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Nuclear Deterrence in Second Tier Nuclear Weapon States: A Case Study of India
Sethi, Manpreet - eSocialSciences - 2010
The study examines the manner in which India is engaged in constructing a credible and stable deterrence relationship with two of its nuclear armed adversaries, Pakistan and China with an arsenal much smaller, and command and control structures far simpler than in any of the P-5 nations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522010
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Financing Infrastructure in the Philippines: Fiscal Landscape and Resources Mobilization
Navarro, Adoracion M.; Llanto, Gilberto M. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study assessed the sources and levels of infrastructure financing in the Philippines for the last five years (2008 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945215
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Spatial Convergence and Growth in Indian Agriculture: 1967-2010
Chaterjee, Tirtha - eSocialSciences - 2014
that infrastructure like roads, irrigation, electricity aid in growth and so do quality of human capital. Hence …, investments targeting higher quality of infrastructure, both physical and human and efficient water management will aid in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945378
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Determinants of Clusters in Indian Manufacturing: The Role of Infrastructure, Governance, Education, and Industrial Policy
Fernandes, Ana M.; Sharma, Gunjan - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper investigates the determinants of spatial concentration and entry within manufacturing across states in India. Using an unbalanced panel of 180 industries spread across 16 major Indian states over the time period 1985-2007, the effect of location (state) characteristics interacted with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945405
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Target the Beneficiaries in the 2013-14 Budget
Mishra, Rudra Narayan - eSocialSciences - 2013
In spite of several programmes in the country to reduce undernutrition, India continues to have a large number malnourished women and children. In the coming Budget the government has to make some efforts so that the increased expenditure in these programmes reaches the beneficiaries. Efforts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945441
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Remoteness and Unbalanced Growth: Understanding Divergence Across Indian Districts
Das, Samarjit; Ghate, Chetan; Robertson, Peter E. - eSocialSciences - 2013
The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given the relatively free flows of capital, labor and commodities across state borders. A new data set of district level income and socio-economic data is used to explore the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945451
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Governance by Denial: Forced Eviction and Demolition of Homes in Ejipura/ Koramangala, Bangalore: Report of a Fact-Finding Mission
Karnataka, PUCL - eSocialSciences - 2013
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is responsible for providing infrastructure and services in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945498
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Metabolism Of Mumbai- Expectations, Impasse and the Need For a New Beginning
Reddy, B. Sudhakara - eSocialSciences - 2013
As population and human activities expand they exert heavy environmental pressure through the resource requirement, their production and consumption. Hence, it is important to understand the resource flows into the city, the transformations that take place and the resulting products and wastes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945508
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Vulnerability of Migrants and Responsiveness of the State: The Case of Unskilled Migrant Workers in Kerala, India
Kumar, N. Ajith - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper examines how the state and other agencies in the host state (Kerala) responded to reduce the vulnerability of inter-state migrant workers. The paper also makes an assessment of a pioneering welfare scheme for inter-state migrant workers introduced by the Kerala government. [CSES...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945517
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Infrastructure Challenges in India: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships
Nataraj, Geethanjali - eSocialSciences - 2014
Inadequate infrastructure was recognized in the Eleventh Plan as a major constraint for rapid growth. The Plan had …, therefore, emphasized on the need for massive expansion on investment in infrastructure based on a combination of public and … private investment, the latter through various forms of PPPs. To develop infrastructure in the country, the government is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945549