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Global Warming and Agriculture: New Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in Agricultural Productivity
Cline, William R - eSocialSciences - 2009
China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the tropical belt in Africa and Latin America are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528414
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Auditor and Audit Committee Independence in India
Sarkar, Subrata; Sarkar, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2010
This article reviews the regulations and governance reforms carried out in India with respect to auditor and audit committee independence. In doing so it critically compares them with the regulations existing in the US. This is followed by a discussion of the existing research on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690327
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Managing Capital Flows: The Case of India
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2008
From the early 1990s, India embarked on easing capital controls. Liberalization emphasised openness towards equity flows, both FDI and portfolio flows. In particular, there are few barriers in the face of portfolio equity flows. In recent years, a massive increase in the value of foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528104
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The Incidence and Performance Effects of Interlocking Directorates in Emerging Market Business Groups: Evidence from India
De, Bikram - eSocialSciences - 2008
The structure and extent of interlocking directorates within Indian business groups is studied and analyses the performance effects of such interlocks. It finds that large groups tend to have more interlocks and more heterogeneous the group is, lesser are the interlocks. [IGIDR WP-2003-001].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699034
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Propensity Score Matching Method in Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Approach to Program Evaluation of INHP-III
Gakhar, Kaushal Deep; Kapur, Vidhu; Kaur, Navneet - eSocialSciences - 2010
as use of experimental design entails creation of treatment and comparison group thereby providing benefits to some and … in construction of both treatment and comparison at baseline. This makes attribution of observed outcomes and impacts to … such alternative for addressing the concerns comparison and attribution. This paper is based on the case of Endline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466284
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Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty
Miller, Robert - eSocialSciences - 2007
A method of collecting family histories that would act as a means of linking households from the panel studies with individual life histories is proposed. The procedure used to construct a three-generation ‘social genealogical’ chart of the family and a strategy for interviewing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699094
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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945273
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Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2009
specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use thegeneric labels ‘informal’ and â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512486
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The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2011
A BILL further to amend the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002313
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Working Group on the Issues and Concerns in the NBFC Sector: Report and Recommendations
RBI, Reserve Bank of India - eSocialSciences - 2011
regulation and oversight of the sector. The had intensive discussions with all the stakeholders from the industry, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321509