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To Bt or not to Bt? Risk and uncertainty considerations in technology assessment
Gaurav, Sarthak; Mishra, Srijit - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2012
The acreage under the transgenic Bt cotton seeds in India has risen significantly since its legalization in the year …
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Balasaheb, Deokate Tai
Maharashtra, Quantification of yield gaps in different … - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2013
This paper is an attempt to estimate the magnitudes of yield gaps, causative factors and constrains for attending greater farm potential in adsali, suru, preseasonal and ratoon sugarcane production in Maharashtra. Primary data were collected from 250 sugarcane cultivators using random sampling...
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Estimating workers bargaining power and firms markup in India: Implications of reforms and labour regulations
Pal, Rupayan; Rathore, Udayan - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
We examine implications of industrial deregulations, trade liberalisation and labour regulations on workers' bargaining power and firms' markup in Indian manufacturing industries, using state-wise three-digit industry-level panel data for the period 1980-2007. Results of our econometric analysis...
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Economic Reforms and the Textile Industry in India
Roy, T. - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 1998
The textile industry in India, especially cotton textiles, has been going through a major transition since the 1992 …
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MGNREGA Works and their impacts - A Rapid assessment in Maharashtra
Narayanan, Sudha; Ranaware, Krushna; Das, Upasak; … - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
This paper presents the results of a survey of over 4100 works created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and over 4800 randomly selected users across 100 villages in 20 districts in Maharashtra. It has two goals: the first was to verify the existence of...
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Assessing the impact of international natural resource management research: The Case of Zero Tillage in India's rice-wheat systems
Laxmi, Vijay; Erenstein, Olaf - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2006
A conservative ex-ante assessment of supply-shift gains alone (excluding social and environmental gains), shows that the investment in zero tillage (ZT) R&D by the Rice-Wheat Consortium and CIMMYT was highly beneficial with a benefit-cost ratio of 39, a net present value of US$ 94 million and an...
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Services-led growth, employment and job quality: A Study of manufacturing and service-sector in urban India
Ramaswamy, K.V.; Agrawal, Tushar - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2012
India spanning the period 1999-2000 to 2009-10. The context is that of dynamic growth of service-sector in India beginning … in the 1990s. This has raised the question whether India will skip the traditional sequence of agriculture to … manufacturing with services taking up the leading sector role in India's growth path. We studied employment growth and related …
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Distant labour supply, skills and induced technical change
Goyal, Ashima - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2006
To analyze the consequences of new technologies, which make it possible to employ distant labour, we model a developed country with high and medium-skilled labour interacting with an emerging market economy (EME) with medium and low-skilled labour. Expansion in labour supply induces medium-skill...
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The impact of ICT in making global markets more inclusive
Goyal, Ashima - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2006
Analysis based on models of (i) matching, (ii) network externalities, (iii) trade fragmentation, and (iv) resource supply on technological progress, shows that longer-term trends set in motion, from new technology enabled global sourcing, improve equity. Firms in emerging markets gain more...
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Spatial convergence and growth in Indian agriculture: 1967-2010
Chatterjee, Tirtha - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
agricultural growth in India. …
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