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, extension services, and infrastructure investments) in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A …
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This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi …-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with household survey data for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Infrastructure … investment is an important step in economic development, with improvements in transportation infrastructure boosting economic …
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decades. Infrastructure, both hard and soft, has played an integral part in facilitating that trade, primarily through … and patterns, trade costs and how they are influenced by infrastructure development, and the role of regional cooperation … in facilitating trade’s contribution to economic integration. A virtuous circle between growth, infrastructure …
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This study assessed the sources and levels of infrastructure financing in the Philippines for the last five years (2008 …
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is responsible for providing infrastructure and services in the …
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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....
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