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Do rural banks matter? evidence from the Indian social banking experiment

Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason why poor people remain poor. This paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion program to provide empirial evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian Central Bank mandated that a commercial bank can open a branch in...

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Digital India - a model developed by Varma

Varma, Vijaya Krushna Varma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Banking structure is redesigned to make India a fully digital nation and to usher in 100% E-governance. Application of this new restructured banking system:- Banking is expanded so that taxation, tax collections, tax enforcement, tax compliance, registration departments, pass port offices, land...

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The economic trajectory of Puerto Rico since WWII

Rodríguez, Carlos A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This is a review essay that discuss the behavior of the Economy of Puerto Rico. It centered in the transformation of … the economy after World War II. …

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The Political Economy of Small European States: And Lessons for Scotland

Keating, Michael; Harvey, Malcolm - In: National Institute Economic Review 227 (2014) 1, pp. 54-54

An independent Scotland would be a small European state. Small states may be at a disadvantage in world markets but can also adapt successfully. There are different modes of adaptation, notably the market-liberal mode and the social investment state. Either mode is dependent on internal...

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Planning at the Grassroots: An Experiment with Integrated District Planning

Baruah, Joydeep - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This short reflection has emanated from the author’s involvement in a project on Integrated District Planning in an action research mode in the context of 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution; and about a year long experience of field work related to it. The note begins with an...

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Time to Gird for Rough Times: Forecast Commentary

Dhawan, Rajeev - In: Tennessee's Business 17 (2008) 3

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Time to Gird for Rough Times: Forecast Commentary, part 2

Dhawan, Rajeev - In: Tennessee's Business 17 (2008) 3, pp. 2-2

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Interregional transfers and solidarity mechanisms via the government budget

Dury, D.; Eugène, B.; Langenus, G.; Cauter, K. Van; … - In: Economic Review (2008) III, pp. 93-112

The article examines transfers between regions via the central government budget, referring essentially to the regional … Region is currently a net contributor to transfers between regions via the central government budget, whereas the Walloon … transfers between regions are due largely to variations in the contributions of each region to government revenues. In the case …

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An Index of Donor Performance

Roodman, David - 2004

quantitative measure uses a net transfers concept, as distinct from the net flows concept in the net Official Development … aid given. This is because while there is a seven-fold range in net concessional transfers/GDP among the score countries …

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An Index of Donor Performance-Revised August 2005

Roodman, David - 2005

quantitative measure uses a net transfers concept, as distinct from the net flows concept in the net Official Development … concessional transfers/GDP among the scored countries, variation in overall aid quality across donors appears far lower, and …

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