Category Archives: Regional Economics

An overview of India’s Urbanization, Urban Economic Growth and Urban Equity

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Sriram

by Sabyasachi Tripathi MPRA Paper No 45537 (March 2013) The main objective of this paper is to analyze the recent past trends and patterns of urbanization, urban economic growth, and urban equity measured by urban poverty and inequality in India. … Continue reading →

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Municipal water schemes in a Mumbai squatter settlement: assembling space and society

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Sriram

by Reid W.F. Cooper International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 77-92 [2011] Government legislation designed to address the lack of basic services in squatter settlements in Mumbai, India, triggered the formation of local self-organised groups to implement … Continue reading →

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Greening Rural Development in India Vol: 1

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Sriram

Published by UNDP, 2012 This report examines the potential contribution to environmental sustainability of the schemes administered by the Ministry of Rural Development. In specific it looks at: • Improving quality and carrying of eco systems including, water in surface … Continue reading →

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Leveraging Land to Enable Urban Transformation : Lessons from Global Experience

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Anitha

Lozano-Gracia, Nancy ;  Young, Cheryl ;  Lall, Somik V. ;  Vishwanath, Tara 2013-01 Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and accommodate urban growth and redevelopment. Government officials have … Continue reading →

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Intrahousehold bargaining and resource allocation in developing countries

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Sriram

by Cheryl Doss WB Policy Research Working Paper 6337 (Jan 2013) Many key development outcomes depend on women’s ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to clearly identify which policies can increase women’s bargaining … Continue reading →

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Growing Together: Economic Integration for an Inclusive and Sustainable Asia-Pacific Century

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Gopakumar

Published by UNESCAP,  May 2012 environment and opportunities arising from globalization. This, however, has changed dramatically in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. In the new global environment, sustaining the region’s growth and realizing the Asia-Pacific century … Continue reading →

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A Renewable World: Energy, Ecology, Equality

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Sriram

Herbert Girardet, and Miguel Mendonça Publisher: Green Books Date: September 2009 A Renewable World was developed in conjunction with dozens of world experts and features solutions on renewable energy, biosequestration, energy sufficiency, energy for developing countries, green collar jobs, cities, transport, … Continue reading →

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Debt of Rural Households in India: A Note on the All-India Debt and Investment Survey

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sriram

Pallavi Chavan Review of Agrarian Studies. Vol. 2, No. 1. JANUARY-JUNE, 2012 This note critically evaluates the conceptual framework and sampling methodology of the All-India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS), the most important source of secondary data on the debt, assets, and … Continue reading →

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Statistics on Elementary School Education in Rural India

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Sriram

by Vikas Rawal Review of Agrarian Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011 In this note, I critically evaluate and summarise official statistics on schooling infrastructure and on children’s participation in elementary schooling in rural India. My focus of attention here … Continue reading →

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THE WAY FORWARD FOR KERALA’S DEVELOPMENT

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Sriram

Shashi Tharoor The Times of India, Thiruvananthapuram. February 6th 2012. Page.7 Malayali should shed his reputation for having a far keener sense of rights than responsibilities to succeed in the new age … … URL: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/…00700&ViewMode=HTML Courtesy: TOI

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