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Prospects of Non-Farm Employment and Welfare in Rural Areas

Kaur, Simrit; Kulkarni, Vani S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, … - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

India in 1993 and 2004, we first review the changes in participation rates in farm and non-farm activities by gender, age …

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Fiscal Policies and Challenges in South Asia

Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

This paper presents a brief overview of the extant fiscal situation in South Asian countries. In particular, I emphasize low tax/GDP ratios and inelastic expenditure/GDP ratios which then lead to structurally entrenched fiscal deficits. The paper also reports on the sustainability of fiscal and...

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Natural Disasters in South Asia

Gaiha, Raghav; Hill, Kenneth; Thapa, Ganesh - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

Various types of natural disasters (e.g. extreme temperatures and floods) became more frequent in 1998-09, relative to 1985-97. However, the deadliness of earthquakes rose sharply and of extreme temperatures more than moderately while that of most others (droughts, floods, storms and wildfires)...

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Intra-Regional FDI and Economic Integration in South Asia: Trends, Patterns and Prospects

Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

This paper examines trends and patterns of intra-regional FDI in South Asia, with a focus on the potential for integrating production processes among countries in the region through further trade and investment policy reforms. The empirical evidence pieced together from scattered sources...

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A generic approach to investment modelling in recursive dynamic CGE models

Wickramasekara, Piyasiri - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015

There has been increased emphasis on the linkages between international migration and development at international, regional and national levels in the past two decades. This recognition of migration as a developmental tool has generated calls for mainstreaming migration in development with some...

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Development Performance Across Indian States and The Role of the Governments

Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Bhide, Shashanka; Singh, Kanhaiya - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009

India has a federal system of governance with both the state or provincial and the Central governments responsible for … variations in economic conditions in turn. It is in this context, this paper examines whether governments in India within a … indicate that Government in India within a federal framework has mechanisms that foster development equitably across its states …

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How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?

Kuntala Lahiri–Dutt - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

Derived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable locations...

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Inflation Volatility and the Inflation-Growth Tradeoff in India

Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Varsha S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …

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The Determinants of Household Level Fertility in India

Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

decisions of households, and regional and ethnic factors on patterns of household level fertility in India. These have helped … determine the composition of India's young (aged 9 to 34) today. Demographic transition is well underway in India with rising … across various groups in India. …

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Budget Deficit and National Debt: Sharing India Experience

Singh, Kanhaiya - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

India suffered humiliations in terms of balance of payments crises in 1991 but since then it has weathered all crises … deficits. It is in this context that an analysis of fiscal and debt problems of India is timely and assumes importance. The … paper delves upon fiscal exuberance and debt management practices in India, the budgetary allocations, changing structure of …

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