Various issues related to delays and cost overruns in publically funded infrastructure projects are investigated. The … study is based on, by far, the largest data-set of 850 projects across seventeen infrastructure sectors. The focus is on the …

The lecture is about the payment system in India, which is an important element of the financial sector infrastructure … system in India to benchmark it with the best in the world, and the various technological developments that can be leveraged … to further deepen the penetration of the payment system services in the country to promote greater financial inclusion …

function and demand for telecom services), along with supply of telecom investment and growth in telecom penetration are …Simultaneous relationship between telecommunications and the economic growth, using data for developing countries are … examined. Using 3SLS, a system of equations that endogenize economic growth and telecom penetration (respectively production …

sector growth in India during the recent years. It is a demand side analysis where the services sector output of a specific …This study is an inter-sectoral analysis of state domestic product data to understand the determinants of the services …

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 …

India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which … engulfed virtually every country in the world. We recovered from the crisis sooner than other countries, but the growth rate is … yet to reach the pre-crisis level. There is widespread anxiety that we may have got derailed from the high growth …

The existing literature on Indian growth finds no evidence of convergence across states. This represents a puzzle given …