Showing 1 - 10 of 569
Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and … new round of agricultural innovation in Punjab. These are: complexity of the agricultural economy, complementary inputs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406342
The economy of Punjab state in India offers an interesting case study. Punjab has been for decades - and remains - one … poverty or spur economic development. But, Punjab's relative economic position within India has declined rapidly in recent … this paper, Punjab is facing a multidimensional crisis that requires urgent attention. This paper provides an overview of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406345
We carry out a randomized control trial to test for interaction effects between training state-employed caregivers and providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584690
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653118
. The study is different from previous studies as it considers the irrigated and rain-fed regions of the Punjab province … future per capita availability of wheat as a result of climate change, in addition to rising population in Pakistani Punjab …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938412
are located in the Punjab region of Pakistan. For data analysis SMART PLS-SEM 3.00 was used. The results of this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938541
Punjab province because it is the major contributor in agricultural GDP. The logit model is employ for the empirical findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011699589
Central banks in developing countries, wanting to devalue the domestic currency, usually intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up foreign currency using domestic money-often backing this up with sterilization to counter inflationary pressures. Such interventions are usually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292055
This paper provides the first firm-level econometric evidence on the skill-bias of ICT in developing countries using a unique new dataset of manufacturing firms in Brazil and India. I use detailed information on firms’ adoption of ICT and the educational composition of their workforce to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293062
Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the parallel subsector of sanitation progress is falling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293264