Confronting India's environmental and economic data, this in-depth study examines the nation's coastal resources in the hopes of providing a better focus for sustainable development. Acknowledging the current failure of national income statistics to include environmental assets, India's coastal resources are examined--notably the mangroves and their rich forest ecosystem. Charging that this thriving ecosystem contributes significantly to the economy, this volume contends that it needs more attention in order to promote sustainable development and protect the coastal population from natural...
Confronting India's environmental and economic data, this in-depth study examines the nation's coastal resources in the hopes of providing a better fo...
This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making.
This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equali...
Informed byextensive field data, this study argues that a well-designed wage-employment program with a guarantee component can not only address the immediate problem of ensuring employment and wages to the poor, but can also contribute towards promoting economic growth of the poor. In this analysis, a village-level social accounting matrix is built in order to estimate the employment, income, and output multiplier impacts of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) on a village in Gujarat, India. It argues that NREGA works can improve communities by promoting gender equality and...
Informed byextensive field data, this study argues that a well-designed wage-employment program with a guarantee component can not only address the im...
Unpaid work, across the world, is an area that has generally been neglected by economists as well as development actors. Yet the amount of unpaid work done and the manner in which its burden is distributed have important implications for the well-being of individuals and households, as well as for any economys growth and dynamism. This book establishes that there is an urgent need to measure unpaid work and incorporate it in analysing the critical concerns of an economy. As a first step, it focuses on gathering quality statistics and methodologies required to conduct time-use surveys in...
Unpaid work, across the world, is an area that has generally been neglected by economists as well as development actors. Yet the amount of unpaid work...