Centre for Development Studies (Kerala, India): Recent submissions
Now showing items 121-140 of 403
-
India's IT export boom : challenges ahead
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)Given the manifold ways, in which the information technology could contribute to human welfare, the developing countries have invested in Information Technology (IT) as a short cut to prosperity. India too has not ... -
The political economy of public utilities : a study of the Indian power sector
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)In this paper, we attempt at an analysis of the political economy of the Indian power sector with special reference to Kerala in the light of a generic model of the political economy of public utilities we develop in the ... -
The rhetoric of disagreement in reform debates
(Centre for Development Studies, 2002)This paper is about the discursive aspects of reform debates, more particularly about their rhetorical forms. In the debates on economic reforms in India, communities of scholars seem to have been talking past each ... -
How have hired workers fared? : a case study of women workers from an Indian village, 1977 to 1999
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)This paper examines certain aspects of employment among women workers in hired labour households, drawing on two surveys of Gokilapuram, a village in south-west Tamil Nadu, India, conducted in 1977 and 1999. The study ... -
The Syrian Christians of Kerala : demographic and socioeconomic transition in the twentieth century
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)The twentieth century has witnessed a process of significant transition of the Syrian Christian community in Kerala in terms of its demographic and socio-economic status. In this paper, the transition of the demographic ... -
Analysing trade flows and industrial structure of India : the question of data harmonisation
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)An important requirement for the analysis of trade flows in relation to domestic industrial structure is the availability of a database covering information on trade flows, industry and firm characteristics. Such ... -
Delivery complications and determinants of caesarean section rates in India : an analysis of National Family Health Surveys, 1992-93
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)Caesarean section rates have been increasing world-wide raising the question of the appropriateness of the selection of cases for the procedure. This paper examines the levels and correlates of delivery related complications ... -
India's intra-industry trade under economic liberalization : trends and country specific factors
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)This paper focuses on two aspects of India’s intra-industry trade (IIT) in manufactured commodities under economic liberalization. First, it examines the changes in the intensity of multilateral IIT as between 1987-88, ... -
Electricity demand analysis and forecasting : the tradition is questioned!
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)The present paper seeks to cast scepticism on the validity and value of the results of all earlier studies in India on energy demand analysis and forecasting based on time series regression, on three grounds. (i) As these ... -
Economic reforms, capital inflows and macro economic impact in India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)The study attempts to explain the effects of inflows of private foreign capital on some major macroeconomic variables in India using quarterly data for the period 1993-99. The analyses of trends in private foreign capital ... -
Industrial growth in Kerala : trends and explanations
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)The study traces the trends in industrial growth against the backdrop of the overall economic growth in Kerala under the influence of the ongoing economic reforms and evaluates it against the performance of Karnataka, ... -
Environmental valuation and its implications on the costs and benefits of a hydroelectric project in Kerala, India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Although significant developments have taken place in the area of valuation of the environment, the gap between theoretical principles and their operationalisation still remains. This paper makes an attempt to contribute ... -
Plight of the power sector in India : SEBs and their saga of inefficiency
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)True to the spirit of a social-democratic State, India had originally evolved her power development policy, and shouldered that responsibility, in line with the State’s professed commitment to honouring and ensuring social ... -
Utilization of maternal health care services in South India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)In this study we examine the patterns and determinants of maternal health care use across different social setting in south India: in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. We use data from the National ... -
Home away from home : a survey of oldage homes and inmates in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Population ageing is the ultimate consequence of demographic transition. As Kerala is ahead of the rest of the country in fertility transition by 25 years, the ageing scenario of Kerala is of particular interest. This ... -
The concept and measurement of group inequality
(Centre for Development Studies, 2001)The economist’s conceptualisation of inequality in terms of interpersonal distribution of income or wealth, and the tradition of measurement of inequality that follows from this conceptualisation have not paid adequate ... -
Stagnation and revival of Kerala economy : an open economy perspective
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)One debilitating feature of the existing literature on the development dynamics of Kerala economy is the undue emphasis on endogenous factors. The making of the ‘Kerala model’ as well as its crisis are sought to be ... -
Food security in a regional perspective : a view from 'food deficit' Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)The paper examines the question of food security viz-a-viz food availability and self sufficiency in production. Given the cropping pattern in Kerala it is unrealistic to expect food self-sufficiency. However, through a ... -
Socio-economic and demographic consequences of migration in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Migration has been the single most dynamic factor in the otherwise dreary development scenario of Kerala in the last quarter of the past century. Migration has contributed more to poverty alleviation and reduction in ... -
Gender bias in a marginalised community : a study of Fisherfolk in coastal Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Empirical analysis of female-male ratio in Kerala reveals that two communities, Fisherfolk and Scheduled Tribes, have gender bias in their population unlike rest of Kerala. An in-depth study on fishing households from ...