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Does India Really Suffer from Worse Child Malnutrition Than Sub-Saharan Africa?

by Arvind Panagaria Economic and Political Weekly, May 04, 2013 A common continuing criticism of the economic reforms in India has been that despite accelerated growth and all-around poverty reduction, the country continues to suffer from worse child malnutrition than nearly all Sub-Saharan African countries with lower per capita incomes. This paper argues that this [...]

Manufacturing Trade Deficit and Industrial Policy in India

by Sudip Chaudhury IIMC Woking Paper no.720, January 2013 Manufacturing trade balance in India did not worsen after the economic reforms started in 1991. In fact it improved till the early 2000s. The paper argues that this is not due to the reforms of the 1990s or the 1980s. It is rather the result of [...]

Growth of Information Sector in Indian Economy During the Reform Period

By Shikhanwita Roy and Debesh Chakraborty Roy Ghosh & Associates Chartered Accountants 1. Introduction The direction and pace of development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been at the heart of economic changes of all world economies for more than a decade. Across the globe, countries have recognized ICT as an effective tool in [...]

Gender, geography and generations : intergenerational educational mobility in post-reform India

by Shahe M Emran and Forhad Shilpi WB Policy Research paper No.WPS6055, May 2012 India experienced sustained economic growth for more than two decades following the economic liberalization in 1991. While economic growth reduced poverty significantly, it was associated with an increase in inequality. Does this increase in inequality reflect deep-seated inequality of opportunity or [...]

Journal of Development Economics, Volume 97, Issue 2, March 2012

Contents 1.     Do voters demand responsive governments? Evidence from Indian disaster relief Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy, Eric Werker 2.     Using the law to change the custom Gani Aldashev, Imane Chaara, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Zaki Wahhaj 3.      Financial constraints and occupational choice in Thai villages Alexander Karaivanov 4.     Economic reform, voting, and local political intervention: Evidence from [...]

How has the Indian Corporate Sector Responded to Two Decades of Economic Reforms in India? An Exploration of Patterns and Trends

by Rakesh Basant and Pulak Mishra IIMA Working Paper No.2012-02-02, February 2012 In the context of various policy initiatives made during the last two decades to reform the Indian economy in general and corporate sector in particular, the present paper attempts to assess how the firms have responded to these policy measures and the resultant [...]

Should China Revisit the 1994 Fiscal Reforms?

by Ehtisham Ahmad Asia Research Centre Working Paper N0.52, 2011 The 1994 Fiscal Reforms in China were spectacularly successful in meeting the immediate challenges that the economy faced at that time—a sharply dropping tax/GDP ratio, and limited ability of the central government to conduct macroeconomic or redistributive policies. The centerpiece of the reform was the [...]

Growth, Resilience and Reform: Reflections on Post-crisis Policy Challenges

by Subir Gokarn (The 45th A.D. Shroff Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India at Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Mumbai on 2nd November, 2011) URL: http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Speeches/PDFs/GRSML031111.pdf Courtesy:RBI

Effects of Trade and Services Liberalization on Wage Inequality in India

by Aashish Mehta and Rana Hasan ADB WP No.268, August 2011 We examine the effects of trade and services liberalization on wage inequality in India. We find that labor reallocations and wage shifts attributable to liberalization account for at most 29% of the increase in inequality between 1993 and 2004, and that effects of services [...]

Regional Inequality and ‘Inclusive Growth’ in India under Globalization:Identification of Lagging States for Strategic Intervention

by Amitabh Kundu and K. Varghese OIWPS-VI, September 2010 The present paper analyses the trends and patterns of economic inequality across Indian states since the early 1990s. The basic objective here is to understand the dynamics of growth in the country which is resulting in regional imbalances and propose measures for alleviating the problem. The [...]

J-Curve of Productivity and Growth:Indian Manufacturing Post-Liberalization

by Arvind Virmani and Danish A. Hashim IMF working paper WP/11/163 Most estimates of Indian manufacturing productivity find a slowdown in the 1990s. This has puzzled analysts, given that 1990s reforms were deeper and wider than the 1980s reforms that raised the growth rate of the Indian economy by 2 per cent points. This paper [...]

Economic Reforms for Sustainable Growth

by Subir Gokarn (Presentation by Dr. Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India at the 175th Annual General Meeting of the Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 23rd June 2011 at Chennai) url:http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Speeches/PDFs/ERSG080711.pdf Courtesy:RBI

THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC REFORMS ON MANUFACTURINGDUALISM: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

By VINISH KATHURIA,RAJESH RAJ AND KUNAL SEN DEPP WP No.30/2011 Dualism is a pervasive feature of the manufacturing sectors of less-developed countries, with large differences in productivity between the informal and the formal sectors. Policy distortions are viewed as an important factor behind the prevalence of manufacturing dualism. We examine whether tariff reforms, industrial de-licensing [...]

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