This paper analyses the pattern and determinants of income risk and expectation in rural India. It uses unique primary survey data eliciting subjective income distribution from households in twelve villages in Bihar. It finds that expected future income is significantly and positively associated...

The Kyoto Protocol had been signed in the year 1997 to tackle the effect of global warming. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for the 37 industrialised countries and the European community and explores options to reduce Green House Gases (GHGs) emissions to...

The spate of controversy and the flurry of charges surrounding the allocation of spectrum for the second generation (2G) mobile telephony services on a First Come First Served (FCFS) basis stands out in stark contrast to the near universal acclaim for the allocation of spectrum for the Third...

In India, despite the rhetoric of a publicly provided health care at affordable cost for all, an overwhelming 75% of the health care needs is serviced by the private sector. Moreover - owing to the low levels of government financing in health coupled with a lack of risk pooling mechanisms, out...