It is generally understood that while the IT software and service sector in India recorded unprecedented growth rate in …

shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in … necessary support measures that will address the structural obstacles to the entry and growth of domestic enterprises. These …

Sustainable development remains high on the international agenda, even as policy makers are distracted by the political … and fiscal fall-out of the global financial crisis. Its continued prominence is illustrated by various countries use of … fiscal stimulus to fast-track the greening of the economy. For New Zealand, getting its sustainability policy right is …

Policy in Pakistan has been fairly path-dependant, placing a higher weight on export promotion and domestic … sector in the economy. This paper argues that a more holistic policy, with no favourites, that allows for all sectors to grow … return. Pakistan could therefore achieve a higher and a more sustainable growth rate by adopting a more balanced growth …

and policy interventions. The objective was to examine the effectiveness of resource enhancing policy interventions like … argued that resource endowments determine the level and dynamics of livelihoods at the household level rather than policy … interventions per se. On the other hand, policy interventions, given the status and structure of the economy, only act as catalysts …

Narrowing the digital divide is an important goal of any ICT policy. It must promote on one hand a high degree of … the limitations imposed by Philippine laws. Also, there is no general framework or policy guidelines that would help both …

, especially in rural areas. Off late slippage is attracting attention at the policy level though slippage is as old as the … causes of slippage at various levels; and iii) provide some pointers for policy based on the analysis. The extent of slippage … slippage is as high as 60 percent. Our analysis at the national, state and habitation levels suggests strongly that policy …

attention from a policy perspective. The paper also illustrates the index using cross-country and sub-national level data. …

Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986 1994) to the need for domestic transparency in trade policy. He co-authored a … review of trade policy conduct of industrial nations, which was published by the National Centre for Development Studies in …