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Forecasting Profitability
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2013
Newly-available Indian panel data is used to estimate how the returns to planting-stage investments vary by rainfall …
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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
Topalova, Petia; Cole, Shawn; Gene, Xavier; Tobacman, Jeremy - eSocialSciences - 2011
Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? Why don’t financial … and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product, designed to hedge a major source of … agricultural production risk. [BREAD Working paper No.33]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/303.pdf]. …
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages are analysed over the course … of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the … planting stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest …
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Agricultural Insurance in India: Problems and Prospects
Bhende, M J - eSocialSciences - 2012
The challenges of providing insurance to Indian agricultural sector in a manner that is both meaningful and sustaining. Critical assessment of the existing initiative and present possible options for improvement are presented. [NABARD Occasional Paper No. 44]....
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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment …
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Railway Budget Speech 2013-14
Bansal, Sh. Pawan Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2013
Speech of Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal. URL:[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Budget_2013-14/English_Speech_2013-14.pdf].
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Economic and Financial Outlook
Rajan, Raghuram G. - eSocialSciences - 2014
A picture about the macroeconomy that is, the world economy and the domestic economy is given. The two recent regulatory measures are given here. [FICCI/IBA Annual Banking Conference].
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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...
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Railway Budget 2014-15: Analysis
Mishra, Prachee - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Minister of Railways, D V Sadananda Gowda, presented the Railways Budget 2014 to Parliament on July 8, 2014. In his address, he assessed the performance of Railways in 2013-14 and laid out his budget proposals for 2014-15. The Ministry targets to become the largest freight carrier in the world.
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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of data collected from rural households in major states in...
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