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Makes an important contribution to the rich literature on impact of trade reforms on growth and employment by undertaking an in-depth investigation into relevant issues in the context of the developing economy of Bangladesh. The study tracks and investigates the various phases of trade reforms pursued by Bangladesh over recent years.

A compilation of papers, presented at the South Asia Economics Students' Meet, on the theme 'Economic Challenges to Make South Asia Free from Poverty and Deprivation'. They are divided into four sections: Accelerating Rural Growth and Empowering the Rural Poor; Investing in the Social Sector; Improving the Quality of Physical Infrastructure; and Accountability, Institutions and Economic Growth.

Brings together contributions from scholars on demographic changes, gender, and health system and health policies and programmes in India. It highlights the achievements and challenges facing the country in the area of population, gender and health in different settings. It also brings up new methods of analysing the relationship.

Scaling-up access to finance for India's rural poor presents a formidable developmental challenge in a country as vast and varied as India. This book provides the maiden attempt at mid-term performance appraisal of financial inclusion in India. It brings out viability gaps in business, technology and regulatory framework.

Offers an analysis of FDI policies pursued by India and China since opening up. This book analyses the nature, type, sources and direction of inflows to both the countries. It examines the impact of FDI on trade, transfer of technology and employment generation. It explores the reasons for skewed regional distribution of FDI in both the countries.

A report of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, which was set up by the Government of India on 20th September 2004 under the chairmanship of Dr Arjun K Sengupta to review the status of unorganized/informal sector in India including the nature of enterprises, their size, spread and scope, and magnitude of employment.

A collection of essays that reports on various models used in the course of formulating the Eleventh Plan.

Identifies strategic issues facing the human resource management (HRM) of the world body, analyses their impacts on its performance, and proposes measures to make the entity competitive, efficient, and effective. This book tells you where you need to strengthen UN's HRM, where to make cutbacks, and where to remove duplication and overlaps.

This book is one of the first of its kind on the socioeconomic aspects of agricultural biotechnology in India. It covers a range of issues relating to potential, performance and concerns regarding biotechnology in India and offers valuable suggestions for policymaking.

As the world witnesses a flux in the nuclear world order, India has a cautious path to tread to achieve its energy security, nuclear security and make its disarmament calls plausible and practical. This book provides an analysis of the global nuclear order in terms of its implications for India and global disarmament.

The task of formulating workable approaches to the management of international migration remains a formidable challenge or the community. This title identifies policy options that might contribute to the development of broad and coherent strategies to match demand for migrant workers with supply in safe, humane and orderly ways.

Studies the case of high-value agriculture in the state of Uttarakhand in the context of rapid changes in marketing at the national and international level. This book suggests ways on how Uttarakhand can prepare itself better to take advantage of the changing agricultural marketing environment.

Contains the author's assorted articles and lectures on different aspects of the Indian economy in its transition from the highly interventionist regime to a liberalised open economic system and also some international issues which had a bearing on the Indian economy. This book focuses on the variegated dimensions of the Indian economic landscape.

How bad is the Global Crisis? Will the Indian economy be hit hard? What can we do to protect ourselves from global turmoil? Is a growth recession inevitable? How well did we cope with the massive foreign capital inflows in the last five years? This book answers these questions.

Focuses on various facets of financial inclusion ranging from opening up of no-frills accounts to micro-credit to financial literacy, while emphasizing the role of process changes, technology enablement, capacity building and outreach mechanism. This book proposes a model of inclusive development.

There has been debate over the entry of large corporate houses into the retail sector in India. This study finds that both traditional and organized retail can not only coexist but also achieve rapid and sustained growth.

Covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from monetary policy and financial stability to globalisation and economic growth and social development. This book is divided into four sections: Monetary Policy and Fiscal Issues; Growth and Development; Sectoral Issues - Industry, Power, Banking and Agriculture; and, External Sector and Globalisation.

Offers insights into the two vital sectors of the Indian economy.

Presents a study of regulation in developing countries which emerges as a distinct field, as it should, given that these countries have regulatory needs and constraints that differ markedly from those developed countries. This book is of interest to almost a spectrum of professionals connected to regulation or its use.

Analyzes the foundations of democracy at national and global levels, the conditions for sustainability of democracy, and its interconnections with capitalism - be this national or global. This book proposes a complete redesign of the UN system and its economic agencies on a democratic basis.

Deals with the issue of industrialisation and employment especially in the context of importance of the services sector and deceleration of the agricultural sector. This book also examines the historical context of the development of corporate sector in India and the ownership pattern of the sector which has implications for industrialisation.

The Planning Commission has decided to prepare State Development Reports (SDRs) for all states and Union Territories of India. The objective in bringing out these reports is to provide independent quality reference documents on the development profile, set out strategies for accelerating the growth rate of states, lessen disparities and reduce poverty.

The significance of database for agriculture and allied activities lies in the value addition it makes to research and policy formulation. This book presents a wide range of data on crop production and productivity across States/regions, markets and prices, terms of trade, price support and procurement, and domestic and international trade.