Category Archives: Democracy

Sustaining growth: Interests versus institutions

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Ashima Goyal IGIDR Working Paper no.2013-001, january 2013 Nations that were able to sustain high catch-up growth followed flexible and contextual policies. Inclusive institutions make correct policy choices more likely. India started out with highly inclusive political institutions since … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Governance, Growth, Institution | Comments Off

Democratic Decentralization and Grass-root Democracy in India: Challenges and Solutions

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Librarian

By Swarn Lata Sharma Decentralization is a popular theme of the modern world. It is being widely accepted as a symbol of good governance and political modernization as well as an indicator of the quality of democratic process. Indeed, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Decentralisation, Democracy, India | Comments Off

Unfinished Agenda of Gandhi’s Gram Swaraj- Present Status of Panchayati Raj in Assam

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Sivakumar

by Pankaj Borah Research on Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 2222-1719 The successful working of Democracy demands association of the people at different levels of administration. Panchayati Raj aims at associating the people with administration at grassroots level. Though the … Continue reading →

Posted in Decentralisation, Democracy, Panchayat Raj | Comments Off

Initiatives and Referendums:The Next Step in Indian Democracy

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Prashanth Bhusan and Atishi Marlena Economic and Political Weekly, August 25, 2012 In India’s representative democracy, people select their representatives once in fi ve years to make laws and policies on their behalf. Limiting the participation of people to … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, India, Politics | Comments Off

Mainstream,Vol.50(24)June 2012

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Librarian

The Question of Democracy Parliament’s First Years were glorious, Then the warnings came true By T.J.S.Gerorge Murder of Lokpal Bill in Parliament By Kuldeep Nayar Shadow of the Al -Qaeda on Syria: Damascus needs to be undetstood Better By Kallol … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, JOURNAL | Comments Off

Good Governance as a Concept, and Why This Matters for Development Policy

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Anitha

by Rachel M. Gisselquist WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/30 Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, ‘good governance’ is an extremely elusive objective: it means different … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Development policy, Governance | Comments Off

Good Governance as a Concept, and Why This Matters for Development Policy

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Anitha

Rachel M. Gisselquist Working Paper No. 2012/30 Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, ‘good governance’ is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Development policy, Foreign aid, Governance | Comments Off

Political Origins of Financial Structure

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Sriram

Sambit Bhattacharyya CSAE Working Paper  WPS/2011-20 Date: October, 2011 There is a growing policy interest in the role of financial structure in promoting development. However, very little is known about how different financial structures emerge and evolve. In this paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Economics, Finance | Comments Off

Incumbents and Criminals in the Indian National Legislature

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Sriram

Toke Aidt, Miriam A. Golden and Devesh Tiwari CWPE 1157 Date: Sep-2011 Utilizing data on criminal charges lodged against candidates to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of representatives, we study the conditions that resulted in approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in Competition, Democracy | Comments Off