Economy

In search of economic alternatives for gender and social justice: voices from India

This publication is a collection of Indian voices on economic structures, relations and principles that are needed to serve the goals of sustainable economic and human development, poverty eradication, social justice, and empowerment of the most vulnerable segments of society: women, dalits and adivasis.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Christa Wichterich
WIDE
Tags:
Land Ownership, Agriculture, Water Privatisation, Women, Economic Development, Services, Informal Sector, India, Food Security
Economy

Service sector in India (2006-07): economic characteristics of enterprises

National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducted an integrated survey of households and service sector enterprises in the 63rd round of NSS during July 2006 - June 2007. The subjects covered were service sector enterprises (excluding trade) and household consumer expenditure.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
National Sample Survey Organisation
Tags:
Economy, Consumption Patterns, Workers, Services, India
Economy

National Consumer Policy - Draft

The basic objective of the National Consumer Policy is the need to ensure that goods, services and technology are available to the consumers at reasonable prices and at acceptable standards of quality.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2009
Department of Consumer Affairs
Tags:
Economy, Consumption Patterns, Services, Informal Sector, India
Economy

Asia-Pacific trade and investment report 2009

With a focus on the theme

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
United Nations
Tags:
Development, Trade, Economy, Services, Asia, India, Sustainable Development
Economy

Economic outlook for 2009/10

Marking a distinct break from the past the economy grew at an average of 8.5 per cent and the per capita GDP at 6.9 per cent in the five-year period from 2004/05 to 2008/09, despite the crisis-affected year of 2008/09.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Prices, Mining, Monsoons, Trade, Economy, Construction Industry, Electricity, Services, Industry, India
Habitat And Urbanisation

The dynamics of land use in Lahore inner city: the case of Mochi Gate

This paper discusses the dynamics of land use in the inner city of Lahore, based on a study of the Mochi Gate locality in particular.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Rabia Ezdi
Environment & Urbanisation
21
2
477
Tags:
Urban Land Use, Lahore, Informal Sector, Urban Decay, Economy, Services, Urban Sanitation, Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

The limits of land titling and home ownership

This paper reviews whether land titling programmes have achieved the benefits claimed by their proponents. It finds that they have generally failed to do so.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Geoffrey Payne, Alain Durand-Lasserve, Carole Rakodi
Environment & Urbanisation
21
2
443
Tags:
Land Tenure, Urban Housing, Habitat And Urbanisation, Poverty, South Africa, Services, Slums, Finance, Global
Habitat And Urbanisation

The urban poor development fund in Cambodia: supporting local and citywide development

Following the Pol Pot era in Cambodia, the high levels of poverty, rapid urban growth and low level of community organization were exacerbated by an absence of government support for the poor. The Urban Poor Development Fund (UPDF) was established in 1998 to provide support to a growing number of community-based savings groups.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
Gabriela Sauter, Somsak Phonphakdee, Sok Visal
Environment & Urbanisation
21
2
569
Tags:
Urban Housing, Poverty, Slum Upgrading, Cambodia, Finance, Services, Public Participation, Habitat And Urbanisation
Economy

Public-private partnerships in India: A case for reform?

The public-private partnership model has emerged as the favoured model of project execution in India, especially in infrastructure, health and education. This article traces the theoretical underpinnings of PPP under a neoliberal, marketdriven and growth-oriented state. It describes the economic imperatives for public and private resource management and the case for PPP.

Publication Date: 
15/08/2009
Amrita Datta
Economic and Political Weekly
44
33
73
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Health, Economy, Water Supply, Sanitation, Economic Development, Services, Public Sector, Private Sector, Education, NGO, India, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Tiruppur, Infrastructure Development
Economy

 Free trade will bind India

30 agreements to be signed; they violate public interest say activists the seventh round of free trade negotiations between India and EU held at Brussels in mid-July ended in a deadlock after the negotiators disagreed on the modalities of the agreement. Fresh talks will be held in November to thresh out details of the free trade agreement (fta) to ease movement of goods and open up

Publication Date: 
14/08/2009
Gauri Kashyap
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Trade, Economy, Insurance, Drugs, Drug Industry, Economic Relations, Services, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Japan, South Korea, India, European Union (EU)

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