India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of …

Among countries with comparable levels of income, India has one of the more progressive disability policy frameworks …; however, people with disabilities in India are subject to multiple disadvantages. This paper focuses on state-level variations …

This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal …

the location choice of foreign firms in India. Based on Levinson (2001), we compute Industry-adjusted pollution abatement …

state of pastures and irrigation systems is alarming and requires government support well above its current level …

In this paper we consider a two periods model of cropping using irrigation. The farmer takes two kind of decisions, one … related to the level of investment in irrigation capacity and the other one to the irrigation level in each period. In the … period. Assuming a CARA utility function, we show that taxing the investment may entail an increase in preventive irrigation …

We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … and mostly negative. Global water savings are achieved. Not only regions where irrigation efficiency changes are able to …

agriculture. Moreover, the new production structure accounts for substitution possibilities between irrigation and other primary … factors. The new model has been used to study a variety of topics including: irrigation efficiency, sustainable water use …