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Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on Indian Agriculture
Mittal, Surabhi; Gandhi, Sanjay; Tripathi, Gaurav - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Deficits in physical infrastructure, problems with availability of agricultural inputs and poor access to agriculture-related information are the major constraints on the growth of agricultural productivity in India. The more rapid growth of mobile telephony as compared to fixed line telephony...
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Green Revolutions and Miracle Economies : Agricultural Innovation, Trade and Growth
Guha, Brishti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to develop a simple model of an economy in which growth is driven by a combination of exogenous technical change in agriculture as well as by a rising world demand for labor-intensive manufactured exports. We explore the relative roles of agricultural innovation and...
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Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia : A Bangladesh Country Study
Rahman, Mustafizur; Moazzem, Khondaker Golam; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia … and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and the two neighboring regions and proposes … strategy, South Asia and Southeast Asia have emerged as important economic partners of Bangladesh both in terms of export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278086
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Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia : A Bangladesh Country Study
Rahman, Mustafizur; Moazzem, Khondaker Golam; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia … and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and the two neighboring regions and proposes … strategy, South Asia and Southeast Asia have emerged as important economic partners of Bangladesh both in terms of export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278243
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650938
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650943
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An Analysis of the national Budget : Allocation for the Ultra Poor
Khatun, Fahmida; Khan, Towfiqul Islam; Nabi, Ashiqun - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Till date,conceptualisation of poverty in Bangladesh’s policy making is limited to income/consumption poverty where a rise or fall of income/consumption above or below a pre-defined poverty line determines changes in poverty. To identify the budgetary and fiscal measures which can be...
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Proposals for the National Budget 2009-10
Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The national budget for the fiscal year 2009-2010 will be an important event on a number of counts, particularly in the current national and global contexts. From the national perspective, it will be the first one by the newly-elected government. Arguably, it will be inspired by the election...
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Proposals for the National Budget 2010-11
Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
new challenges confronting the economy. Whilst Bangladesh has been successful in navigating the turbulent times of the … global economic crisis, investment continues to remain the Achilles heels of the Bangladesh economy. The demand-supply gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493303
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Proposals for the National Budget 2008-9
Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh (GoB). These proposals were prepared in the context of the upcoming national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493304