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From Monasteries to Multinationals (and Back): A Historical Review of the Beer Economy
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and...
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Elements of Effective Central Banking: Theory, Practice, and History
Goodfriend, Marvin - eSocialSciences - 2007
The key elements of effective central banking that account for much of the improvement in monetary policy around the world today are outlined and explained. The past quarter of the century has been a revolutionary period in which the world emerged from great inflation and output instability into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170137
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study explores different aspects of employment and labour market prevalent in large in UAs, in particular global cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of economic activities, the paper present a case study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319328
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Secondary Education in India: Determinants of Development and Performance
P, Geetha Rani - eSocialSciences - 2007
A review of development of school education in India reflects an expansionary phase of number of institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170139
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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India
Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the …
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Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2011
The study looks at the relationship between indigenous people and their forest homes using a novel field field experiments approach. [Policy Brief No. 48-10]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/906_PUB_Policy_Brief_48_Rucha.pdf].
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B.S.Minhas: 'Prescribing Rationality'
Khatkhate, Deena - eSocialSciences - 2005
economics at that time. On his return to India, realising that airy-fairy notions of economics pervading the academic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250365
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Gandhi’s Economic Thought and Modern Economic Development: Some Reflections
Iyengar, Sudarshan - eSocialSciences - 2005
A fresh wave of globalisation since the early 1990s has created both hope and despair. Failure of state has reaffirmed faith in market based institutions. Expansion in trade across national borders and opening the national markets to the world is recommended for speedy and sure economic growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170180
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Economic Backwardness in History: Deviation from a Eurocentric Theme
Hatekar, Neeraj - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper aims to demonstrate that the economic behaviour of ordinary men and women in the pre-colonial Deccan was as much ‘capitalistic’ as that of similar agents in contemporary Europe. The difference in the economic trajectories of the two societies can be reduced to different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528093
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Mughal Decline, Climate Change, and Britain’s Industrial Ascent:An Integrated Perspective on India’s 18th and 19th Century Deindustrialization
Clingingsmith, David; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - eSocialSciences - 2005
India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 …th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. India underwent secular … deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of world industrial output in 1750, this figure had fallen to …
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