Humanitarian Economics marks the start of a long-term interdisciplinary research agenda on the complex aid-conflict-disaster nexus. This well-researched and thoroughly referenced book is aimed at professionals working in humanitarian and development agencies, NGOs, private sector and...

In contrast to the popular debate on managing international aid to achieve good governance in developing countries, this paper focuses on of ensuring good governance of aid processes (or good aid governance) between partners in development, to achieve national and local development objectives....

The paper examines the state of public sector hospitals, how they are being compelled to transform into profit churning units through reforms, and in the process alienating poor and the underprivileged groups from public hospital inpatient care.

Falling costs of coordination and communication have allowed firms in rich countries to fragment their production process and offshore an increasing share of the value chain to low-wage countries. This paper proposes a Ricardian model where both of these effects are present and analyzes the...

This paper evaluates the real-time performance of the growth rate of the DSE-ECRI Indian leading index for exports for predicting cyclical downturns and upturns in the growth rate of Indian exports. The index comprises the 36-country real effective exchange rate and leading indices of...

India and Sri Lanka are in the process of negotiating Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. In this context, the study shows that since there has been an increase in services trade between the two countries, the inclusion of services in the agreement (CEPA) would give an impetus to...

Provision of quality urban infrastructure is an area of major concern forthe Indian Economy. The environment defined by the context of globalisation and privatisation has implied fiscal compression and the consequent scarcity of resources at all levels of Government. Financing of urban...

Concerned with the question of gender equity in access to and retention in science education and careers, this study has contacted about 149 women scientists and 147 women students across a broad spectrum of institutions in the country. The aim of the study was to delineate the personal and...

This note highlights the main issues and outlines the proposed action plan in respect of the following five major areas in Agriculture and Irrigation: (1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigation; (2) Conservation of irrigation water; (3) Agricultural research and extension; (4)...