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Oct 31, 2005
Key Issues on Development
The history of thinking and action on ‘development’ is, perhaps, the story of human civilization itself. However, the modern era of development thought and policy dates back to the end of the Second World War. In this era, the development paradigm has had its share of debate. The major questions, in any such debate, have been mostly as follows: What development is all about? How do we measure it? What is (or are) the approach (es) to development? What is the role of t
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Oct 31, 2005
Business Process Outsourcing Concept, Current Trends, Management and Future Challenges
The title of the book evokes considerable academic interest given its topical significance. The book is broadly divided into nine parts. The theme of the book is on current trends of business process outsourcing (BPO) in India. A detailed study on outsourcing is especially relevant to India in the light of outcry from the West against exporting jobs. In this regard a recent citing may be noted: - "Catholics outsource prayer requests- Shortages of US priests have churc
Oct 31, 2005
Boom and Slump Periods in the Indian IPO Market
This paper attempts a detailed investigation of the boom and slump phases in the Indian primary capital market. It concentrates on two key variables, namely, IPO volume and initial returns and analyses their nature and interrelation during these two periods. This study also analyses the firm-specific characteristics and their influence on the timing of a company getting listed in the hot and cold market. The IPO volume series was autocorrelated over the entire period
Oct 31, 2005
A Revisit
I am very happy to respond to Govenor Reddy’s request that I write "a detailed Preface to the reprint of the First Volume of the History of the Reserve Bank of India, which would give the readers the full background." It is an excellent idea of Dr. Reddy to elicit from the author, after about thirty-five years, important and interesting aspects of the background of the History that may contribute to a full understanding of the contents of the History, not even a comma
Oct 31, 2005
Outsourcing to India : The Offshore Advantage
The world economy has fast turned into a ‘service economy’ since the 1990s. Services revolution across the globe has changed the business map and the way business is conducted. Around the world, phenomenal growth of services sector has outstripped the growth in real GDP in a number of economies from Asia and the OECD. This high growth of services has been aided by the expansion of trade in services due to increased tradability of a variety of business and other servic
Oct 31, 2005
Liquidity Adjustment in Value at Risk (VAR) Model : Evidence from the Indian Debt Market
Conventional Value at Risk models are severely constrained while dealing with liquidity risk. This inevitably leads to an underestimation of overall risk and consequently misapplication of capital for the safety of financial institutions. Standard Value at Risk (VaR) model assumes that any quantity of securities can be traded without influencing market prices. In reality, most markets are less than perfectly liquid and many securities cannot be traded with ease in mar
Oct 31, 2005
International Trade in Goods : Performance of India vis-a-vis a Few Important Economies in South and East Asia
This paper analyses India’s performance in international trade in goods with a few important economies in South and East Asia, viz., China, Hong Kong SAR (China), Taiwan (China), Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand based on certain trade indicators during the years 1980, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. It is observed that performance by India in merchandise trade did not compare well with these economies. However, the study rev
Oct 31, 2005
The Interbank Money Market in India : Evidence on Volatility, Efficacy of Regulatory Initiatives and Implications for Interest Rate Targetting
The working of the interbank money market (the call money market) and the conduct of monetary policy are inextricably linked in economies that depend predominantly on indirect instruments of monetary policy. The stability of the call money rate, namely, the rate at which short term funds are lent and borrowed is, therefore, of critical importance to central banks which view it as an operational target to signal the stance of monetary policy. Experience shows that regu
Feb 04, 2005
Rural Income : Some Evidence of Effect of Rural Credit During Last Three Decades
Tapas Kumar Chakrabarty* Introduction Section I The Reserve Bank’s Initiatives towards Rural Credit : An Historical Perspective Section II Some Quantitative Analysis of Rural Credit Section III Empirical Results Section IV Concluding Observations The growth of the rural economy is an important driver of the economy as a whole. Sectoral demand matrices substantiate the importance of the rural demand to boost other activities. The present study tri
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