This study re-examines the causal linkages between military expenditures and economic growth for the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and that for the USA for the period 1988-2012. Panel causality was examined to explain dependency and heterogeneity across...

Real development process can only happen when a in the modern world considers the balance that exists between male and female. However in developing countries, they are very much deprived. The most famous way to bridge the gap is through Gender Budget Initiatives. First step towards this goal...

Tanks play a very important role in irrigation in India, particularly in three south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The state of West Bengal partially depends on tanks for irrigation, though main sources of irrigation are canal and different tube wells. This paper...

Water management is very much guided by the water institutions in a country and even in a state. The role of management is particularly important in a state which is relatively less developed in its natural resources. In a state like Mizoram, water management is sufficiently guided by the...

The paper develops a monetary endogenous growth model of a financially repressed small open economy, characterized by curb markets, capital mobility, transaction costs in domestic and foreign capital markets, and a flexible exchange rate system, to analyze the impact of financial liberalization...