Publications

India Observatory Working Papers

• IOWP11: Empowering Labour Force in Technology Driven Era: An Indian Context

  Ruth Kattumuri and Shantanu Singh (2020)

  Keywords: Labour, technology, productivity, India.

• IOWP10: Smart Cities for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Transitions: Some options for India

  Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio and Ruth Kattumuri (2019)

  Keywords: Smart cities, sustainablity, inclusion, property tax, India.

• IOWP09: Governance and Fiscal Policy for achieving the SDGs in the Asian Region: South‐South Learning

  Ehtisham Ahmad (2017)

  Keywords: Governance, fiscal policy, sustainable development, asia, South-South learning.

• IOWP08: Public Investment for Sustainable Development

  Ehtisham Ahmad (2017)

  Keywords: Public investment, infrastructure, good practice, sustainable development.

• IOWP07: Contracting Arrangements and PPPs for Sustainable Development

  Ehtisham Ahmad, Annalisa Vinella and Kezhou Xiao (2017)

  Keywords: Investment, sustainable development, public-private partnerships.

• IOWP06: Political Economy of Tax Reform for SDGs: Improving the Investment Climate; Addressing Inequality; Stopping the Cheating

  Ehtisham Ahmad (2017)

  Keywords: Political economy, tax reform, investment, inequality, sustainable development.

• IOWP05: Sustainable Urban Development in India: A tale of two Mahindra World Cities

  Ruth Kattumuri with Sunil Kurian and Mahindra World Cities Team (2017)

  Keywords: Sustainable development, urbanisation, India.

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• IOWP04: ‘Incentive Conscious’ Agents and Moral Hazard

  Swapnendu Banerjee and Oindrila Dey (2017)

  Keywords: Incentive-consciousness, incentives, moral hazard, optimal contract.

• IOWP03: ‘To sell or not to sell’: Patent licensing versus selling by an outside innovator in the linear city framework

  Swapnendu Banerjee and Sougata Poddar (2017)

  Keywords: Outside innovator, Cost-reducing innovation, Licensing, Selling, Linear city model.

• IOWP02: A More Sustainable Energy Strategy for India

  Montek Ahluwalia, Himanshu Gupta and Nicholas Stern (2017)

  Keywords: Sustainable, energy, India.

• IOWP01: Trade liberalization and Quality Innovation: A Theory and Some Evidence

  Swapnendu Banerjee (2016)

  Keywords: Trade liberalization, quality innovation, economy.

Asia Research Centre Working Papers

• Second Demographic Transition or Aspirations in Transition - An exploratory analysis of lowest-low fertility in Kolkata, India

  Saswata Ghosh (2015)

  Keywords: Second demographic transition, lowest-low fertility, fertility rate, fertility transition.

• Location Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Services: Evidence from Chinese Provincial-level data

  Feng Yin, Mingque Ye and Lingli Xu (2014)

  Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Services, Location, Determinants, China

• Measuring HDI - The Old the New and the Elegant: Implications for multidimensional development and social inclusiveness

  Srijit Mishra and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan (2014)

  Keywords: displaced ideal, hiatus sensitivity to level, MANUSH, Minkowski distance, shortfall sensitivity, uniform development

• Farmers' Suicides in India, 1995-2012: Measurement and interpretation

  Srijit Mishra (2014)

  Keywords: Bt cotton, farmers' suicides, India, livelihood, people-centric, techno-centric

• Crop Insurance for Adaptation to Climate Change in India

  Mamata Swain (2014)

  Keywords: climate change, agricultural risk, adaptation, crop insurance, odisha, India

• Diasporas Transforming Homelands - Nuancing 'collective remittance' practices in a western Indian village

  Sudeep Basu (2013)

  Keywords: collective remittances, diaspora philanthropy, dan, social transformation, village collectives

• Environment and the Aging Experience Among South Indian Hunter-Gatherers

  Seetha Kakkoth (2011)

  Keywords: Environment, aging, India, hunter-gatherers

• Nutrition Status in Palanpur

  Dipa Sinha (2011)

  Keywords: Nutrition, Palanpur, India

• The Invisible Half - Women's Status in Palanpur

  Dipa Sinha and Rosalinda Coppoletta (2011)

  Keywords: Women, literacy, employment, Palanpur, India

• Developments in education in Palanpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh

  Ruth Kattumuri and Dinesh Kumar Tiwari (2011)

  Keywords: Development, education, literacy, Palanpur, village, India

• Change and Continuity: Agriculture in Palanpur

  Ashish Tyagi and Himanshu (2011)

  Keywords: Agriculture, Palanpur, India, change, tenancy

• Tenancy in Palanpur

  Ashish Tyagi and Himanshu (2011)

  Keywords: Tenancy, agriculture, Palanpur, India

• Stepping out of Palanpur: Employment outside Palanpur

  Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay (2011)

  Keywords: employment, Palanpur, India, long-term migration

• Poverty, Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur: Observations from Palanpur

  Himanshu, Ishan Bakshi and Camille Dufour (2011)

  Keywords: Poverty, inequality, mobility, Palanpur, India

• Non-Farm Diversification and Rural Poverty Decline: A perspective from Indian sample survey and village study data

  Himanshu, Peter Lanjouw, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and Rinku Murgai (2011)

  Keywords: employment, diversification, rural non-farm sector, delcine of poverty, India, village

• India and an Indian village: 50 years of economic development in Palanpur

  Himanshu and Nicholas Stern (2011)

  Keywords: India, Palanpur, village, economic development, growth

• Access to Finance: a functional approach to supply and demand

  Greg Fischer (2011)

  Keywords: Finance, supply, demand, India

• Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the impact of transportation infrastructure

  Dave Donaldson (2011)

  Keywords: Transport, infrastructure, India

• Labour Force Participation of Women in India: Some facts, some queries

  Surjit Bhalla and Ravinder Kaur (2011)

  Keywords: Labour force participation, women, India

• Inclusion and Growth in India: Some facts, some conclusions

  Surjit Bhalla (2011)

  Keywords: Inclusion, growth, India

• Food Security and the Targeted Public Distribution System in India

  Ruth Kattumuri (2011)

  Keywords: Food security, targeted public distribution system, India

• Children with Disabilities in Private Inclusive Schools in Mumbai: Experiences and Challenges

  Ashima Das, Ruth Kattumuri (2010)

  Keywords: Children with disabilities, Inclusive Education, Self Concept, Developing Countries, Mumbai, India

• Multidimensional Poverty and the state of child health in India

  Sanjay Kumar Mohanty (2010)

  Keywords: poverty, children, India

• IT Industry in Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for India

  Raja Mitra (2009)

  Keywords: growth, IT, BPO, India

• Effective Carbon Taxes and Public Policy Options: Insights from India and Pakistan

  Ehtisham Ahmad, Nicholas Stern (2009)

  Keywords: public finance, developing countries, India, Pakistan, indirect tax systems, environmental tax, carbon tax, carbon taxation

• GST Reforms and Intergovernmental considerations in India

  Ehtisham Ahmad, Satya Poddar (2009)

  Keywords: sales tax, VAT, India

• Impact of Competition on Microfinance Beneficiaries: Evidence from India

  Samapti Guha (2007)

  Keywords: India, microfinance, financial institutions, government agencies, non-government agencies, competition, repayment

• Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India

  Rumi Aijaz (2007)

  Keywords: local government institutions, urban development, infrastructure, local governance, India

• Contrarian Lives: Christians and Contemporary Protest in Jharkhand

  Sushil J Aaron (2007)

  Keywords: Jharkhand, India, colonial regions, postcolonial regimes, development, adivasi, Christian politics, church

• Indian Exceptionalism? A Discussion on India's Experiment with Constitutional Secularism

  Mathew John (2006)

  Keywords: secularism, sectarian violence, constitutional secularism, democracy, Euro-American, secular state, immigration, Islam, postcolonial polemic, India, non-Western polities, Indian Supreme Court

• Producing a Rationale for Dowry? Gender in the Negotiation of Exchange at Marriage in Kerala, South India

  Praveena Kodoth (2006)

  Keywords: dowry, India, matrilineal castes, Kerala, gender, conjugal patronage, Indian social policy, identity

• India's Policy on Genetically Modified Crops

  Anitha Ramanna (2006)

  Keywords: genetically modified crops, India, economic development, impact of technology on society, farmer relations, business relations, NGOs, agricultural biotechnology, agriculture, biotechnology, environment, policy

• On the Allocation of Public Goods to Villages in India

  Santanu Gupta

  Keywords: religion, public services, infrastructure, basic amenities, education, health, development factors, Indian villages, India

• Identity, hegemony, resistance: conversions in Orissa, 1800-2000

  Biswamoy Pati

  Keywords: Hinduism, conversion, social dynamics, India

• Silence, hurt and choice: attitudes to prostitution in India and the West

  Geetangali Gangoli

  Keywords: prostitution, feminism, India, the West, feminist politics, sexuality

• Consumer Food Subsidies: What Needs to be Done in India?

  Madhura Swaminathan

  Keywords: India, PDS, household food security, food subsidies