Using unique, district-level, economic growth data, I investigate the connection between banking sector development …, human capital, and economic growth in Indian districts. Disaggregate data helps avoid many of the omitted variable problems … percentile of credit/net domestic product to the 25th percentile implies an average loss of 4% in growth over the 1990s decade …

Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the … Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD) and Economic Growth (EG) for 14 major Indian States during post liberalisation …). The relationship between EQ and economic growth however does not become clear from the current study. The regression …

hypothesis of growth transitions. The results show that the first phase of India’s faster-growing regime during 1980-2002 was … significant amount of untapped long-run growth potential. Consistent with the prediction of the model, the growth surge … experienced during 2003-2007 reflects the capital accumulation-driven part of the growth transition. Despite the turbulent years …

This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …

Despite the evidence for high returns to education at an individual level, large increases in education across the … problem. In India both men and women with more education live in households with greater consumption per capita. Yet in …

This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …