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India’s progress in meeting its climate goals: A comparative analysis using country-reported and external data
Author: Manisha Jain Title: India’s progress in meeting its climate goals: A comparative analysis using country-reported and external data Abstract: Recent studies analyzing India’s decarbonisation efforts using external data do not confirm the achievements stated in India’s country reports submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Convention. The […]
Four years after the Base-Year Revision:Taking stock of the debate surrounding India’s National Accounts Estimates
Author: R. Nagaraj, Amey Sapre and Rajeswari Sengupta Title: Four years after the Base-Year Revision:Taking stock of the debate surrounding India’s National Accounts Estimates Abstract: In 2015, with the release of the 2011-12 base-year GDP series the Central Statistical Office (CSO) substantially revised the way GDP is calculated in India. […]
Is Money Demand Really Unstable? Evidence from Divisia Monetary Aggregates
Author: William A. Barnett, Taniya Ghosh and Masudul Hasan Adil Title: Is Money Demand Really Unstable? Evidence from Divisia Monetary Aggregates Abstract: We revisit the issue of stable demand for money, using quarterly data for the European Monetary Union, India, Israel, Poland, the UK, and the US. We use the same linear modeling […]
Assessing India’s productivity trends and endogenous growth: New evidence from technology, human capital and foreign direct investment
Author: Taniya Ghosh and Prashant Mehul Parab Title: Assessing India’s productivity trends and endogenous growth: New evidence from technology, human capital and foreign direct investment Abstract: The study evaluates the role of R&D, human capital, and technology spillovers in influencing India’s long-run productivity growth. The primary contributions of the article […]
Peace over War: Conflict, Contest and Cooperation in Water Sharing
Author: Rupayan Pal and Dipti Ranjan Pati Title: Peace over War: Conflict, Contest and Cooperation in Water Sharing Abstract: Even as a huge body of empirical evidence points to the cooperation-inducing character of shared water, popular narrative seems to get carried away in its visions of water wars and outright […]
Daughter vs. Daughter-in-Law: Kinship Roles and Women’s Time Use in India
Author: Tanu Gupta and Digvijay S Negi Title: Daughter vs. Daughter-in-Law: Kinship Roles and Women’s Time Use in India Abstract: The custom of patrilocal marriage shifts a woman from her natal family to being part of her husband’s household. This shift and the associated change in kinship role has implications […]
Current Account Imbalances: Exploring Role of Domestic and External Factors for Large Emerging Markets
Author: Krittika Banerjee and Ashima Goyal Title: Current Account Imbalances: Exploring Role of Domestic and External Factors for Large Emerging Markets Abstract: Global trade imbalances have been a focal point of discussion in international economics literature but opinions remain highly divided with respect to its origin. This paper studies the […]
No country for young women farmers: A situation analysis for India
Author: Sudha Narayanan and Sharada Srinivasan Title: No country for young women farmers: A situation analysis for India Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the state of young women farmers in India as they navigate livelihoods in a sector that faces severe challenges. Discussions of young women farmers in […]
Becoming a Young Farmer in Madhya Pradesh, India
Author: Sudha Narayanan Title: Becoming a Young Farmer in Madhya Pradesh, India Abstract: In India, as well as globally, agriculture faces an apparent generational problem, with youth reluctant to take up farming as an occupation. Yet there has been limited research in India using a generational lens to understand young […]
