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New issues in Indian macro policy
Shah, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2008
For many decades, macro-policy in India was conducted in an environment with five key elements: Agricultural shocks … paper argues that India has changed beyond recognition on all these five elements and that these changes have far …-reaching consequences for the conduct of macroeconomic policy. India is now a more conventional market economy, and there is a much bigger …
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The Difficulties of the Chinese and Indian Exchange Rate Regimes
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2009
China and India have both attempted distorting the exchange rate in order to foster exports-led growth. This is … real terms) in both India and China are also examined. [NIPFP WP No 2009-62]. …
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Real Sector Shocks and Monetary Policy Responses in a in a financially vulnerable Emerging Economy
Rajan, Ramkishen S.; Parulkar, Makarand - eSocialSciences - 2006
When analyzing the appropriate response for monetary policy during a currency crisis it is important to keep in mind two distinct channels: (a) the impact of raising interest rates on exchange rates; and (b) the direct impact of exchange rate changes on output. The first pertains to the monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341684
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Report of the Expert Group on Encouraging FII Flows and Checking the Vulnerability of Capital Markets to Speculative Flows
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance - 2006
Report of the Expert Group
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Raising the Tax Ratio by Reining in the 'Tax Breaks': An Agenda for Action
Rao, R. Kavita; Bagchi, Amaresh; Sen, Bulbul - eSocialSciences - 2006
The increase in direct taxes has not been able to offset the decline that resulted from the reduction in customs tariff and decline in excise revenue. The task facing the policymakers now is to explore ways in which the tax ratio can be pushed up without going back on the basic elements of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699030
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Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments: Third Quarter Review, 2005-06
India, Reserve Bank of - eSocialSciences - 2006
The robust performance of the Indian economy continued during the second quarter (July-September) of 2005-06. According to the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), the economy recorded a real GDP growth of 8.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2005-06 maintaining the momentum of growth in the...
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Structural Modeling under Challenge
Pandit, V. - eSocialSciences - 2008
It is interesting to note that nearly three decades of new paradigms in macroeconomic theory and policy have hardly gone beyond the ivory towers of the academic world. The extent to which a scientific discipline is open to new ideas and approaches is a measure of its health. The enrichment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699108
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The Social Cost of Foreign Exchange Reserves
Rodrik, Dani - eSocialSciences - 2006
There has been a very rapid rise since the early 1990s in foreign reserves held by developing countries. These reserves have climbed to almost 30 percent of developing countries' GDP and 8 months of imports. Assuming reasonable spreads between the yield on reserve assets and the cost of foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699170
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Midterm Review of Annual Policy Statement for the year 2006-07
India, Reserve Bank of - eSocialSciences - 2006
banks having presence outside India and foreign banks to migrate to the Basel II framework effective March 31, 2008 and …
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Human Resources for Health: Requirements and Availability in the Context of Scaling-Up Priority Interventions in Low-Income Countries
Mills, Anne; Kurowski, Christoph; Wyss, Kaspar; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the role and importance of human resources for the scaling up of health services in low income countries. In the case studies, the following have been analyzed: (i) investigated the size, composition and structure of the current health work force; (ii)...
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