Centre for Development Studies (Kerala, India): Recent submissions
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An analysis of mergers in the private corporate sector in India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)The liberalised economic policies have exposed Indian industry to several challenges. In response to this, the Indian economy has witnessed a sharp increase in mergers and acquisitions. An attempt has been made in this ... -
Banking sector reforms and the emerging inequalities in commercial credit deployment in India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Banking sector reforms, which is a major component of Macroeconomic Adjustment Programme in India, has changed the trends and patterns of banking over the last six to seven years. This paper seeks to analyse the trends ... -
Poverty alleviation as advancing basic human capabilities : Kerala's achievements compared
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)This paper is complementary to my earlier paper on Public Intervention and Poverty Alleviation: Declining Incidence of Rural Poverty in Kerala (published in 1995). The objective of this paper is to go beyond the notion ... -
Economic diversification in Kerala : a spatial analysis
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)The issue of rural economic diversification as a critical component of rural transformation in less developed economies, has assumed considerable importance in the development dialogue since the seventies. Given the ... -
Poverty and young women's employment : linkages in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)This paper explores one of the key issues in current research on gender and development: the links between poverty and young women’s employment. Specifically, the following questions were addressed, in the context of ... -
Coffee, tea or pepper? : factors affecting choice of crops by agro-entrepreneurs in nineteenth century south-west India
(Centre for Development Studies, 1998)Ever since plantation agriculture initiated by European capital and enterprise became an important form of exploitation of resources in the colonies, small holdings and small holders in the plantation sector were considered ... -
Regional heterogeneity and fertility behaviour in India
(Centre for Development Studies, 1998)This paper examines regional heterogeneity both from statistical and cartographic perspectives, using factor analysis of non-demographic data, models of fertility determinants and district-wise mapping to test out the ... -
Factoring social and cultural dimensions into food and livelihood security issues of marine fisheries : a case study of Kerala state, India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Some of the social and cultural aspects of marine fishing communities, as they emerge in the course of the pursuit for food and livelihood, are the subjects of this paper. The focus is on the marine fishery of Kerala ... -
Decentralisation of the health care sector in Kerala : some issues
(Centre for Development Studies, 2000)Kerala is in the forefront of decentralisation of powers following the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments. The existence of a large number of health care, educational and other institutions in every Panchayat in ... -
Impact of migration on Kerala's economy and society
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)This research is first of its kind for Kerala, being the first migration study that covers the entire state and encompasses both measurement as well as analysis of the various types and facets of migration. Migration has ... -
Population projection and policy implications for education : a discussion with reference to Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)In the context of high levels of public expenditure, already committed to the educational sector in States like Kerala, it is argued that there should be restrictions on further investment. Such arguments are apparently ... -
Corporate statistics : the missing numbers
(Centre for Development Studies, 1999)This paper reviews the current status of Indian corporate statistics. It makes a critical evaluation of the various sources of data such as ASI, RBI, ICICI, IDBI, BSE, CMIE and DCA in terms of comprehensiveness, reliability ... -
Political economy of labour and development in Kerala : some reflections on the dilemmas of a socially transforming labour force in a slow growing economy
(Centre for Development Studies, 1998)Kerala is well-known for its achievements in the sphere of social development that includes a rapid and high level mobilisation and organisation of workers regardless of location and sectoral occupation. However such a ... -
Living standard and economic growth : a fresh look at the relationship through the nonparametric approach
(Centre for Development Studies, 1997)The relative role of economic growth vis-a-vis public action in raising living standards in developing countries has been a point of contention for quite some time now. The arguments on both sides are usually based on ... -
Long term implications of low fertility in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 1997)In recent years, Kerala has made remarkable progress in its demographic transition. The State has achieved below replacement level of fertility two decades ahead of the all-India target year of 2011 and India is likely ... -
Government intervention in industrial R&D : some lessons from the international experience for India
(Centre for Development Studies, 1997)There is now substantial empirical evidence, based essentially on the experience of developed countries, that there is underinvestment in industrial R&D consequent to the gradual withdrawal of the state. It is generally ... -
Female headship, poverty and child welfare : a study of rural Orissa, India
(Centre for Development Studies, 1997)First, on the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the State of Orissa, an attempt has been made in this paper to compare the socioeconomic status of male- and female- headed households. Subsequently ... -
Induced abortion potential among Indian women
(Centre for Development Studies, 1997)Information on abortion is limited and inaccurate especially in the developing world, which has led to several speculations on the prevalence of abortion in this region. A rise in prevalence of abortion is mostly accounted ... -
Small-scale fisheries in the context of globalisation
(Centre for Development Studies, 1998)The small-scale fisheries sector is the oldest and most important part of the marine fisheries economy of the world. Being a relative term, small-scale operations exist in most maritime nations. This is particularly true ... -
Intensifying masculinity of sex ratios in India : new evidence 1981-1991
(Centre for Development Studies, 1998)We use data from the 1981 and 1991 censuses of India to examine (a) sex ratios among infants aged under 2, (b) child mortality (q5) by sex, and (c) estimated period sex ratios at birth (SRB) calculated by reverse survival ...