that are diverse from regulation to consensus building for addressing natural resource crisis in dry lands of India. |
| Keywords: | development, idealistic, watershed, programmes, natural resource, management, dry lands, India, governance, |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1782&r=cwa |
| By: | Aleyamma Vijayan |
| Abstract: | An attempt has been made to bring in some theoretical analysis on the development process and women's roles in it as seen and advocated by the women's movements and later on by the State and international organizations. |
| Keywords: | women's, empowerment, Keralam, economic growth, India, literate, Kerala, marriage, society, health, demography, development, theoritical analysis, state, sustainable, |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1766&r=cwa |
| By: | Centre for Development Studies CDS |
| Abstract: | This preliminary report has been prepared with a view to assist the state government in understanding the implications of the crisis, so that appropriate policies and programmes could be chalked to deal with any adverse situations that may arise. |
| Keywords: | state, Kerala, India, government, export, tourists, imported goods, intermediate inputs, raw materials, financial crisi, economy |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1821&r=cwa |
| By: | Cororaton, Caesar B.; Orden, David |
| Abstract: | "Pakistan's economy relies heavily on its cotton and textile sectors. The cotton-processing and textile industries make up almost half of the country's manufacturing base, while cotton is Pakistan's principal industrial crop, supplying critical income to rural households. Altogether, the cotton-textile sectors account for 11 percent of GDP and 60 percent of export receipts. The future of this vital component of the national economy is uncertain, however. These industries face the challenges of unstable world prices and increased competition resulting from global liberalization of the multilateral textile and clothing trade. At the same time, Pakistan's macroeconomic situation is volatile. Given such challenges and volatility, this study investigates what the future might hold for Pakistan's cotton and textile industries and its implications for rural and urban poverty reduction in the country. The study uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model calibrated to a 2001–02 social accounting matrix of the Pakistan economy to conduct experimental simulations of possible economic changes. The CGE model results are linked to the nation-wide 2001–02 Pakistan Household Integrated Economic Survey to examine the implications the simulated developments have for Pakistani poverty. Simulation 1 examines the effects of a doubling of foreign capital inflows, as occurred from 2002 to 2006, before a subsequent financial crisis emerged in 2008. Simulation 2 analyzes the counterfactual effects of an increase in world prices of cotton lint and yarn and/or textiles which would have offset declines experienced in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Pakistan's strong textile association motivates Simulation 3, which examines the effects of a 5-percent increase in government production subsidies to the industry. Simulation 4 uses a dynamic-recursive version of the model to analyze the short- and long-run effects of a 5-percent increase of total factor productivity (TFP) in cotton, lint and yarn, and textile production." from text |
| Keywords: | Textile industry, Rural-urban linkages, Poverty reduction, |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:resrep:158&r=cwa |
| By: | G. Raghuram |
| Abstract: | To understand the development process of Indian Railway’s over the past twenty years, the study covers issues and strategies related to financial and physical aspects of revenue generating freight and passenger traffic from 1987-2007. Study also covers the developments in the parcel, catering and advertising sector. |
| Keywords: | freight, depreciation, indian railways, developments, financial, physical, revenue, passenger traffic, advertising sector, |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1831&r=cwa |
| By: | Nina Srivastava |
| Abstract: | The study tries to focus on the violation of human rights that occur in prostitution. It holds that it is the responsibility of the state to protect these human rights and address the fundamental structural causes of this trade. The study also looked into the complementary role of NGOs, civil society, family. Interviews with 55 female sex-workers in the Chaturbhuj Sthan area of Muzaffarpur (one of the biggest red light area of Bihar), has been done. [Paper presented at the Forum 9 conference]. |
| Keywords: | ethnographic study, HIV/AIDS, health care, prostitution, Bihar, India, NGOs, human rights, civil society, family, female, prostitution, sex-workers, red light area, trade, interviews |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1699&r=cwa |
| By: | G. Raghuram |
| Abstract: | The paper provides a comprehensive description of GZB (Ghaziabad) goods shed, including facilities, traffic flow, customer interface, processes, etc. In this context, the paper raises questions regarding (i) main concerns in GZB goods shed as viewed (a) by customers and (b) from IR’s perspective, (ii) analytical support for customer service improvement provided by demurrage (wharfage) data, (iii) operational, process and infrastructure improvements at GZB, (iv) long term improvements, and (v) need for perspective changes. [IIMA WP No. 2008-11-01]. |
| Keywords: | Ghaziabad, customers, data, national capital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, districts, high traffic, UP, Punjab, commodity, Delhi, long term improvements, railways, Indian, |
| Date: | 2008 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:1756&r=cwa |
| By: | Varma, Sumati; Gill, H.S |
| Abstract: | The defining characteristic of the modern global city today is its excluding character. The city today consists to a large extent of poor people who have been excluded in the process of urban planning and whose right to be a part of the urban process has been largely ignored. Urban development that is geared to the needs of global capital displaces or excludes poor segments of the population and leads to the social and spatial segmentation of the mega-city into citadels and ghettos. This has created a growing disparity between “haves” and “have-nots”, both between and within nations. Globalisation proceeds selectively, including and excluding segments of economies and societies in and out of the networks of information, wealth and power that characterise the new dominant system. In the given perspective this paper attempts: · To analyse the effects of globalisation on urban growth and development in India. · To examine the policy and strategy of urban development during the past two and a half decades, including the organisational structure for managing urban sector schemes and the supporting financing system. · To suggest an integrated strategy for the development of inclusive cities. · To develop a framework of an inclusive, modern and environment friendly city. |
| Keywords: | Inclusive cities;globalisation;Urban planning |
| JEL: | O1 O18 R00 |
| Date: | 2008–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:12581&r=cwa |
| By: | Naqvi, Nadeem |
| Abstract: | Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such problems did not arise earlier when the same motivations and behavioral patterns were exhibited, thereby rendering such theories incomplete. Alternatively, if it is argued that such problems did not appear earlier because the economic structure was different then, then again attention must return to an examination of structure, not exclusively place blame on agency failures. (98 words) |
| Keywords: | structure; agency; great deprivation; financial crisis; fiscal policy; monetary policy; skilled labor markets; American economy; involuntary unemployment; voluntary unemployment; education; training; skill acquisition; income distribution; China; India; Germany; Japan |
| JEL: | F16 E32 E66 F01 E44 F21 |
| Date: | 2009–01–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:12473&r=cwa |
| By: | Naqvi, Nadeem |
| Abstract: | Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such problems did not arise earlier when the same motivations and behavioral patterns were exhibited, thereby rendering such theories incomplete. Alternatively, if it is argued that such problems did not appear earlier because the economic structure was different then, then again attention must return to an examination of structure, not exclusively place blame on agency failures. (98 words) |
| Keywords: | structure; agency; great deprivation; financial crisis; fiscal policy; monetary policy; skilled labor markets; American economy; involuntary unemployment; voluntary unemployment; education; training; skill acquisition; income distribution; China; India; Germany; Japan |
| JEL: | F16 E32 E66 F01 E44 F21 |
| Date: | 2009–01–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:12497&r=cwa |
| By: | Kang, Hyunsoo; Kennedy, P. Lynn; Hilbun, Brian |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to (1) analyze the relationship between rice exports and economic growth for the world’s top four exporting countries (Thailand, Vietnam, India, and the U.S) and (2) seek to determine to what extent market power affects a country’s economic growth. The main objective of this paper is to determine to what extent economic growth impacts a country’s rice exports as well as to what extent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) impacts a country’s ability to export rice. This analysis also examines the impact of market power on economic growth. On the basis of these results, we examine the existence of market power in the international rice market with respect to rice supply, and moreover, propose that there is a bi-directional causality between the international rice trade and economic growth for major rice exporting countries. |
| Keywords: | rice export, CR4, GDP, FDI, market power, trade, export supply function, Community/Rural/Urban Development, International Relations/Trade, |
| Date: | 2009–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saeana:46081&r=cwa |
| By: | M. Sarwar Jahan (Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR) Laboratories); Bernhard G. Gunter (Bangladesh Development Research Center (BDRC)); A. F. M. Ataur Rahman (North South University (NSU)) |
| Abstract: | Bangladesh is facing an acute shortage of fibrous raw materials for the production of pulp and paper. On the other hand, the demand for paper and paper products is increasing day by day. This study reviews the availability and suitability of nonwood raw materials for pulp production in Bangladesh. It shows that Bangladesh has a huge amount of unused jute fiber, which is highly suitable for papermaking in Bangladesh. Other agricultural wastes like rice straw, dhaincha, golpata fronds, cotton stalks, corn stalks, and kash are also available and may be used for some pulp production. Given the different properties of these different nonwood fibers, jute pulp can be used as a reinforcing agent with other nonwood pulps for the production of high quality paper in Bangladesh. |
| Keywords: | Bangladesh, natural fibers, jute, paper making, pulp |
| Date: | 2009–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bnr:wpaper:4&r=cwa |
| By: | Shahnoushi, Naser; Henneberry, Shida; Manssori, Hooman |
| Abstract: | This study examines the relationship between food prices and monetary policy variables, using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach applied to annual data from 1976 to 2006. Results indicate that food prices in Iran have a long-run and short-run equilibrium granger causality relationship with money supply. More specifically, monetary policy reforms are shown to have a significant impact on food prices and domestic agricultural production. These policies influence consumption patterns and have serious implications for poverty reduction, food security issues, and agricultural growth in Iran. |
| Keywords: | VEC model, food Prices, monetary policy, Iran, Agricultural and Food Policy, |
| Date: | 2009–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:saeana:46078&r=cwa |