15 November, 2019The new globalisation and income inequality
Trade in intermediates (or ‘unbundling of production') and trade in capital have become increasingly important in last 25 years. This article shows that trade in intermediates generates a reallocati...
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Sergi Basco Marti Mestieri 
19 June, 2019
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Exports, global production sharing, and job creation in India
Is it in the interest of a country to promote strong local linkages for its domestic industries or to participate in global production sharing activities wherein linkages are globally dispersed? This ...
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Garima Dhir C. Veeramani
- 09 October, 2019
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Should India reconsider participating in e-commerce negotiations at the WTO ?
India is planning to bring about a national e-commerce policy. However, the government has decided to stay away from negotiations at the World Trade Organization platform to set international e-commer...
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Rahul Prakash Neeti Shikha
- 09 December, 2019
- Perspectives
Should India reconsider participating in e-commerce negotiations at the WTO ?
India is planning to bring about a national e-commerce policy. However, the government has decided to stay away from negotiations at the World Trade Organization platform to set international e-commer...
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Rahul Prakash Neeti Shikha
- 09 December, 2019
- Perspectives
RCEP trade agreement: The road not taken?
Prime Minister Modi recently announced that India would not be joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement between Southeast Asian Nations and its free-trading partners. I...
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Sarthak Agrawal Madhav Malhotra
- 15 November, 2019
- Perspectives
Exports, global production sharing, and job creation in India
Is it in the interest of a country to promote strong local linkages for its domestic industries or to participate in global production sharing activities wherein linkages are globally dispersed? This ...
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Garima Dhir C. Veeramani
- 09 October, 2019
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What explains India’s poor performance in garment exports?
India has been losing its share of the world garment trade over time – it went down from 6% in 2013 to 3.5% in 2016. This article examines the Indian garment industry based on a survey of garment ma...
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Saon Ray
- 28 August, 2019
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The new globalisation and income inequality
Trade in intermediates (or ‘unbundling of production') and trade in capital have become increasingly important in last 25 years. This article shows that trade in intermediates generates a reallocati...
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Sergi Basco Marti Mestieri
- 19 June, 2019
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How operational efficiency of India's ports impacts its manufacturing exports
The average turnaround time of Indian ports has come down significantly since 2010, indicating improvement in their operational efficiency. However, it still is more than two times the level in some o...
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Bishwanath Goldar Mahua Paul
- 10 June, 2019
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Trade agreements and their impact on India’s apparel exports
Slow progress of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations has led to a proliferation of regional and bilateral trade agreements, and consequent increase in trade among their members. While India continues t...
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Arpita Mukherjee Anusree Paul Angana Parashar Sarma Soham Sinha
- 07 January, 2019
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Tapping export destinations for growth
TThe trade environment today is becoming increasingly murky and stormy, despite a strengthening global economy. India’s position – never very remarkable – is being further battered, and its emba...
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Sharmila Kantha
- 09 July, 2018
- Perspectives
Trade rules in e-commerce: Opportunities and concerns for India
India, which is among the fastest growing markets for e-commerce in the world, submitted a formal document to the WTO in December 2017 opposing any negotiations on trade in the sector. In this post, M...
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Avantika Kapoor Arpita Mukherjee
- 04 June, 2018
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The Study of the Food Processing Industry in Bihar
The aim of the project is to understand the driving force for industrial development in the food processing sector in Bihar. The findings of the study revealed that development in food processing in B...
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Barna Ganguli Debdatta Saha
- 08 July, 2017
- IGC Research on India
Foreign market access and competition in India's textile and clothing industries: Impacts on firms and workers
This project aims to estimate the effects of foreign market access and export competition on plants and workers in the textiles and clothing industries in India.
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Krisztina Kis-Katos Janneke Pieters Shruti Sharma
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
One Nation, Many Worlds: Varieties of Developmental Regimes in India
The project developed a theory on developmental regimes through a systematic examination of the variation in policy priorities across Indian states. The findings from the project suggest that two fact...
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Poulomi Chakrabarti Ashutosh Varshney
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India
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Trade rules in e-commerce: Opportunities and concerns for India
India, which is among the fastest growing markets for e-commerce in the world, submitted a formal document to the WTO in December 2017 opposing any negotiations on trade in the sector. In this post, M...
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- 04 June, 2018
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Mega-trading blocs: Where does India stand?
Emerging multilateral trading agreements, resulting in mega-trading blocs, seem to be replacing global negotiations through the WTO. In this article, Sharmila Kantha assesses the potential impact of ...
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What explains India’s poor performance in garment exports?
India has been losing its share of the world garment trade over time – it went down from 6% in 2013 to 3.5% in 2016. This article examines the Indian garment industry based on a survey of garment ma...
- Saon Ray
- 28 August, 2019
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