This paper investigates the causal link between foreign direct investment and tourism in India by employing the Granger … causality test under a VAR framework. A one-way causality link is found from foreign direct investment to tourism in India. This … evidence once again adds to the need for appropriate policies and plans to further expand and develop tourism given that FDI …

With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved … understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The … Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission that provides …

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …

impact on poverty in the recipient economy is a controversial issue. In this study, we examine the impact on poverty in two … Pakistan is used to conduct simulations in order to assess the impact of an increase in foreign capital on poverty both in the … reduce poverty in the presence as well as in the absence of trade liberalisation when labour is homogeneous. However, poverty …

This report documents the results of a pilot project on a new poverty monitoring system that improves the current … system in three areas. First, it involves the locals in monitoring poverty in their own area. Second, the poverty indicators … decentralization that puts more power at the hands of the district governments in determining poverty alleviation programs, we believe …

This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in …

This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty … poverty communities. The analysis shows that while vulnerability concepts in both the disciplines are defendable, broader … poverty communities. First, the climate change community could benefit from exploring a notion analogous to that of poverty …

, various studies concluded that economic growth was the most critical factor for reduction of incidence of poverty in the state … poised for a take-off to a high growth phase, almost similar to that at the national level. On the poverty dimension, however … National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the standard source of data for poverty analysis in India by official and non …

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …