This paper, discusses the situation in the front of growth, human development and exclusion in the theoretical framework of Gustav Ranis et al.(2004) along with its various implications for the north eastern region of India. This region falls in to the HD Lopsided category, as it experiences...

This paper develops a general equilibrium model of fertility and human capital investment under uncertainty. Uncertainty exists in the form of a probability that a young adult does not survive to old age. Parents maximize expected utility arising from own consumption, their fertility, and the...

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...

We analyze the emergence of large-scale education systems in a framework where growth is associated with changes in the configuration of the economy. We model the incentives that the economic elite could have (collectively) to accept taxation destined to finance the education of...

The economic crisis engulfing many Less Developed Countries (LDC's) has focused attention on the fragility of their financial sector. But longer-term need of many LDC's economies is to boost technological capability. While the physical capital is no longer the main problem for most of them, they...

This brief response to Timothy Webster’s article, “China’s Human Rights Footprint in Africa,” also forthcoming in 51 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2013) critically appraises China’s disavowal of human rights, the rule of law and democracy in its African relations. China has...