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Agrarian distress and rural livelihoods: A Study in Upputhara panchayat Idukki district, Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Ramakumar, R. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This study examines the impact of agrarian distress on the different socio-economic groups, the strategies of livelihood adopted by households and the local institution in shaping these strategies. The study is based on the data collected from in-depth socio-economic enquiries conducted in...

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Distress debt and suicides among agrarian households: Findings from three village studies in Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Menon, Vineetha - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the factors and process underlying agrarian distress in Kerala by undertaking the case studies of three villages situated in Wayanad and Idukki districts namely, Cherumad, Kappikkunnu and Upputhara. The impact of distress on household livelihoods and indebtedness and how they...

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Agrarian distress and livelihood strategies: A Study in Pulpalli panchayat, Wayanad District, Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Menon, Vineetha; Menon, Vineetha - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the household livelihood strategies under agrarian distress in Pulpalli Panchayat of Kerala. It also looks at the relationship between household assets and livelihood strategies. The negotiations of institutions by the marginalized and depressed sections of the society were...

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Livelihood risks and coping strategies: A Case study in the agrarian village of Cherumad, Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Paul, Antonyto; Menon, Vineetha - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala. The livelihood risk in Cherumad since the last quarter of the 1990's has been unique and unprecedented in their nature and intensity. The effect...

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Financing of industrial innovations in India How effective are tax incentives for R & D?

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2008

The paper surveys the instruments that are available for innovation financing in India. It identifies three such …

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Anti dumping duty as a measure of contingent protection: An Analysis of Indian experience

Baruah, Nandana - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2005

The aim of this paper is to analyse India's anti dumping behaviour. India has become a major user of anti dumping … use of anti dumping measures by India, the paper tries to identify the various factors that influence the anti dumping … procedure in India at different stages. The study finds that, many of the allegedly dumped products have experienced substantial …

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Has India become more innovative since 1991? Analysis of the evidence and some disquieting features

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

India is variously described as a knowledge-based economy in the making thanks essentially due to her high economic … high growth performance. There is also a strong feeling among especially the West that India is becoming very innovative … measure the actual innovative performance of India's economy since economic liberalization by employing a variety of these …

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Migration and urban poverty in India some preliminary observations

Joe, William; Samaiyar, Priyajit; Mishra, U.S. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

households in urban India and explore the dynamics of poverty among interstate as well as intrastate migrants to urban …

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Dynamics of caste-based deprivation in child under-nutrition in India

Mishra, Rudra Narayan - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2006

Nutritional deprivation among Indian children is one of the parameters of underdevelopment mentioned in development discourse in recent times. And such deprivation is more often associated with well known socio-economic indicators of deprivation; prominent among them is caste, which ranks the...

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The Growth of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in India, 1991-2007: Analysis of its evidence and the facilitating factors

Mani, Sunil - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

There has been a marked improvement in India's overall economic performance since 1991. One of the outcomes of this …

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