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Economic and Sector Studies

1. India Policy Briefs
   • Policy Urban Passenger Transport: Framework for an Optimal Modal Mix by Geetam Tiwari [ PDF: 65kb | 11 pages ]
   • Critical Issues in India's Services-led Growth by Rashmi Banga [ PDF: 52.2kb | 8 pages ]
   • Agricultural Market Credit for Strengthening Indian Agriculture by S. S. Acharya [ PDF: 77.9kb | 14 pages ]
   • Foreign Capital Inflow into India: Determinants and Management by Soumyen Sikdar [ PDF: 64.1kb | 10 pages ]
   • Legal Impediments to Rural Development by Sandeep Shastri [ PDF: 49.3kb | 9 pages ]
   • Energy Pricing by Prem Kalra and Energy Efficiency and Conservation by Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia and Alok Goyal [ PDF: 52.7kb | 11 pages ]
   • Electricity Regulatory Mechanism by S. L. Rao and Environmental Aspect of Power Development by P. V. Sridharan [ PDF: 53.7kb | 11 pages ]
   • Regulatory Framework for Infrastructure by D. Narasimha Rao and Subhashish [ PDF: 83kb | 14 pages ]
   • Decentralization and Local Finance by G.Narendra Kumar and The Working of State Finance Commissions by Ravikant Joshi [ PDF: 74kb | 12 pages ]
   • Trade Liberalization, Poverty, and Income Inequality in India by Rajat Acharyya and Nontariff Barriers Affecting India's Exports by Rajesh Mehta [ PDF: 100kb | 15 pages ]
   • Small-scale Industries in the Age of Liberalization by Sebastian Morris and Rakesh Basant and Disinvestment and Privatization in India: Assessment and Options by R. Nagaraj [ PDF: 89kb | 15 pages ]
   • Hiving off Noncore Activities in Railways by P. K. Malik [ PDF: 69kb | 9 pages ]
   • Viability of Inland Water Transport in India by Narayan Rangaraj and G. Raghuram [ PDF: 78kb | 11 pages ]
   • Bottlenecks in the Growth of Coastal Shipping by S. Sundar and Pragya Jaswal [ PDF: 61kb | 9 pages ]
   • Prioritizing Agricultural Research and Extension by C. Ramasamy and K. N. Selvaraj [ PDF: 75kb | 13 pages ]
   • Emerging Issues in Land Policy by R. S. Deshpande [ PDF: 77kb | 12 pages ]


2. Human Development in India: The Nineties (2005) [ PDF: 118kb | 39 pages ]
   Bhaskar Dutta
   • Introduction
   • Inter-State Variations
   • Human Development
   • Policy Implications
   • Concluding Remarks
   • References
   
   
3. J & K Economy: Reform And Reconstruction (June, 2004) [ PDF: 379kb | 32 pages ]
   Haseeb A Drabu
   • Analytical Overview
   • State Profile
   • Macroeconomic Trends
   • State Finances
   • Infrastructural Availability
   • Needs Assessment
   • General Observations
   • Recommendations
   
   Appendixes I - IV
   
   
4. Governance for Improved Public and Judicial Management in India (2003) [ PDF: 420kb | 29 pages ]
   Kuldeep Mathur
• Purpose
• Recognition of the Critical Role of Good Governance
• The Democratic Upsurge and the Governance Agenda
• The Constitutional Institutions of Governance
• Social Sector in the Division of Powers in the Federal System
• Improving Bureaucratic Capacity and Administrative Reform
• Legal Redressal System and Legal Framework for Development
• Making Decentralization Effective for Good Governance
• The Role of Other Development Partners
• ADB's Approach
• Monitoring and evaluation: measuring impact
  Appendixes 1-4


5. Private Sector Assessment - India (2003) [ PDF: 2,137kb | 88 pages ]
   Crisil Infrastructure Advisory
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Overview and Status of the Private Sector in India
• Constraints to Private Sector Development - Enabling Environment
• Constraints to Private Sector Participation - Infrastructure
• ADB Assistance Strategy
• Annexure 1 - Ports
• Annexure 2 - Power
• Annexure 3 - Telecom
• Annexure 4 - Passenger Road Transport
• Annexure 5 - Urban housing
• Annexure 6 - Highways
• Annexure 7 - Urban water Supply and Sewage
• Annexure 8 - Health
• Annexure 9 - Education
• Annexure 10 - Pipeline of Infrastructure Projects


6. India: Gender Briefing Paper (2002) [ PDF: 771kb | 32 pages ]
   Jayati Ghosh
• Introduction
• The Situation of Women in India
• Critical emerging issues and the effects of public policy
• ADB's Country strategy and the effect on women; Strategies for mainstreaming gender concerns


7. Poverty in India - An Assessment and Analysis (2002) [ PDF: 3,210kb | 72 pages ]
   K. Sundaram and Suresh D. Tendulkar
• Indian Economy through Ten Years of Economic Reforms and Growth
• Income-Poverty in India
• Non-Income Dimensions of Poverty in India in the 1990s: Some Recent Evidence
• Poverty Reduction in the Tenth Five Year Plan
• Implications for Country Operations Strategy
  Appendixes


8. The State of Government Finances, Fiscal Reforms and the Role of ADB (2002) [ PDF: 728kb | 15 pages ]
   Sudipto Mundle and Hiranya Mukhopadhyay
• Introduction
• Emergence of the Fiscal Crisis in India
• Center-State Fiscal Relationship
• Central Government Finances
• Finances of the States
• Debt Sustainability Issues
• Future Reform Agenda
• Assistance by ADB and other Development Partners
• The Way Forward


9. TAR: IND 36061 Policy Research Networking to Strengthen Policy Reforms