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Where Are Indiaâ€™s International Reserves Invested?

Rajan, Ramkishen S.; Gopalan, Sasidaran - eSocialSciences - 2010

Most standard indicators suggest that Indiaâ€™s reserve stock is more than adequate. The rapid stockpiling of foreign exchange reserves implies that the RBI has been leaning-against-the-wind to keep down the value of the Indian Rupee. As India has become more export-oriented it has become...

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Impact of Proposed Commodity Transaction Tax

Sahoo, Pravakar; Kumar, Rajiv - eSocialSciences - 2008

five top selected commodities namely Gold, Copper, Petroleum Crude, Soya Oil and Chana (Chickpea) is examined. …

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Prevalence, Distribution, and Impact of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Population-Based Study

Sosa, Ana Luisa; Albanese, Emiliano - eSocialSciences - 2012

Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....

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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.

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Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?

Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is...

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Challenges and Opportunities in a Trillion Dollar Economy

C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011

The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the period 1960 to the late 1980s, Indiaâ€™s GDP in US...

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Impact of Trade Liberalization on Returns from Land: A Regional Study of Indian Agriculture

Ghosh, Nilabja - eSocialSciences - 2010

Trade liberalization, by aligning domestic prices with world prices, is envisaged to bring welfare gains to a country. In the case of Indian agriculture, owing to the vastness and diversity of the sector, the impact is likely to be profoundly unequal across regions especially when liberalization...

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Globalization and Regional Income Inequality: Evidence from within China

Lu, Ming; Wan, Guanghua; Chen, Zhao - eSocialSciences - 2010

aggravates concerns over the impact of globalization on the already rising inter-region income inequality in China. This paper … discusses Chinaâ€™s globalization process and estimates an income generating function, incorporating trade and FDI variables. It … then applies the newly developed shapley value decomposition technique to quantify the contributions of globalization …

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Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: What Is the Relationship? What Can Be Done?

Basu, Kaushik - eSocialSciences - 2010

The paper studies the relation between globalization, inequality and marginalization, within and across nations. It … reviews the existing evidence on globalization and global inequality and argues, using a simple theoretical model, that the …

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Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-Inequality-Poverty Nexus

Nissanke, Machiko; Thorbecke, Erik - eSocialSciences - 2010

The paper offers a critical literature review of the debate surrounding the globalization- poverty nexus, focusing on … channels and linkages through which globalization affects the poor. After introducing four different concepts used to measure … trends in world income inequality, it examines first the â€˜growthâ€™ conduit through which globalization affects poverty …

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