We present estimates, at the State level, of Indian manufacturing Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and Technical Efficiency (TE) from the estimation of production functions for 17 manufacturing industries from 1976 to 1992. Our analysis relates TFP and TE to the availability of infrastructure. We...

We conduct a meta-analysis of the effect-size estimates from 9 empirical studies and a narrative synthesis of the qualitative evidence from 53 qualitative studies on the relationship between innovation and employment in low-income countries (LICs). The meta-analysis reveals a positive but small...

Chapter 1. Climate change impact on livelihood and well-being of rural poor -- Chapter 2. Primary and Secondary Information -- Chapter 3. Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies -- Chapter 4. Livelihood Diversification in Odisha -- Chapter 5. Climate Change, Diversification...

In this paper we examine the quality of urbanisation in terms of deprivation index developed at a highly disaggregated level of urban centres (city/town) on the basis of dwelling conditions and basic amenities. Further, the demographic and economic characteristics in relation to the deprivation...

This study based on the employment-unemployment surveys and the period labour force surveys reflects on the labour market outcomes of the youth. It pursues a detailed analysis of various labour market indicators over time and brings out the vulnerability of the youth belonging to younger age...

This paper examines the select domains of database on agriculture in India and its use in the national accounts statistics. Though the share of agriculture in total value added has declined considerably to less than a quarter at the national level, several states are still agriculture-dependent....