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Negative Influence of Fiscal Subsidies on Environment:Empirical Evidence from Cross-Country Estimation

by Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Debashis Chakraborty NIPFP WP no. 2013-117, January 2013 It has been observed that a number of developed as well as developing countries provide subsidies to their resource-intensive sectors like agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing etc. However, overproduction and consequent pollution as well as overexploitation of natural resources resulting from the provision of input [...]

India Social Enterprise Landscape Report

Published by Asian Development Bank, August 2012 Social enterprises hold the potential to make India’s spectacular growth story work better for its poor citizens. India’s rapidly growing economy has not managed to alleviate extreme poverty, which encompasses nearly half the country’s population. Reasons for this situation include inadequate infrastructure, unreliable state delivery of affordable education and [...]

Why do some countries default more often than others ? the role of institutions

by Rong Qian WB Policy Research Paper No.5993, March 2012 This paper examines how a country’s weak institutions and polarized government can affect the likelihood of its default on sovereign debt. Using a data set of 90 countries, it shows that strong institutions are associated with fewer sovereign default crises. In addition, when institutions are [...]

Impact of the Retail FDI Policy on Indian Consumers and the Way Forward

by Arpita Mukherjee: Divya Satija; Tanu M. Goyal…et al. ICRIER Policy Series No. 5, August 2011 In the post-liberalisation period, with increase in GDP, rising per capita income and proliferation of brands, there have been changes in the purchase behaviour of Indian consumers. The large consumer base has attracted many global retailers and domestic corporates [...]

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