Development in India [electronic resource] : micro and macro perspectives / S. Mahendra Dev, P.G. Babu, editors.
Mahendra Dev, S., editor.; Babu, P. G. (Palanichamy Gurusamy), editor.
2016
HC433 .D48 2016eb
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Title Development in India [electronic resource] : micro and macro perspectives / S. Mahendra Dev, P.G. Babu, editors.
ISBN 9788132225416 (electronic book)
8132225414 (electronic book)
8132225406
9788132225409
9788132225409
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6
Published New Delhi : Springer, [2016]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6 doi
Call Number HC433 .D48 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.954
Summary This book examines various facets of the development process such as aid, poverty, caste networks, corruption, and judicial activism. It explores the efficiency of and distributional issues related to agriculture, and the roles of macro models and financial markets, with a special emphasis on bubbles, liquidity traps and experimental markets. The importance of finite changes in trade and development, as well as that of information technology and issues related to energy and ecosystems, including sustainability and vulnerability, are analyzed. The book presents papers that were commissioned for the Silver Jubilee celebrations at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). The individual contributions address related development problems, ensuring a homogeneous reading experience and providing a thorough synthesis and understanding of the authors? research areas. The reader will be introduced to various aspects of development thought by leading and contemporary researchers. As such, the book represents an important addition to the literature on economic thought by leading scholars, and will be of great value to graduate students and researchers in the fields of development studies, political economy, and economics in general.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Mahendra Dev, S., editor.
Babu, P. G. (Palanichamy Gurusamy), editor.
Series India studies in business and economics.
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Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction to Development in India: Micro and Macro Perspectives
Part 1: Formal and Informal Institutions
Chapter 2. Caste Networks in the Modern Indian Economy
By Kaivan Munshi
Chapter 3. Evolution of Judicial Activism: The Supreme Court of India By T.N. Srinivasan
Chapter 4. Corruption: Supply-side and Demand-side Solutions By Avinash Dixit
Part 2: Aid and Poverty
Chapter 5. Can a country be a donor and a recipient of Aid? By Ravi Kanbur
Chapter 6. Why is Poverty Declining So Slowly in India? By Ashok Kotwal & Arka Roy Chaudhuri
Part 3: Indian Agriculture: Growth and Distribution
Chapter 7. Agriculture and Structural Transformation 1960-2040: Implications for Double Digit Inclusive Growth By Kirit S. Parikh et al
Chapter 8. Incremental Reforms in Food Policy: What are the Possibilities? By Bharat Ramaswami & Milind Murugkar
Part 4: Financial Markets and Macro economy
Chapter 9. A Model of Bubbles and Crashes By Dilip Abreu
Chapter 10. Experimental Exploration into Macroeconomics By Shyam Sunder
Chapter 11. Does the Tail Wag the Dog? The Effect of Credit Default Swaps on Credit Risk By Marti Subrahmanyam et al
Chapter 12. Financial Crisis and Liquidity Trap: Some Theoretical and Policy Perspectives By Mihir Rakshit
Part 5: Technological Change, Trade and Development
Chapter 13. Finite Change: Implications for Trade Theory, Policy and Development By Sugata Marjit & Biswajit Mandal
Chapter 14. Information Technology and its Role in India?s Economic Development: A Review By Nirvikar Singh
Part 6: Ecosystems and Energy
Chapter 15. Value of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in South Asia and India: Past, Present and Future By Anil Markandya
Chapter 16. Climate Resilient Cities: Vulnerability Profiling Of Twenty Indian Cities By Jyoti Parikh et al
Chapter 17. Challenges for Sustainable Energy Development in India By Dilip R. Ahuja.

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