The impact of the recent rise in India’s exports on its economic growth is tested using the Johansen cointegration technique. On using different measures of both trade and economic growth variables, a unidirectional causality has been found from trade to economic growth. It is concluded...

This article attempts to systemically project the demand and fund requirements for the Indian infrastructure sector up to 2013. In the infrastructure sector transportation (rail, port, air and road), electricity and telecommunication sectors are covered in this study. The analysis is carried out...

Using primary household survey data, this paper attempts to study the market structure and price behaviour for major crops in Punjab and Bihar. As expected, Punjab farmers were highly commercial, producing more than four-fifth of their output for the market. Bihar farmers, on the other hand,...

The study seeks to establish the presence, or otherwise, of real exchange rate, demand and supply shocks synchronicity in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) and to suggest alternative exchange rate arrangements, other than a monetary union, in case these shocks do not co-move. On the whole,...

Relative to their economic sizes, structures and linkages, the bilateral relationship between Canada and India is too small. Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows are gradually increasing within such sectors as finance, energy, power and environmental services, agriculture and...

High volatility of world soybean prices have caused uncertainty and vulnerability particularly in net-importer countries like Indonesia. This study aims to measure the impact on poverty in Indonesia of volatility in the world price and import tariffs of soybeans. By applying a computable general...

Research on human development has received considerable importance in India from both academics and a policy point of view. However, previous studies on human development have mainly focused on the equity aspects of development without considering the resource base. The current study seeks to...

The performance of seven conventional Indian special economic zones (SEZs) at the disaggregate level is analysed within the framework of the zone-trade performance index, for the period between 1986–87 and 2007–08. The analysis reveals variations in performance across zones as well...