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Economic Reform in India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 545

Economic Reform in India

The essays in this volume are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They collectively emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for sustained growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is vitally dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions such as those charged with regulating and overseeing critical sectors. Individual contributions assess the role of Indian government policy in key sectors and emphasize the policies required to ensure improvements in these sectors. The first section discusses aspects of the macro economy; the second deals with agriculture and social sectors; the third with jobs and how labor markets function in agriculture, industry and services; and the fourth with infrastructure services, specifically electricity, telecommunications and transport. The essays are drawn from the most influential papers presented in recent years on Indian economic policy at the Stanford Center for International Development.

Development and the Next Generation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 178

Development and the Next Generation

The Berlin Workshop Series is a forum for the discussion of issues in development that are likely to have enduring relevance for research and policymaking. These discussions are the building blocks to develop the framework which shapes the World Development Report. It brings together key decision makers and researchers from the United States, Europe, and developing countries to discuss and brainstorm on development challenges.

Economic Policy Reform
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 614

Economic Policy Reform

The papers and commentary collected here constitute a vital discussion of contemporary thinking on economic policy reform, in particular the difficulties that leave so much of the world seemingly mired in poverty.

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

This volume assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women's education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. It discusses the implications of these associations for policies in the population, health, and education sectors, including implications for research.

The Triangle of Microfinance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 426

The Triangle of Microfinance

Since the 1980s when the microfinance revolution began, much has been accomplished, but the field became more refined in the 1990s as a result of shifts in paradigms, strategies, and development practices. This volume addresses the three policy objectives that now occupy those who wish to use credit as a development tool: financial sustainability of microfinance institutions, outreach to the poor, and welfare impact. Inevitable tradeoffs exist among these objectives, and the book advances an analytical framework that assists students of and experts in microfinance to identify the tradeoffs and synergies at the institutional level and in the policy environment. The book features a wealth of e...

Decentralization in South Indian States
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 429

Decentralization in South Indian States

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment is a milestone in the modern history of India and it has taken democracy to the grassroots. It aims to transform the characteristics of our democracy from representative to representative and participatory democracy. Before going into the details of the process of decentralization of powers in the states over a period, it is necessary to explain the basic framework of decentrali­zation of powers.To operationalise the basic framework – both letter and spirit – the state governments have to take an array of steps that are fundamental and basic for the establishment of a local governance system.By keeping the above framework, in the last twenty years how d...

Economic Reform in India
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 545

Economic Reform in India

In this volume, leading economists assess India's economic performance, policies and institutions.

Higher Education and Intellectual Retrogression
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 174

Higher Education and Intellectual Retrogression

This monograph critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects – content, quality, standard, massification, privatization and commercialization. It presents both original and penetrative critique of neoliberal ideas and policies reigning higher education since World War II. The volume argues that with the proliferation of ‘academic capitalism’ the academic quality of higher education has been inevitably compromised and it has thereby heralded a comprehensive ‘intellectual retrogression’. The book offers a meticulous evaluation of global research reflecting on impeccable evidence of d...

The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 973

The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-03-13
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  • Publisher: OUP USA

India's remarkable economic growth in recent years has made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This Oxford Handbook reflects India's growing economic importance on the world stage, and features research on core topics by leading scholars to understand the Indian economic miracle and the obstacles India faces in transforming itself into a modern 21st-century economy.

Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of the Poor
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 484

Eradication of Poverty and Empowerment of the Poor

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: ISPCK

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