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Discusses in detail the critical barriers to access to medicines in India, despite the country rising towards the role of "pharmacy of the global south”. It highlights several themes - including inadequate investment in public health care, inefficient and unreliable procurement and distribution of drugs, unaffordable drug prices and pharmaceutical patents - considered as impediments to access to medicines while at the same time proposing viabl...

Since the formal establishment of diplomatic ties between India and the Republic of Korea in 1973, the two countries have made significant progress and are today strategic partners. They are also forging strong economic ties and have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. This book brings together contributions from a distinguished set of experts and scholars on various aspects of India-Korea bilateral relations.

While there is no dearth of available material, both in terms of views and research presentations through various electronic media, a publication like the EDI continues to be a precious resource for providing at one place, some of the best pieces of academic writing and also important reports and policy documents on different aspects of India's economy.

Due to the increased importance of emerging economies and corporate governance, this book offers insight into various related issues in the public and private sector in emerging economies, written from an academic perspective. It also touches on the issues of corporate fraud, forgery, debt, corruption and integrity in the world of corporate governance.

Aggregates the various strands of discourse relating to social sector development in India from the academic and practitioners' world. The objective of this collection of papers is to assess the performance and analyse the challenges of social sector programmes, policies and remaining issues.

The report provides a detailed analysis of the investment environment in India with respect to Taiwan. The extensive primary data collection has highlighted challenges and opportunities of India's effort to forge deeper ties in its neighbourhood. The focus on select sectors and states helps provide granular information useful to policymakers, not only with respect to Taiwan, but more general, related to all domestic and foreign investments in ...

Papers presented at a workshop held in Bangalore in March 2012.

The report provides information and market entry and operations strategies to businesses in emerging markets such as India, it enables policy makers to prioritise policy reforms and students can benefit from this industry specific study. The report is the first of its kind which analyses the recent changes in Indian government policies including the policy of allowing 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail.

The Indian economy is currently going through a difficult period, though the problems are not unique to India. Growth has slowed down in many other emerging market and developing economies. This book throws light on the growth slowdown and provides a roadmap for not only accelerating economic growth but also sustainable and regionally inclusive growth.

Presents an analysis of the development of Tamil Nadu. The papers in this volume highlight the significant trends and development in population, labour force and employment, agriculture and irrigation, industrial development, social sectors and environment. The papers are a mix of the descriptive and the analytical.

Risk and vulnerability measurement is the first necessary step for any serious contemplation of disaster reduction strategies as well as climate change policies. Measuring vulnerability risk is an emerging technique which can systematically assess and analyse vulnerability and risk due to future possible climatic hazards. This book has assessed the pattern of climate induced disaster in Gujarat. It argues that disasters and development are mut...

Discusses transboundary water resources management from the perspective of international relations and regional cooperation. The monograph brings together diverse perspectives from politicians, diplomats, academics, practitioners, bureaucrats, scientists and civil society on the concept of hydro-diplomacy.

Examines the role of intellectual property rights in access to drugs, and the scope for using traditional medicine in public health. The volume examines the Health Impact Fund, a mechanism that is proposed to incentivise R&D, in neglected diseases and enhance access to drugs, and analyses how China and India can cooperate in the traditional medicine sector.

Health is an important indicator of a nation's development, and nations with healthy people are quite likely to be the most prosperous. The importance given to the health sector, however, varies across nations. This book explains four basic health concerns relating to regulation, climate change, air quality, and community participation.

Examines the opportunities and potential for international businesses in the food supply chain of India. The report will make international businesses better acquainted with the Indian market by providing detailed information about the central and state governments' policies on the food supply chain. It highlights the barriers faced by international businesses in India and suggests a go-to-market strategy for international businesses.

Economic freedom matters. It improves outcomes by empowering citizens with the freedom to choose. This report, one of a series starting in 2005, once again measures economic freedom in different Indian states, and to show how this improves economic outcomes.

The papers in this collection deal with applications of game theory in the context of R&D, strategies of firms, investments in innovative projects, two-person stochastic games where each state has a skew symmetric payoff matrix, study of voting as a decision procedure by committees in firms, game theory application in wireless communication problems and in the context of an interacting colony of bacteria.

Presents the story of the 50 year journey of the Central Vigilance Commission, a saga of institution building and fight against corruption. It recounts the birth of the Central Vigilance Commission in 1964 and its re-birth in a new form in 1998. It shows how public debate over the years has shaped this institution to enable it meet the expectations of citizens and other stakeholders.

This book, comprising a collection of articles written by the economist Prof S.K. Goyal under a different political-economic context, is of continuing relevance to the on-going debate on issues like the vastly increased role of foreign capital, restructuring of the public sector, financial sector transformation, crony capitalism, endemic trade imbalances and functioning of new regulatory bodies which characterise India's transition to the new ...

This study was undertaken to understand how stakeholders engaged in India-Pakistan trade perceived impediments faced by them in realising the trade potential between the two countries. Based on an analysis of awareness of trade policy, ease of meeting standards, market access, business facilitation, customs and documentation, and infrastructure at ports, the study recommends policy options that the Indian and Pakistani governments could consid...