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Pro-poor Service Delivery and Social Identity: An Experimental Investigation

Mueller, Ulrike - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

India addressed the requirement for pro-poor service delivery in rural regions by introducing decentralization and …

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The Efficiency of States and Cities: Is There a Case for Public Land Leasing and Sales to Finance India.s Cities?

Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

fragmented in India.s cities between the urban development authorities, which are state agencies, and the cities. To determine …

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Long-term Effects of Land Reform on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from West Bengal

Deininger, Klaus; Yadav, Vandana - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

We use data on inter-generational gains in educational attainment by some 500,000 individuals in 200 West Bengal villages to explore gender-differentiated impacts of land reform on human capital accumulation at the individual level. While there are significant gains (of about 0.3 years for...

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China and India: Country Role Models of Development Success?

Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and …

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Infrastructure and City Competitiveness in India

Lall, Somik V.; Gun Wang, Hyoung; Deichmann, Uwe - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

for India, and link private investment decisions to infrastructure provision. We find that a city’s proximity to …

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Women and Landed Property in Urban India: Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity

Baruah, Bipasha - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research …

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Urbanization and the South Asian Enigma: A Case Study of India

Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; James, K. S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

women in South Asian societies. This paper examines this tenet in the context of India, with particular emphasis on possible …

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Indian Economic Growth: Lessons for the Emerging Economies

Chakraborty, Suparna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

that the primary conduit of policies that brought about significant growth in India was productivity that registered an … demand. In addition, we examine the effective tax rates in India and find that while investment taxes barely fluctuated …

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E-business and Export Behaviour: Evidence from Indian Firms

Lal, K. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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The Impact of Higher Standards in Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical Industries under the TRIPS Agreement: A Comparative Study of China and India

Li, Xuan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

regimes. It is found that relative to India, which had implemented process patent until 2005, China with a product patent …

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