National Council of Applied Economic Research
This roundtable organised by NCAER presented some of the results from India Human Development Survey (IHDS), a unique panel survey carried out by NCAER in collaboration with University of Maryland. First round of this survey of over 41,000 households was conducted in 2004-5, just before NREGA was implemented. The second round conducted in 2011-12 resurveyed... Read More
Against the backdrop of this to-be-released (2015) NCAER book authored by Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, Hari Nagarajan and S.S. Meenakshisundaram, the roundtable discussions explored the effectiveness of long-standing Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in India as part of strategy of good-governance at the grass-root level. With a strong emphasis on the linkages between local self-government and planning,... Read More
India’s oldest and largest economic think-tank, NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi, signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center (SRC) to promote collaborative survey research. SRC is a global leader in survey methodology and technology, and is part of Michigan’s Institute for Social... Read More
New Delhi, Saturday, 1 November 2014: At a seminar held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) presented the Mid-Year Review of the Economy, 2014-15. The Review covered the performance of the economy during first half of the current year (April – September 2014-15). It also included two... Read More
New Delhi, Saturday, 1 November 2014: At a seminar held at the India International Centre, New Delhi, the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) presented the Mid-Year Review of the Economy, 2014-15. The Review covered the performance of the economy during first half of the current year (April – September 2014-15). It also included two... Read More
Over the last decade, the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) framework has become a workhorse for macroeconomic analysis in both academic and policy circles. Following this emerging trend, we aim to modernise our research capacity in macroeconomics at NCAER by introducing a baseline DSGE model for the Indian economy. This new generation model can serve... Read More
This very timely discussion held at NCAER discussed the “Regional Economic Diplomacy in Asia: Opportunities and Challenges” with scholars from EABER . The first panel explored the state of play in regional trade and economic diplomacy, including the emergence of mega-regional trade negotiations such as the TPP and RCEP and how they affect the global... Read More
As debate and speculation rage in New Delhi about a new avatar of the Indian Planning Commission following Prime Minister Modi’s Independence Day speech, it is useful to look at institutions in other countries that started out similarly to the Indian Planning Commission but whose roles have changed over time. The most prominent among these... Read More
The deadline for ratification of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) under the Doha Round was July 31, 2014. India under the Modi Government chose not to ratify the TFA, signed in December 2013 by the previous Manmohan Singh Government at the 9th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Bali, and widely heralded at that time as... Read More
Financial markets operate within a country’s legal, regulatory, and tax framework, often designed to overcome market failures. But as with almost any government, inappropriate regulation or laws may themselves create government failures. Where does one lay the blame for excess volatility in financial markets, volatility that may impose huge costs on the rest of the... Read More
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