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Impact of trade reforms on labour’s share of firm revenues
The decline in labour’s share of national income in recent decades – a potential cause of rising inequality – has coincided with an increase in world trade. This column analyses the impact of trade re...
- Reshad N Ahsan Devashish Mitra
- 25 July, 2014
- Articles
Turning to the pharmaceutical sector for enhancing India-Pakistan trade
Various efforts have been made to normalise trade relations between India and Pakistan in the past few years; yet, several barriers remain. This column examines the trade potential in pharmaceuticals ...
- Devyani Pande Manoj Pant
- 23 July, 2014
- Articles
Investment in Pakistan: Prospects and challenges for India
With the growing importance of India as a leading source of FDI in South Asia, and Pakistan’s liberal investment policies, there is great potential for Pakistan to attract FDI from India. This column...
- Samridhi Bimal
- 21 July, 2014
- Articles
Tell us what you really think: Measuring gender attitudes in Haryana
Changing basic gender attitudes may be crucial for alleviating discrimination against women and improving gender outcomes. This column describes a unique measurement tool developed by social psycholo...
- Diva Dhar Tarun Jain Seema Jayachandran
- 18 July, 2014
- Articles
The challenge of fulfilling aspirations
This year’s election is a watershed in Indian history. This editorial discusses possible reasons for the stunning defeat of the previous government. While there is no denying that the previous govern...
- Ashok Kotwal
- 15 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Modi's first Budget for India: Disappointing but retrievable
In this article, Arvind Subramanian contends that while Modi’s first Budget was good on vision, it fell short in terms of fiscal adjustment, budgetary transparency and credibility, and specificity an...
- Arvind Subramanian
- 15 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Improving children's learning: Challenges and priorities for the new government
Over the last 15 years, continued effort to universalise access to elementary education in India has resulted in high enrolment rates in schools. Now that most children are in school, policy and plan...
- Rukmini Banerji
- 14 July, 2014
- Notes from the Field
Two views on the Budget
The Modi government’s first Budget has received a mixed response. Eswar Prasad and Bharat Ramaswami present two distinct views on the Budget. While Prasad is of the opinion that the Budget hits the r...
- Eswar Prasad Bharat Ramaswami
- 12 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Keys to successful reform in India
The new Indian government’s first budget - due to be unveiled this week – will be an important indicator of how forcefully the new PM intends to translate his mandate of putting India’s economy back ...
- Eswar Prasad
- 09 July, 2014
- Perspectives
Andhra Pradesh's youth training and employment scheme: Did it work?
To promote youth employment, the state government of Andhra Pradesh launched an innovative public-private partnership programme for skill development, training and job placement for the youth. This n...
- Rajendra Kondepati
- 07 July, 2014
- Notes from the Field
Financial inclusion of women: Myth or reality?
Research indicates that initiatives targeted at financial inclusion of women have had limited success. This column contends that limited formal ownership of material assets by women and a lack of und...
- Deepti KC Mudita Tiwari
- 04 July, 2014
- Articles
Putting undernutrition higher on the political agenda in India
In his previous article, Lawrence Haddad contented that globally, we are in the midst of a ‘perfect storm’ for ending undernutrition, and maximum effort is required to take advantage of this transfor...
- Lawrence Haddad
- 02 July, 2014
- Perspectives