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Hobbes, Coase and Baliraja: Equity and Equality in Surface Water Distribution
Sivramakrishna, Sashi; Jyotishi, Amalendu - eSocialSciences - 2008
It is attempted to understand the implications of equality in water distribution on social welfare with a simple abstract analysis using Leontief-type fixed production function.
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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012
Agriculture’s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...
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Innovation, Efficiency, Productivity and Intellectual Property Rights: Evidence from a BRIC Economy
Kanwar, Sunil - eSocialSciences - 2013
The innovation, efficiency and productivity responses to the stronger protection of intellectual property rights post …-TRIPs, with reference to manufacturing industry in India is studied. The fact that the post-TRIPs strengthening of IPRs in India … increase is found in the annual rates of technical change, efficiency change, and productivity growth – about 3, 8 and 0 …
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A Gender-Based Theory of the Origin of the Caste System of India
Bidner, Chris; Eswaran, Mukesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper proposes a theory of the origins of India’s caste system by explicitly recognizing the productivity of …
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Rejigging the Elephant Dance
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which …
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“Group Measurement†of NREGA work: The Jalore Experiment
Khera, Reetika - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper takes a closer look at an experiment of NREGA training mates (worksite supervisors) in Rajasthan to improve worksite management. It is based on a four-day field visit (11-14 February, 2008) to Jalore district where this experiment is said to have been a success. A team of three...
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Kerala Fights Clock in ASEAN Free-Trade Deal
Devraj, Ranjit - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper discusses the impacts of free-trade policy on the agricultural exports of Kerala.
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Graduating to Globalisation: A Study of Southern Multinationals
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Demirbas, Dilek - eSocialSciences - 2010
productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered … probit models, examining two key hypotheses using firm level panel data from India. First, it is tested whether there are …
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Genetic Engineering in Indian Agriculture An Introductory Handbook
Kuruganti, Kavitha - eSocialSciences - 2009
The handbook is prepared to create an informed public debate on Genetic Engineering in agriculture and this Introductory Manual is a contribution to this debate – a debate not just on GE in agriculture per se but on democratization of science and technology.
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Inclusive Growth - The Role of Banks in Emerging Economies
Thorat, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2008
Speech describes India’s experiences on ‘Inclusive Growth’ - a topic which is both current and close to the hearts of public policymakers and central bankers of emerging economies. [Independence Commemoration Lecture, 2008].
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