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فروری 06, 2008
A Sustainable Fiscal Policy For India - An International Perspective
The fiscal policy assumes centre stage in policy deliberations as the continuous fiscal imbalances and rising levels of public debt pose risks to the prospects for macroeconomic stability, and accelerating and sustaining growth. Appropriate and timely fiscal policy measures can promote growth by setting efficient and effective use of scarce resources and by creating the right incentive signals. The well designed fiscal strategy would help to move an economy like India
فروری 06, 2008
Creativity@Work
Creativity@Work_ – S. Ramachander 2006 – Publisher: Response Books, (A Division of Sage Publications) New Delhi, Pages 203 Price Rs 320 Creativity@Work is a slim reasonably priced document (194 pages) and is a treasure of information. It is divided into 15 chapters and has 15 engaging illustrations, which draw out and encapsulate the written word. The book can serve as a guide to the creativity latent in all of us. It encourages the reader to see things differently,
فروری 06, 2008
Current Issues in Agriculture Credit in India: An Assessment
Ramesh Golait* This paper attempts to analyse the issues in agricultural credit in India. The analysis reveals that the credit delivery to the agriculture sector continues to be inadequate. It appears that the banking system is still hesitant on various grounds to purvey credit to small and marginal farmers. The situation calls for concerted efforts to augment the flow of credit to agriculture, alongside exploring new innovations in product design and methods of deliv
فروری 06, 2008
Competitiveness of India's Manufacturing Sector: An Assessment of Related Issues
L. Lakshmanan, S. Chinngaihlian and Raj Rajesh*This paper provides an analytical abstract of various parameters of manufacturing competitiveness of the Indian economy. India's manufacturing exports have risen impressively in the past decade or so and found to be directly linked to the world GDP and inversely related to real effective exchange rate (REER). Indian manufacturing industries have certain inherent strengths and advantages in having a relatively inexpensive,
اکتوبر 11, 2007
Occasional Papers - Winter 2006
اکتوبر 11, 2007
The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction
“The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction“ by Hal R. Varian, Joseph Farrell, Carl Shapiro, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004, pages 102, Price Rs. 795 This book provides probably an ideal introduction on economic factors affecting information technology industries. It is concise and is organised into two main sections. The first section of the book outlines the economics of Information Technology (IT) industries. This section asserts that be
اکتوبر 11, 2007
The Fundamental Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in India: An Approach to Estimation and Measurement of Misalignment
Himanshu Joshi*The problem of judging whether the real exchange rate is undervalued or overvalued in relation to its long-run equilibrium path is of potential interest to policy makers responsible for the exchange rate management policy of any country. This paper attempts an estimation of the real equilibrium exchange rate for India for the period in the latter half of the 1990s using fundamental economic variables by decomposing a structural VAR vested with appropria
اکتوبر 11, 2007
Monetary Conditions Index for India
R. Kannan, Siddhartha Sanyal and Binod Bihari Bhoi* In India, against the backdrop of continuous development and integration of financial markets – both domestically and with the global economy – the role of rate channels in influencing monetary conditions has increased substantially in the recent past in contrast to the exclusive dominance of the quantum channel during the 1980s. This paper attempts to construct a monetary conditions index (MCI) for India in order t
اکتوبر 11, 2007
A Review of Trends in Banking Indicators in North Eastern Region of India
Amarendra Sahoo and J.K. Khundrakpam*This paper reviews whether the rapid growth in banking indicators in the North Eastern region of India following nationalisation of 14 major banks in 1969 and another six in 1980 based on social banking was sustained or not. It finds a phenomenon of retarding trend in almost all the banking parameters in the region since the beginning of the 1990s. It then attempts to reason out the impediments typically affecting the region, which
اکتوبر 11, 2007
Bancassurance: A Feasible Strategy for Banks in India?
A. Karunagaran* This paper attempts to explore the scope for bancassurance models as feasible source of sustainable income to banking sector by exploiting the synergy in the context of India having the largest banking network on the one hand and lower insurance penetration and insurance density on the other hand. While analysing the present trend of banks handling insurance products, it also highlights some of the likely issues in general as well as specific from the
اکتوبر 11, 2007
Globalisation and Opening Markets in Developing Countries and Impact on National Firms and Public Governance: The Case of India
Globalisation and Opening Markets in Developing Countries and Impact on National Firms and Public Governance: The Case of India by Jean-Francois Huchet & Joel Ruet, Scientific Coordinators, Report by CSH, CERNA, LSE, ORF NCAER, New Delhi, 2006, Pages 389. World over, globalisation has the fundamental effect on economic development. India is no exception to this global phenomenon. Developing countries can no longer so easily play the protectionist card and a
اکتوبر 11, 2007
Non Deliverable Foreign Exchange Forward Market: An Overview
Non Deliverable Foreign Exchange Forward Market: An Overview Sangita Misra and Harendra Behera* Recognising the growing activity in the non deliverable forward (NDF) market in the recent years, the paper attempts to present a detailed analysis of the NDF market with special focus on Indian rupee. An attempt is made to study the interlinkages among the spot, forward and NDF markets for Indian rupee. Using daily exchange rate data from Reuters database for the period N
اکتوبر 23, 2006
Occasional Papers - Summer and Monsoon 2006
اکتوبر 23, 2006
A Review of Cross-Country Experience in Capital Account Liberalisation
Mohua Roy, Rekha Misra and Sangita Misra*The paper reviews the experience of select countries - both advanced and emerging markets - in regard to capital account liberalisation (CAL). The advanced countries' experience with regard to CAL is analysed with special focus on the sequencing of CAL. The move towards CAL by many of the emerging market economies (EMEs) during the 1980s and the circumstances that led to some policy reversals and the subsequent change in the ma
اکتوبر 23, 2006
Identifying Asset Price Bubbles in the Housing Market in India - Preliminary Evidence
Himanshu Joshi* Devoted to the analysis of housing market in India, the paper employs a special decomposition scheme for the structural VAR proposed by Blanchard and Quah (1989) to study the impact of permanent shocks to housing prices attributed to monetary variables and income growth - and, in the process, attempts to identify speculative price bubbles in the housing market. Based on the monthly data, the empirical evidence obtained in the paper suggests that the h
اکتوبر 23, 2006
The Performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in India: Has Past Anything to Suggest for Future?
Biswa Swarup Misra* Since their inception, regional rural banks (RRBs) have taken deep roots and have become a sort of inseparable part of the rural credit structure in India. The financial viability of the RRBs has, however, been a matter of concern since the 1980s, just five years after their existence. A number of committees have gone into the issue of their financial viability and possible restructuring. This study follows a deductive approach. First the extent o
اکتوبر 23, 2006
What Drives Forward Premia in Indian Forex Market?
Anil Kumar Sharma and Anujit Mitra* This paper explores the behaviour of the forward premia for US$ vis-à-vis INR during the five-year period of September 2000 to September 2005. Indian forex market experienced a peculiar phenomenon in the years 2003 and 2004 where the forward premia on US$ spot (cash) vis-à-vis Indian rupee became negative. This phenomenon was somewhat uncommon to Indian forex market wherein Indian rupee was always at discount to US$ in the past. Th
اکتوبر 23, 2006
Banking Sector Developments in India, 1980-2005: What the Annual Accounts Speak?
Banking sector in India is currently passing through an exciting and challenging phase. The reform measures have brought about sweeping changes in this vital sector of the country's economy. This paper is an attempt to study the trends in important banking indicators for the 25-year period from 1980 to 2005. Analysing the data from balance sheets of banks, the paper draws some important conclusions for the banking sector as a whole as well as for different bank groups
اکتوبر 23, 2006
Public Finance in Developing and Transitional Countries
The book is a collection of essays presented in a conference held in the honour of Richard Bird whose extensive contribution to the fiscal literature emphasised that the unique standards or norms should not be trusted as the simplistic solutions are dangerously insufficient to deal with complications posed by the real world. His contribution to fiscal federalism has moulded the shape of federalism in several economies. He taught that tax reforms should be based on und
اکتوبر 23, 2006
High-Tech Industries in China
This book gives the readers a wealth of information on R&D in China. It is said that the rise of India and China as centres of innovation will radically change the technology industry existing today which is based mainly in western countries. This study is exclusively on Chinese high-tech industry but very relevant to India, as India is gradually picking up in technology intensive industries. The book reveals the secrets behind the success of China in developing h
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