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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 …
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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 …
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As an integral part of sustainable development, the impacts from climate change, including increasing water stress, more extreme weather events, the potential for high levels of migration and the disruption of international markets are critical challenges for all Asian countries. With rapid...
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As an integral part of sustainable development, the impacts from climate change, including increasing water stress, more extreme weather events, the potential for high levels of migration and the disruption of international markets are critical challenges for all Asian countries. With rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651630
As an integral part of sustainable development, the impacts from climate change, including increasing water stress, more extreme weather events, the potential for high levels of migration and the disruption of international markets are critical challenges for all Asian countries. With rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651644
Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, sustainable development, and more recently to institutional development. There has also been a fresh look at industrial policy and the role of the...
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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...
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Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, sustainable development, and more recently to institutional development. There has also been a fresh look at industrial policy and the role of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363564
This paper argues that the incorporation of new references in the Thirteenth Finance Commission mandate relating to ecology, environment and climate change and quality of public expenditure pose new challenges. The challenges arise because the operationalization of these items require various...
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This paper investigates certain macro data on the Indian economy to draw inferences on the sustainability of the economic growth experienced over the last couple of decades. Interpreting sustainability in terms of the maintenance of different forms of capital to ensure that future consumption...
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