Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …

influence on long-term INR swap yields after controlling for other factors, such as core inflation, the growth of industrial … the short-term interest rate has an important influence on the swap yields. This implies that the Reserve Bank of India …

The paper reviews India's macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key … macroeconomic developments regarding economic growth, inflation, external balance, the fiscal situation and aggregate savings and … to deal with the challenge of the unprecedented surge in external capital inflows into India. The final section outlines …

This study analyses India's inflation using the Phillips curve theory. To estimate an open-economy Phillips curve, we … need three variables: (1) inflation (2) the output gap and (3) the real effective exchange rate. In India, the incorrect … composite consumer price index (CCPI) was the best measure of inflation, and should be used to construct the real effective …

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

reference to China and India, with their very distinctive public policy approaches. Much of the economics literature either does …

The paper looks into the level of integration of commodity markets in India, across centres and states using consumer … price data. It measures the extent to which domestic markets for goods in India are integrated, and recommends policy … methodology proposed by Bradford and Lawrence (2004) on the consumer prices of goods in major states across India. This is then …