National Council of Applied Economic Research
Indian democracy was a huge success from the beginning until recently when serious questions emerged about governance which we now must address. Economics (which the authors address in the book and forms its main theme) was a disaster at the outset because of a counterproductive policy framework, embraced and defended for long by most economists... Read More
This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolution and performance of SEZs from historical and comparative perspectives by tracing the experiences of SEZs in 23 developing countries including Korea, Taiwan, and China. Using a framework that integrates the basic tenets of the industrial cluster approach with existing theories, it proposes a set of evaluation... Read More
The study report provides an assessment of the impact of expanding air travel and the civil aviation sector in India by using the experience of one of the largest international carriers operating in India - Emirates Airlines. Emirates began its operations in India in the mid-1980s and carried 12 per cent of India’s international passengers... Read More
The study examined the financial viability of alternative models of land pooling for development of urban extensions in Delhi with a view to encourage private participation in provision of land and affordable housing. The study evaluated three alternative models of land pooling and development on the basis of realistic land values, market trends, land holding costs... Read More
Modernisation and expansion of infrastructure is crucial to economic growth and development. India’s Civil Aviation Sector has also attempted to keep pace with rising demands from economic growth. This study provides an assessment of the economic impact of the Delhi International Airport on the regional and national economies in terms of output, value added (income)... Read More
This paper studies the changes in the pattern of bilateral trade between China and India consequent to China's accession to the WTO in 2001 and assesses the complementarities and challenges in trade.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the readership status and pattern from the perspective of “leisure book” or “non-text” reading of north-east India. In order to have a relative understanding of the situation in the north-east, the study further aims to compare the results for the north-east with national level findings. It... Read More
While many studies explored impacts of political quotas for females on public goods provision, knowledge on immediate and longer term economic impacts of such interventions remains limited which is undesirable in view of the widespread adoption of such policies. We use nation-wide data from India on current outcomes and a village’s reservation status for the... Read More
Although there has been considerable interest on wage discrimination, available studies largely dealt with formal rather than informal markets that are of little relevance for the poorest. Focusing on of India’s informal labour markets leads to three findings of interest. First, gender wage discrimination is larger in informal than in formal labour markets, resulting in... Read More
Reservations enjoy great popularity to overcome deep-rooted inequality. However, in part due to a short horizon of analyses, evidence on the impact of reservations and the mechanisms through which they may work remains ambiguous. Nationally representative village- and household level data from India for the last 3 Panchayat periods allow us to explore dynamic effects... Read More
