Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Regime of Capital Accumulation, the Hindu Undivided Family and the Business Group in Independent India -- Chapter 3: Corporate Response to Public Policy Changes: Some Intriguing Aspects -- Chapter 4: Ownership Control and Board Governance of Indian...

Female work participation in West Bengal is one of the lowest in India, and varies inversely with female literacy and percentage of Muslim population in a block. However, there are areas with high percentage of Muslims where female work participation is high due to predominance of home-based...

The effects of the inflows of private foreign capital on some major macroeconomic variables in India are analyzed using quarterly data for the period 1993-99. Cointegration test and The Granger Causality Test are done to understand the relationship between variables [WP No. 311].

The East Asian crisis of 1997-98 and the Mexican crisis of 1994 generated much concern among policy analysts regarding the role of macroeconomic policies in the management of capital inflows. A series of economic reform measures including liberalization of foreign capital inflows were initiated...

The relative role of economic growth vis-a-vis public action in raising living standards in developing countries has been a point of contention for quite some time now. The arguments on both sides are usually based on some estimated relationship between indicators of living standard and other...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty situation in West Bengal in a multidimensional framework and to explore possible strategies towards reduction of poverty in the state, keeping in view the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). [IDSK OP 20].