Category Archives: Employment and Livelihoods
India’s Poor human development
AS A major driver of world growth, India’s record on human development is very disappointing. The fastest growing economy of the world after China ranked a poor 119 on the United Nations Development Programme’s latest Human Development Index of 169 countries, trailing behind even countries with modest growth, in indicators such as education, health and […]
The haves, the have-nots and the dreamless dead
In 2007, when the world was on the brink of financial crisis, U.S. income inequality hit its highest mark since 1928, just before the Great Depression. Economists are only beginning to study the parallels between the 1920s and the most recent decade to try to understand why both periods ended in financial disaster. Their early […]
Towards a mixed economy
Fri Sep 24 2010, the Indian Express Economic reform begins in earnest. Some of the unemployed will be offered new government jobs, including in the police and tourism. But hundreds of thousands will be expected to fend for themselves. To help them, self-employment is to be legalised in dozens of areas, from transport to construction. The […]
India’s surprising economic miracle
Tuesday 5 October ’10. The Indian Express The country’s state may be weak, but its private companies are strong. The Indian government recognises the need to tackle the infrastructure crisis, and is getting better at persuading private firms to stump up the capital. But the process is slow and infected with corruption.
On top of the world
Thu Oct 14 2010, The Indian Express Why the West’s present dominance is both recent and temporary???? Ian Morris, a polymathic Stanford University professor of classics and history, has written a remarkable book that may come to be as widely read as Paul Kennedy’s 1987 work, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Like Mr […]
The quest for growth
Thu Oct 14 2010 The Economist Newspaper. It may depend on structural reforms as much as prudent macroeconomic policy
The other demographic dividend
15 October ’10, Indian Express Emerging markets are teeming with young entrepreneurs
India to soon achieve 9 pct growth: FM
India, the world’s second fastest growing major economy, has called the global investor community to participate in the growth story saying the country was poised to expand by 9 per cent.
India Inc optimistic over growth: D&B
Corporate India is upbeat about the robust growth prospects in the current quarter, with an index measuring business optimism levels rising sharply for the October-December period. However, concerns remain over a possible rise in interest rates.
Farmers without title deeds can look forward to JLG
Farmers who are deprived of bank loans due to inappropriate title deeds can now avail of loans with the help of the Joint Liability Group (JLG), a scheme devised by Union Bank of India is being encouraged by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Developments (NABARD).