Pour connaître la pauvreté, il faut connaitre l'histoire de la pauvreté. Le cas de l'île de Mayotte, désarticulée de l'archipel des Comores, en 1975, est, à ce titre exemplaire. Ses populations, éternellement soumises à des envahisseurs, puis issues des pratiques esclavagistes, n'ont...

In the light of challenges to sustainable development in the post-2015 development agenda, this study assesses how increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions affect inclusive human development in 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The following findings are established...

This paper examines the uneven convergence between Indian development cooperation and the (so-called) ‘traditional’ development establishment. Using the case of Indian government concessional lines of credit (LoCs), handled by the Export–Import Bank, it demonstrates how diplomatic,...

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...

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...

This paper explores macroeconomic policies that can sustain structural change in China and India. A two-sector open-economy model with endogenous productivity growth, demand driven output and income distribution as an important determinant of economic activity is calibrated to a 2000 SAM for...

Globalization is a process of ever growing economic interdependence of countries of the world which constitutes integration of national economies with the international economy through cross border transactions in goods and services, international capital flows and widespread diffusion of...

This paper brings analytical economics to bear on some of the central economic policy challenges faced by contemporary India; monetary policy for controlling inflation, central bank exchange rate interventions and fiscal policy for promoting growth. Government, by giving orchestrated guarantees...

The present article was written with the intention of examining the nature of Special Economic Zone having societal developmental goals. In the process, highlighting their common problems and proposing answers those problems through studying their developmental significance. The article also...

This paper uses a general equilibrium trade framework to estimate the contribution of transport infrastructure to regional development. I apply the analysis to India, a country with a notoriously weak and congested transportation infrastructure. I first analyze the development effects of a...