This paper tries to understand whether importers in the North are able to push exporters in the South towards sustainable production, with the help of a case study of the Indian leather industry. After providing a short description of the global leather footwear industry, the first section...

Does electoral fraud affect development? In a weak institutional environment the answer is not obvious. This paper demonstrates that electoral fraud can lower development and this effect is mediated through the partisan control of electoral institutions and the resultant ability of the incumbent...

This paper tries to understand whether importers in the North are able to push exporters in the South towards sustainable production, with the help of a case study of the Indian leather industry. After providing a short description of the global leather footwear industry, the first section...

This paper concentrates on two of the most contentious Non Tariff Barriers facing India and developing countries: Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). It examines the issue of NTBs against the , of notifications that India has submitted to the WTO.