Surface irrigation dominates the Indian irrigation system. The total surface waters in the country have been estimated to be around 180 million hectare metres, out of which about 60 million hectare metres have been assessed to be usable. The groundwater resources for irrigation have been...

This paper provides an overview of climate change and agriculture, while paying some specific attention to the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture. This broad-brush account covers both the agronomic and economic aspects of the impact of climate change, as well as a critique of the...

Agriculture is vulnerable to the current state of climate variability as well as to projected changes in climate because of anthropogenic global warming. Models of crop production, considered together with global climate models, indicate that global warming will increase the exposure of major...

The South Pacific region has been lagging behind in growth in comparison to similarly placed island countries in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean regions. This paper, which undertakes an empirical study, establishes that the rate of growth, market size, openness policy and real exchange rate are...

The paper examines Malaysian taxpayers’ perceptions of their current tax practitioner as well as the attributes of the ideal tax practitioners that they are looking for. The study shows that gender, age and education level are significantly correlated with the attributes of their ideal tax...

The increasing trend of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China has made it attractive and lucrative. China’s main attraction is its huge market, workforce, resources and liberalization of trade by the state government. The study, therefore, aims to identify the key determinants of FDI in...

Aftermath East Asian Crisis, in Malaysian monetary authorities felt the need to develop a resilient and dynamic financial environment that supports to the growth of an economy. The paper entitled ⬠SFinancial Development and Economic growth in Malaysia, A Further Assessment⬠is first...