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on Central and Western Asia |
| By: | Jayashree Watal |
| Abstract: | This paper distinguishes the Intellectual Property Rights relevant to agriculture and explain these rights. The international intellectual property law for these rights will be described. India's international obligations vis-a-vis her own IPR laws has been explained. Analysis of the public debate in India on the controversial IPRs and the status of the legislation on these is given. This paper concludes conclude with prescriptions for public policy on IPRs and agriculture in India. [ICRIER WP no.44]. |
| Keywords: | India, trade, paptents, countries, plants, animals, industrially, industry, technology, geographical indications, Basmati, rice, laws, industrial property, World Trade Organization (WTO), TRIPS, agriculture, IPR, intellectual property rights, legislation, |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2261&r=cwa |
| By: | Kaliappa Kalirajan; Kanhaiya Singh |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pas:asarcc:2009-18&r=cwa |
| By: | Jennifer Ifft |
| Abstract: | The government of India started offering widespread crop in insurance in 1985, with the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme. The CCIS has been replaced by the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. The NAIS is considered to be an improvement over the CCIS, but it has simply replaced one flawed scheme with another slightly less flawed one. Government crop insurance has proved to be a failure worldwide, but India seems to have ignored both its own failure and the failure of other countries. [CCS WP no. 0010]. |
| Keywords: | countries, infrastructure, financially sustainable, farmers, India, crop insurance, national agriculture, insurance, |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2268&r=cwa |
| By: | Sabiha Hussain |
| Abstract: | The main thrust of this paper is: Why should women go to these courts to settle matrimonial disputes while there are provisions for them in secular courts? Do women face less harassment and get quick justice according to Islamic law by approaching these courts? Who are the women who approach these courts? Should the mode of justice not it be left to the women to decide? Who would guarantee the efficacy of Darul Qazas, the quality of the presiding judges, the efficiency of the proceedings? Can the Board be allowed to take away the right of Indian Muslim women to knock on the doors of Indian courts? Does the Board have the authority to restrict Indian women’s access to the courts for justice? The paper is based on the experiences of 20 women who went to these courts for Khula, fask-e-nikah, and the settlement of maintenance, mehr, and the articles given at the time of marriage. [CWDS] |
| Keywords: | Muslims, women, efficiency, Shariat Courts, women's rights, gender, faith, medieval religious, laws, marital issues, non-Muslim, judges, courts, Indian Muslim, marriage, |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2265&r=cwa |
| By: | Onour, Ibrahim |
| Abstract: | This paper employs a combination of unit root tests and fractional integration technique to test for rational bubbles in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It is indicated in the paper that evidence of a unit root in dividend yield is consistent with presence of rational bubbles in the stock prices. The results in the paper strongly support evidence of rational bubbles in BSE. Moreover, the paper also investigates the degree of conditional volatility persistence to show persistence of shocks to stock price volatility is short-termed. |
| Keywords: | Bubbles; Unit root; Fractional integration; Dividend yield |
| JEL: | D53 E22 C01 |
| Date: | 2009–11–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:18545&r=cwa |
| By: | Tapasvi I. Puwar,Parvathy S Raman,Dileep V. Mavalankar |
| Abstract: | Background: India accounts for 22% (117,000) of all maternal deaths in the world and 62% of all maternal deaths in South Asia. Death registration in India is patchy, and the number of maternal deaths is under-reported in the country. To know the correct estimates of maternal mortality, it is important to understand the current maternal death-registration system and reasons for under reporting.<br>Methodology: This qualitative study was conducted during June-August 2008 and analyzed maternal deaths occurred during April 2007.March 2008. To understand the current reporting system of maternal deaths, semi-structured interviews were conducted with all the concerned officials. Forms and formats relating to death registration and registers containing information on deaths in the villages and towns were studied. Deaths of women in reproductive age group (15-49), reported by the district for the same year were also analyzed. Analysis of 15 verbal autopsy forms filled by the Medical Officers and Block Health Officers was also carried out using Epi Info software. |
| Date: | 2009–06–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-06-01&r=cwa |
| By: | Rekha Jain;G. Raghuram |
| Abstract: | Despite the tremendous growth of mobile services in most developing countries, these have largely remained limited to urban areas. This has further aggravated the existing urban and rural divide. Policy makers and regulators perceive the need for an effective regulatory and policy environment to reduce the gap, as there are several market challenges in this endeavor, including low commercial viability. However, most such interventions have had little success. This paper outlines India.s experience of increasing rural teledensity, including its recent policy initiative to increase penetration through creation of a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) that supported a variety of innovative initiatives. USOF.s most ambitious program to date had been the design and deployment of mobile services in rural areas. |
| Date: | 2009–06–26 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-06-03&r=cwa |
| By: | Hossain, Sharif M. |
| Abstract: | The current thesis has analyzed the impact of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) on Bangladesh in terms of export generation within member countries. A standard gravity model has been used to analyze Bangladesh’s export potential using cross section data. From the estimated result, it is observed that Bangladesh has huge export potential to South Asia in general, and India in particular. If SAFTA agreement is properly implemented then Bangladesh’s exports within this region would be much higher than the estimated potential export. In terms of imports, Bangladesh has exceeded its potential level. Therefore, the expected increase in import by Bangladesh from SAFTA member countries might not be as large as the expected increase in export. But it should be mentioned that the expected results can only be achieved by free trade in real sense i.e. goods and services can move freely across countries without any tariff and non-tariff barriers. |
| Keywords: | SAFTA; Gravity Model; Bangladesh’s Export Potential |
| JEL: | F1 |
| Date: | 2009–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:18517&r=cwa |
| By: | Vasant P. Gandhi |
| Abstract: | Information on brand-variety performance is critical for small farmers in India since every year they need to make crucial decisions on which brand-variety seeds to plant. The livelihoods from their small farms and returns on all the inputs used depend critically on this decision. Yet no systematic information is available to them on this, and year after year the farmers are forced to decide based on guesses, hearsay and opinions which are frequently imperfect or even biased. Even companies and governments need to know about the actual performance of brand-varieties in different areas so as to be able to recommend correctly. Markedly, on the other hand, official crop-cutting surveys for estimation and assessment of actual yields are a regular feature of all states, and they also record some information regarding the inputs used including the brand-variety. However, the information is never examined from this point of view. Cotton is a major cash crop in India but has substantial problems particularly from extensive pest damage and poor yields. Brand-variety performance varies substantially and poor decisions frequently lead to crop failures and farmer suicides. A study was done on the performance of cotton varieties through a survey across four major Indian states and 694 farmers, covering pest resistance, inputs, yields, quality, price, value of output, cost of cultivation, and profits. This brought out the features and variations, and on this foundation, a brand-variety performance information system is proposed which would draw upon information from the regular crop-cutting surveys, collate it, analyze it, and make findings available to the farmers. This would help provide correct information and advice to farmers over diverse agro-ecological settings. Through this, the farmers would be able to make better informed brand-variety decisions, which would help reduce crop failures and risks and improve farm performance and incomes. |
| Date: | 2009–10–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-09-03&r=cwa |
| By: | Raghav Gaiha; Raghbendra Jha; Vani S. Kulkarni |
| Abstract: | A key feature of the economic transformation has been the change in the nature of the Indian diet. As the global markets integrate and communication becomes better, diet transitions are unavoidable. There is a move away from inferior to superior foods and a substitution of traditional staples by primary food products that are more prevalent in western diets. These shifts are reflected in higher consumption of proteins, sugars, fats and vegetables. As part of this dietary transition, our analysis focuses on the pervasiveness of eating out. The analysis, based on a rich household survey for 2005, conducted jointly by University of Maryland and National Council of Applied Economic Research, broadly confirms the important role of urbanisation, demographic changes, expansion of middle class and its growing affluence in eating out, or, more generally, consumption of snacks, precooked meals and beverages. To the extent that even more deprived sections-not just in metros but also in rural areas are not immune to these evolving dietary patterns, and, given their limited access to medical care and dietary awareness, the health outcomes may well be grim. |
| Keywords: | Urbanisation, affluence, diets, eating out, health, mortality |
| JEL: | D12 N35 P46 Q18 |
| Date: | 2009 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pas:asarcc:2009-17&r=cwa |
| By: | Vijay Paul Sharma; Hrima Thaker |
| Abstract: | Agricultural subsidies that encourage production and productivity have been widely criticized because of the cost of subsidies and they are perceived to be far from uniformly distributed. There is a general view in academic, policy and political circles that agricultural subsidies are concentrated geographically, they are concentrated on relatively few crops and few producers and in many cases do not reach the targeted group(s). One of the most contentious issues surrounding input subsidies in general and fertilizer in particular in India is how much of what is paid out actually finds its way into the pocket of the farmer, and how much is siphoned away by the input companies. |
| Date: | 2009–08–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-07-01&r=cwa |
| By: | Indu Rao |
| Abstract: | The Indian diamond industry thrives in the atmosphere of secrecy and informality that envelops the diamond trade and has for long been labeled as an unorganized sector of the economy. However, it resembles a close-knit community composed of thousands of small, medium and large sized CPD ( cut and polished diamonds) units and has grown to become one of the highest foreign exchange earners for the country. The industry exports cut and polished diamonds worth US $ 14 billion annually and enjoys a 95 % market share of the global exports of cut and polished diamond pieces. An in-depth study of the industry reveals that the so called unorganized sector is in fact highly organized and has great potential to offer useful insights to the field of management in terms of new forms of organizing, networking, business processing and for doing international business. This paper presents summary of findings from research conducted in the Indian diamond industry over a period of last four years. Part I includes insights about the remarkable rise, growth and the unique working of the industry. Part II makes use of a case study of a 40 years old large- sized CPD unit to help gain further understanding of the Indian diamond industry. Part III is about the impact of the 2008 global turmoil and of the industry.s revival after a severe recession. The analysis of findings and implications for future research have been discussed. |
| Date: | 2009–10–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-09-01&r=cwa |
| By: | G. Raghuram; Rishita Digar; Chandni Jain |
| Abstract: | In 2007-08, Indian Railways (IR) carried 6.5 billion passengers (highest in the world as a single system, and second highest in the world as a country after Japan at 9.0 billion passengers), serviced 770 billion passenger kms (second highest in the world, close to China at 773 billion passenger kms) and passenger earnings were Rs 19,783 crores. Of this, 43% of the passengers, 84% of the passenger kms and 92% earnings were from the non suburban sector. |
| Date: | 2009–09–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-07-03&r=cwa |
| By: | Christane Nickel (European Central Bank, Kaiserstrasse 29, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.); Philipp C. Rother (European Central Bank, Kaiserstrasse 29, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.); Jan C. Rülke (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Burgplatz 2, D-56179 Vallendar, Germany.) |
| Abstract: | We investigate the impact of fiscal variables on bond yield spreads relative to US Treasury bonds in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey from May 1998 to December 2007. To account for the importance of market expectations we use projected values for fiscal and macroeconomic variables generated from Consensus Economics Forecasts. Moreover, we compare results from panel regressions with those from country (seemingly unrelated regression) estimates, and conduct analogous regressions for a control group of Latin American countries. We find that the role of the individual explanatory variables, including the importance of fiscal variables, varies across countries. JEL Classification: C33, E43, E62, H62. |
| Keywords: | Budget deficits, determination of interest rates, fiscal policy, Eastern European countries. |
| Date: | 2009–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ecb:ecbwps:20091101&r=cwa |
| By: | Mona Gupta;Dileep Mavalankar;Poonam Trivedi |
| Abstract: | Background: An effective referral system is an essential prerequisite for a well functioning Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) service. It is the link between the home of the mother and a well equipped facility. The study attempts to explore the crucial link of referral system between the primary and higher level facilities.Objective: To study the existing referral system for emergency obstetric care in the state of Gujarat, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, and suggest ways of improvement for providing better referral service. |
| Date: | 2009–06–23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iim:iimawp:2009-06-02&r=cwa |