Centre for Development Studies (Kerala, India): Recent submissions
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Trade liberalization and digital divide : an analysis of the Information Technology Agreement of WTO
(Centre for Development Studies, 2006)This article reflects on the effectiveness of trade liberalization, as envisaged in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of the WTO, for promoting ICT use and production in developing countries. Based on empirical ... -
Rising inequality with high growth; isn't this trend worrisome? : analysis of Kerala experience
(Centre for Development Studies, 2008)The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution ... -
Role of private hospitals in Kerala : an exploration
(Centre for Development Studies, 2008)This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals ... -
Liberalisation of tropical commodity market and adding-up problem : a Bound Test approach
(Centre for Development Studies, 2008)The paper examines the effect of commodity market liberalisation on developing countries by taking the case of tropical products. This issue assumes importance in the context of developing countries characterised as ... -
ICT and employment promotion among poor women : how can we make it happen? some reflections on Kerala's experience
(Centre for Development Studies, 2008)This paper deals with the integration of gender in policies relating to information and communication technology to empower socially excluded poor women as producers of this technology. In this context, this paper ... -
Distress debt and suicides among agrarian households : findings from three village studies in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2007)This paper examines the factors and process underlying agrarian distress in Kerala by undertaking the case studies of three villages situated in Wayanad and Idukki districts namely, Cherumad, Kappikkunnu and Upputhara. ... -
Agrarian distress and livelihood strategies : a study in Pulpalli Panchayat, Wayanad District, Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2007)This paper examines the household livelihood strategies under agrarian distress in Pulpalli Panchayat of Kerala. It also looks at the relationship between household assets and livelihood strategies. The negotiations of ... -
Migration, remittances and employment : short-term trends and long-term implications
(Centre for Development Studies, 2007)This Working Paper gives the results of the 2007 round of the Migration Monitoring Studies (MMS) being conducted periodically by the Centre for Development Studies. It covers three areas: migration, remittances and ... -
Livelihood risks and coping strategies : a case study in the agrarian village of Cherumad, Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2007)This paper examines the various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala. The livelihood risk in Cherumad since the last quarter of the 1990’s ... -
Managing migration in the Philippines : lessons for India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2007)This paper highlights the significance of international migration in the Philippines economy and society, discusses the supportive and regulatory role that the government of the Philippines plays in promoting it and ... -
Dynamics of caste-based deprivation in child under-nutrition in India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)Nutritional deprivation among Indian children is one of the parameters of underdevelopment mentioned in development discourse in recent times. And such deprivation is more often associated with well known socio-economic ... -
Lease farming in Kerala : findings from micro level studies
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)Land Reforms Act in Kerala rendered tenancy invalid and prohibited the creation of future tenancies in the State, but tenancy very much exists. It is a consequence of the simultaneous increase in two categories of people, ... -
Anti dumping duty as a measure of contingent protection : an analysis of Indian experience
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)The aim of this paper is to analyse India's anti dumping behaviour. India has become a major user of anti dumping measures, initiating more than 300 cases against many of its trading partners. After looking at the trends ... -
Long term trends in the growth and structure of the net state domestic product in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)Kerala has been a model to other states for her achievements in social development. But in terms of economic growth her performance has for long been very poor and a matter of deep concern. In this context the turnaround ... -
Taxing powers and developmental role of the Indian states : a study with reference to Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)The study analyses whether the growing State Domestic Product (SDP) of Kerala since the latter half of the 1980s, has acted as a larger resource base for the State and finds that it has not. While the inability to fully ... -
Unemployment in Kerala at the turn of the century : insights from CDS Gulf Migration Studies
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)This Working Paper is about the unemployment situation in Kerala. It is based on the findings of the two Gulf Migration Studies, Kerala Migration Study (KMS) and South Asia Migration Study (SMS), conducted by the authors ... -
The dragon vs. the elephant comparative analysis of innovation capability in the telecommunications equipment industry in China and India
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)China and India have one of the largest telecommunications equipment markets in the world. The paper employs a sectoral system of innovation framework towards understanding the differential outcomes in innovation ... -
Dynamics of irrigation institutions : case study of a village Panchayat in Kerala
(Centre for Development Studies, 2005)Based on field work in a village panchayat in Kerala, analyzing the complex issues concerning the development and working of irrigation institutions, the present study reveals that successful management of irrigation ... -
Causality and error correction in Markov chain : inflation in India revisited
(Centre for Development Studies, 2004)The present paper proposes certain statistical tests, both conceptually simple and computationally easy, for analysing state-specific prima facie probabilistic causality and error correction mechanism in the context of ... -
Central finances in India : alternative to Procrustean fiscal correction
(Centre for Development Studies, 2004)This paper examines the trends in Central finances over a threedecadal period beginning from the 1970s. It is found that there is lack of buoyancy in all the major sources of revenue of the Central Government. This calls ...