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A New Era of World Hunger?- The Global Food Crisis Analyzed
Paul, James A. - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper is an account of the main streams discussed in an international conference, held in New York in April 2008, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Global Policy Forum, which considered the right to food and the role of the United Nations in responding to the global food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699092
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Trade in Energy Services: GATS and India
Mukherjee, Arpita; Goswami, Ramneet - eSocialSciences - 2009
India’s opportunities and constraints to trade in energy services within the GATS framework are examined. The study … access, discriminatory and regulatory barriers in markets of export interest. [WP No. 231]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699106
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Agribusiness in South Asia: A Fact Sheet
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2010
Agribusiness is the single largest sector of the economy in many developing countries and is growing fast. The present paper examines the situation of agribusiness in different countries of South Asia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752357
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Trade, Tastes and Nutrition in India
Atkin, David - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper introduces habit formation into an otherwise standard model of international trade. The liberalization of … internal agriculture trade in India will generate short-run caloric losses unless income gains from trade are relatively large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133123
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Rethinking Food Security Policies: IDSAsr Declaration
Kainth, Gursharan Singh - eSocialSciences - 2009
Declaration made at the end of two days national seminar on Food security and Sustainability in India held on November 7-8, 2009 organized by GAD Institute of Development Studies, PO Naushera, Amritsar 143008 and sponsored by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Council...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250122
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Will The WTO Prevent The Growth Of Ethical Trade? Implications Of The International Policy Environment For Ethical Trade
Tallontire, Anne - eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper explores the factors that are pushing the development of ethical trade and also the potential constraints. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487566
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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective
Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945528
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Looking Beyond Averages in the Trade and Poverty Debate
Ravallion, Martin - eSocialSciences - 2010
There has been much debate about how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness, as one aspect … structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms. Case studies are presented for China and Morocco. Both the macro … and micro approaches cast doubt on some widely heard generalizations from both sides of the globalization debate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752770
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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319335
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Girls in Science and Technology Education: A Study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Nepal
Koirala, Dr. Vidya Nath; Acharya, Dr. Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper is a study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Science and Technology in Nepal. This study was undertaken essentially to achieve four objectives, viz. to review curricular and research materials from gender lens, identify stakeholders’ perspective towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493858