The paper investigates the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth in China using ARDL and GMM techniques for the period 1975 to 2007. In this context, an attempt is made to understand growth accounting equations to investigate the impact of infrastructure development on output....

India’s exports of modern services have grown consistently over the last three decades and more so since 1991. Sustaining Modern Services Exports (MSEs), which in India enjoy comparative advantage, is important for sustaining service-led growth and maintaining stability on the external sector....

Savings behaviour is important because of the close relation between savings and growth. Thus this paper presents individual country analysis of the savings behaviour in five main South Asian countries, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, using modern time series procedures....

India's exports of modern services have grown consistently over the last three decades and more so since 1991. Sustaining modern services exports (MSEs), which in India enjoy comparative advantage, is important for sustaining service-led growth and maintaining stability on the external sector....

Given the limited capital flows to developing countries in South Asia, domestic savings is the primary source of investment and growth. Financial sector development and access to financial institutions are important determinants of savings ratios in developing countries. In this context, we...

We examine the output elasticity of infrastructure for four South Asian countries viz., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka using panel cointegration techniques for the period 1980--2005. In this context, we develop an index of infrastructure stocks and investigate the impact of...

After the formation of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) in 1994,USA's imports of textiles and clothing items have clearly shown a trend in favor of the Latin American suppliers, particularly Mexico, which is a member of NAFTA. Though India maintains a very low share in the global...

Trade policy reforms constitute the core of economic reforms in India. This paper analyzes India s external sector while highlighting the positive impact of India s trade policy reforms. The trends in India s foreign trade, changes in the composition and direction of India s exports and imports...