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Transforming state-citizen relations in food security schemes : the computerized ration card management system in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2012)In this paper we look at the application of ICTs to the improvement of state-citizen relations in a developing country context. Our argument is that, to maximise responsiveness of the government, ICTs need to target the ... -
Inflexion in Kerala's Gulf connection : report on Kerala Migration Survey 2011
(Centre for Development Studies, 2012)This Working Paper embodies the results of the Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) 2011. It is the fifth in the series of comprehensive studies on international and internal migration from Kerala being undertaken by the Centre ... -
Recent developments in Kerala state finances
(Centre for Development Studies, 2012)This paper covers recent trends in a series of broad indicators of the financial health of the Government of Kerala with its developmental policy as the backdrop. It examines fiscal balances in Kerala that are not only ... -
Liberalisation of technical education in Kerala : has a significant increase in enrolment translated into increase in supply of engineers?
(Centre for Development Studies, 2012)There has been a significant increase in the places for undergraduate engineering degree programmes in the state. This has happened over the last decade by licensing a number of privately owned engineering colleges. ... -
Modeling optimal time-differential pricing of electricity under uncertainty : revisiting the welfare foundations
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)Time-of-day (peak-load) pricing of electricity is an indirect form of load management that prices electricity according to differences in the cost of supply by time of day and season of year. It reflects the costs in a ... -
The pricing problem of public transport in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)The mainstay of the public transport system in Kerala is the private stage carriages (PSC), the economics of operation of which is the subject of this paper. The long run sustainability of the sector depends on the full ... -
Emigration of women domestic workers from Kerala : gender, state policy and the politics of movement
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)Restrictions imposed by the Government of India on the emigration of women in ‘unskilled’ categories such as domestic work are framed as measures intended to protect women from exploitation. Special protection for certain ... -
The mobile communications services industry in India : has it led to India becoming a manufacturing hub for telecommunication equipments?
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)The growth performance of the Indian mobile communications services industry is now reasonably well recorded. It is one of the few industries in India which has travelled significantly from being a monopolistic and ... -
From Kerala via Kerala via the Gulf : emigration experiences of return emigrants
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)This paper about return emigrants in Kerala is based on information on return emigrants collected by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) through several of its recent large-scale household surveys. The term ‘return ... -
Short duration migration in India : an appraisal from census 2001
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)Short duration migration has played a crucial role in enabling rural people to cope with the consequences of agrarian distress and devastated rural economic conditions. Seasonal migration, in particular, has always been ... -
Financial crisis and Kerala economy
(Centre for Development Studies, 2011)The study examines the trends in export, foreign remittances, credit availability, and tourism in the context of Kerala economy against the background of global financial crisis and subsequent global recession. Kerala ... -
Has China and India become more innovative since the onset of reforms in the two countries?
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)China and India are definitely on a higher economic growth path, although the contribution of technology to economic growth is still not very clearly estimated. There is evidence to show that innovative activities in ... -
School educational attainment in Kerala : trends and differentials
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)This paper examines the trends and differentials in school educational attainment in Kerala, the State that ranks right on top in terms of human development in India. The trend analysis is based on a cohort-level comparison ... -
The flight from defence to civilian space : evolution of the sectoral system of innovation of India's aerospace industry
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)India is one among the few developing countries that have sought to establish an aerospace industry. The industry has two components, namely aeronautical and astronautic. I first map out the sectoral system of innovation ... -
To survive or to flourish? : minority rights and Syrian Christian community assertions in 20th century Travancore/Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)The arrival of modernity not only constituted communities but also impelled them in competition against each other in Kerala. Modern politics of the state as a result is inextricably liked with intense community politics. ... -
Global crisis, environmental volatility and expansion of the Indian leather industry
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)Indian leather industry has massive potential for generating employment and achieving high export-oriented growth. However, the on-going global economic slowdown and the wide erratic behaviour of the overall weather ... -
Exchange rate and export behaviour of India textiles & clothing sector : an enquiry for major destination countries
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)The paper analyses the role of exchange rate in determining the export behavior of Textiles and Clothing (T&C) Sector. From the panel regression analysis of eight major exporting partner countries of Indian T & C sector, ... -
Migration monitoring study, 2008 : emigration and remittances in the context of surge in oil prices
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)A decade ago, the Centre for Development Studies started migration research based on large-scale field surveys covering the whole of Kerala State as a one-time study. However, it soon developed itself as an ongoing ... -
Loss of load probability of a power system : Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)By virtue of the vital nature of electric power, both to our economic and personal well being, a power system is expected to supply electrical energy as economically as possible, and with a high degree of quality and ... -
Compliance, competitiveness and market access : a study on Indian seafood industry
(Centre for Development Studies, 2010)This study attempts to estimate the effects of the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in terms of trade elasticity of regulations and competitiveness of exports. In spite of the gener-alized acknowledgment of ...