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Insurance and rural welfare : what can panel data tell us?
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Lei Pan - 2006 - Rev.
Assessing the scope for insurance in rural communities usually requires a structural model of household behavior under … Indian farmers in the ICRISAT villages would not benefit from the introduction of formal weather insurance. In this paper we … that this can affect the conclusion that insurance would not be welfare improving. …
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Insurance and Rural Welfare
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Pan, Lei - 2007
Assessing the scope for insurance in rural communities usually requires a structural model of household behavior under … Indian farmers in the ICRISAT villages would not benefit from the introduction of formal weather insurance. In this paper we … that this can affect the conclusion that insurance would not be welfare improving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053122
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Trends and Patterns of Growth, Development, Achievements of China and India: A Comparative Analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2016
Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development—PRC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451414
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Trends and patterns of growth, development, achievements of China and India : a comparative analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2016
Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development-PRC and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444894
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No easy balancing act : reducing the balance of payments constraint ; improving export competitiveness and productivity ; and absorbing surplus labor - the Indian experience
Nabar-Bhaduri, Suranjana - 2011
As per the balance of payments constraint hypothesis, in an open economy, achieving a high long-run rate of growth would require a country to reduce its balance of payments constraint through an improved export performance, and the production of import substitutes, which would lower the income...
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Financial Crisis and Migrant Remittances : Effects on Growth and Poverty in Selected South Asian Countries
Mahmud, Mahreen - 2010
The study proposes to evaluate the impact of the current financial crisis on remittances received by three South Asian countries, namely Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The objective is twofold: to forecast the impact of change in remittances on the growth of these countries (macro level...
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Impacts of GST reforms on efficiency, growth and redistribution of income in India : A Dynamic CGE Analysis
Bhattarai, Keshab - 2021
Goods and service tax (GST) introduced as a ‘good and simple tax’ on 1 July 2017 by the Modi government is the boldest measure of tax reform so far in India. The major aim of this paper is to evaluate the micro and macro impacts of the goods and services taxes (GST) using a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248008
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Trends and Patterns of Growth, Development, Achievements of China and India : A Comparative Analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2016
Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development — PRC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995197
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The Economics of Caste, Religion and Language in India
Mckenna, Mac - 2017
India has a combination of religious, caste and linguistic heterogeneity incomparable to any country in the world. This paper reviews the literature of how these various phenomena have interacted with the Indian economy. Results are disheartening. India has an entrenched caste system that...
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Inclusive Growth Through Public and Private Participation : A Must in Agricultural Sector in India
Jacob, Pearly - 2013
India being an agro based economy with the second highest farm output in the world needs more sustainable growth in this area. The public private partnership is one step towards attaining holistic growth. The government alone is not the answer to everything, the need is more than the capital...
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