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Following this disaster in Orissa caused by a super cyclone there was a great deal of controversy over whether the high …
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. The country faces the herculean task of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief on an unprecedented scale …
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Committee which was set up after the disaster, suggested an interventionist government policy in the food grain market …
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This report is prepared on the basis of a 5-day visit to the flood affected parts of Bihar, caused by the changing of the course of the river, Kosi, by a four-member team from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The team visited three districts of Saharsa, Supaul and Madhepura during the...
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The report reviews the status and performance of agriculture, especially during the last two decades, and also presents what could be the way forward, given our objectives of accelerated growth, inclusiveness and the reducing of poverty and hunger. [Ministry of Agriculture Report]....
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This paper discusses the role of state intervention for prevention, containment, and resolution of financial crises based mainly on the Korean experience during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Crises in emerging market and developing economies tend to be more complicated than those faced by...
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The role of Supreme Court in controlling air pollution in Delhi in the face of political contestation and government reluctance in implementing what had already long been on the statute books. Focus is given to transport vehicles and their contribution to air pollution [CSLG WP 03-01].
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In this paper, how social preferences overcome the commitment problems implicit in vote-buying is examined. Data used for the study is a survey information on vote-buying experienced in a 2006 municipal election in Paraguay, with information on behavior in experiments carried out in 2002....
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The paper attempts to construct political influence variables and explain discrepancies in fund disbursement through proper econometric specification in the Indian context.
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results are confirmed by various robustness tests. They propose a new channel through which migration may affect politics in …
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