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Contract Farming for Agricultural Development:Review of Theory and Practice with Special Reference to India
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2005
The present paper examines contract farming and its situation in India on the basis of nature of contracts, nature of contract growers, practice and implementation of contract farming and techniques, practices and changing dynamics of contract farming in India.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528387
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Sectoral Analysis
Khan, Muhammad Arshad; Khan, Shujaat Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper establishes an empirical relationship between industry -specific foreign direct investment (FDI) and output under the framework of Granger causality and panel cointegration for Pakistan over the period 1981-2008. The result supports th e evidence of panel cointegration between FDI and...
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Total Factor Productivity Growth and Its Decomposition: An Assessment of the Indian Banking Sector in the True Liberalised Era
Bhandari, Anup Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010
Assessments of the performance of Indian commercial banks are not new in the literature. However, most of the earlier studies consider relatively partial measures such as technical efficiency of the banks in assessing their performance. In this paper they have considered overall (Malmquist)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727221
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Investment Climate and Total Factor Productivity in Manufacturing: Analysis of Indian States
Goldar, Bishwanath; Veermani, C - eSocialSciences - 2007
Liberalisation initiatives have been taken by India with a view to improve the efficiency of manufacturing industries and achieving faster GDP growth. The present paper investigates the influence of Investment Climate (IC) on the levels of total factor productivity (TFP) in the organised...
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Information Technology and Productivity: Evidence From India's Manufacturing Sector
Abraham, Vinoj; Joseph, K.J. - eSocialSciences - 2008
An attempt is made at addressing the question about how has India fared in terms of harnessing this technology for enhancing manufacturing productivity. issue by analyzing an unpublished data set on the investment in computers and software at the industry level made available by the CSO. [Wp No....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699236
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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands
Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007
This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09
Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008
Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.
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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment
Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699187
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Agrofuels – A Boost of Energy for the Mekong Region?
Leonard, Rebeca - eSocialSciences - 2011
This background paper seeks to brief readers on the extent of the development, production and consumption of agrofuels, particularly liquid fuels for transport, in the Mekong region. The area of focus comprises the countries of the Mekong River Basin, that is, flowing downstream north to south,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319309
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One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate
eSocialSciences; United Nations Development Programme UNDP - 2012
In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for...
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