Описание: This book acquaints the reader with the critical changes in India’s economy and society amidst the unprecedented pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating by breaking all prior records of illness and fatality. The present crisis is shown to be more than an acute health hazard as it carries with it other threats associated with the economy, society, culture, psychology, and politics. The dynamic driving forces that have a significant bearing on life, space, and time are explored, providing a basis on which social scientists can understand the prevailing equations and project the unforeseen future to contribute to a policymaking mechanism. The Indian scenario presented here takes into account how the COVID-19-induced lockdown of transport services, closing of factories, and restrictions on mobilization have caused the economy to face a recession, affecting mostly the unorganized sector. Travel restrictions and quarantines affecting hundreds of millions of people have left Indian factories short of labour, causing havoc in the production system. Semi-skilled jobholders have lost their employment, and the country has witnessed the plight of large pools of migrant labourers returning on foot to their homelands hundreds of miles away with their families and belongings. Contributors to this volume are drawn from diverse disciplines, displaying the solidarity of academic knowledge in a physically divided world. This common platform is provided to the practitioners of relevant academic disciplines under the umbrella of regional sciences – a forum for the exchange of ideas that may be effective in the sustainable management of the crisis and a way forward after it is mitigated. Thought-provoking discussions regarding different facets of the crisis are relevant not only to the current times but also to being prepared for the unforeseen post-COVID economic and societal order.
This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore Perspectives conference series co-published by Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific. Contributed by the who's who of Singapore's government, business and academia circles, they provide diverse viewpoints over economic transformation, globalisation and regionalism, national identity, emerging group differences, ageing, among other important issues.
Is the government's growth-at-all-costs policy the most effective for Singapore? Can Singapore advance as a regional hub? Is Singapore a permanent magnet for foreign talent or a transnational revolving door? What is the Singapore Spirit? Are Singaporeans willing to invest their ambition and future in Singapore? What can Singapore do to prepare for an ageing population? This volume explores a range of possible answers to these questions and more.
The Cold War was fought between “state socialism” and “the free market.” That fluctuating relationship between public power and private money continues today, unfolding in new and unforeseen ways during the economic crisis. Nine case studies -- from Southern Africa, South Asia, Brazil, and Atlantic Africa – examine economic life from the perspective of ordinary people in places that are normally marginal to global discourse, covering a range of class positions from the bottom to the top of society. The authors of these case studies examine people’s concrete economic activities and aspirations. By looking at how people insert themselves into the actual, unequal economy, they seek to reflect human unity and diversity more fully than the narrow vision of conventional economics.
Автор: Krishna Название: Perspectives on Economic Development and Policy in India ISBN: 9811031495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811031496 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18167.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book pays tribute to the celebrated economist Professor Suresh Tendulkar’s contribution and scholarship to economics, economic-policy making, and economic reforms in India. Professor Tendulkar served on numerous panels and commissions set up to reform diverse aspects of India’s economy. To name a few, he served as the Chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Chairman of the National Commission of Statistics, National Sample Survey Organisation, Committee on National Accounts, and as a member in the Fifth Pay Commission, the Disinvestment Commission (1996). He is credited with devising the new method to estimate poverty in India which resulted in India’s poverty estimates being scaled up. This book primarily focuses on Professor Tendulkar’s contributions on economic planning in India, the political economy of economic reforms, and his important conceptual and policy-relevant work on poverty measurement. The three sub-themes of the book – Economic Reforms and Policy Formulation, Poverty and Inequality, and Development and Trade – are indicative of his specific research interests, namely poverty and well-being, and India and the world economy. It covers both micro and macro aspects relevant to the Indian economy. The econometric techniques utilized encompass state-of-the-art microeconometric as well as macroeconometric models. The book contains contributions from eminent economists associated with Professor Tendulkar, and is useful for readers from the undergraduate through the Ph.D. level as well as researchers and practitioners of economics.
Описание: The book pays tribute to the celebrated economist Professor Suresh Tendulkar`s contribution and scholarship to economics, economic-policy making, and economic reforms in India.
Chapter 1 Covid-19 Pandemic and Sustainability of Punjab Economy.- Chapter 2 Agriculture Sustainability in Punjab: A Way Forward.- Chapter 3 Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Punjab Agriculture.- Chapter 4 Need for Innovations in Crop Residue Management in Punjab: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 5 Farm Gardens: A Promising Approach to Enhance Food Security and Sustainability.- Chapter 6 Reforming Agricultural Markets in Punjab in the Context of Union Farm Acts for the Post-Covid-19 Recovery.- Chapter 7 Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Dairy Industry in Punjab: Major Concerns and Policy Options.- Chapter 8 Making Punjab's Urban Informal Sector More Resilient While Securing Livelihoods during Post-Covid-19 Times.- Chapter 9 Covid-19 and MSMEs in Punjab: Challenges Ahead.- Chapter 10 Implementation of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) in Punjab: An Assessment of Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks.- Chapter 11 Employment Participation of Rural Women in Punjab: A Need for Policy Retrospect.- Chapter 12 Covid-19 Pandemic and the Scheduled Caste Workers in Rural Punjab: A Need for Structural Transformation.- Chapter 13 Livelihood of Agricultural Labourers in Punjab: Emerging Policy Issues.- Chapter 14 Covid-19 and Health Care Services in Punjab: Consequences and Challenges.- Chapter 15 Making Quality Education Accessible to All: Policy Perspective on School Education in Punjab.- Chapter 16 Covid-19 Pandemic and the Service Sector of Punjab: An Assessment of Impact and Policies for Revival.- Chapter 17 Basic Human Needs and Non-State Actors in Punjab: Understanding the Lives of Poor Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 18 Punjab's Migration Crisis under Lockdown and Beyond: Some Suggestions for Public Policy.- Chapter 19 Diaspora Well-Being and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Some Reflections on Public Discourses on Impacts in the USA and UK.- Chapter 20 Governance Structure and Punjab Economy Under and Post-Covid-19 Lockdown.- Chapter 21 Punjab's Post-Covid-19 Economic Policy under Indian Federalism.- Chapter 22 Implications of Covid-19 on the Revenue of Punjab under GST Regime.- Chapter 23 Public Policy and Governance Reforms for Post-Covid-19 Recovery and Sustainable Growth and Development in Punjab.- Index.
From credit cards to cryptocurrencies, online and mobile money to remittances and demonetization policies, cashless infrastructures are becoming increasingly common around the world. Who's Cashing In? explores how different modes of cashlessness impact, transform and challenge the everyday lives and livelihoods of local communities in multiple regional contexts. Drawing from a wide range of ethnographic studies, this volume offers a concise look at not only how infrastructures of cashlessness are taking shape, but also how social actors and agents are responding to this change in the materiality of money.
This book presents insights on Singapore's economy and society from leading thinkers, based on selected commentaries from Singapore Perspectives conference series co-published by Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific. Contributed by the who's who of Singapore's government, business and academia circles, they provide diverse viewpoints over economic transformation, globalisation and regionalism, national identity, emerging group differences, ageing, among other important issues.
Is the government's growth-at-all-costs policy the most effective for Singapore? Can Singapore advance as a regional hub? Is Singapore a permanent magnet for foreign talent or a transnational revolving door? What is the Singapore Spirit? Are Singaporeans willing to invest their ambition and future in Singapore? What can Singapore do to prepare for an ageing population? This volume explores a range of possible answers to these questions and more.
Описание: This volume maps out the ways in which the pandemic has impacted (most often disproportionately) societies, the successes and failures of means used to combat the virus, and the considerations and future possibilities - both positive and negative - that lie ahead.
Описание: Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Policy Towards the Corona Epidemic in Developing Countries.- Chapter 3. Digital Divide Reversal: Evidence, Explanations and Implications.- Chapter 4. Why is India so Dominant in the Demand for New Smart Feature Phones that are Internet Connected?.- Chapter 5. Interregional and Intercountry Analysis of Mobile Internet Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 6. Mobile Use of the Internet Among the Poor in the Global South: Preferences, Theories and Policies.
Описание: The current financial crisis is characterised by high levels of inequality, rampant unemployment, economic and social insecurity and environmental decay. This book draws together approaches from heterodox economics and psychoanalysis and adopts a pluralist and interdisciplinary approach to the study of these phenomena.
Автор: Fukuda-Parr Sakiko, Heintz James, Seguino Stephani Название: Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial and Economic Crises ISBN: 1138886378 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138886377 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5358.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Economic and financial crises have become perennial features of today's global economy. Macroeconomic theories of crisis, including the global crisis that unfolded in 2008, emphasize the role of financial deregulation; capital flow imbalances; and growing debt, fueled by income and wealth inequality. These approaches tend to be divorced from feminist thinking which analyzes broader distributional dynamics transmitted through structural channels and government policy responses, with an emphasis on gender, race, class and ethnicity. This volume brings together innovative thinking from heterodox macroeconomists and feminist economists to explore the causes, consequences, and ramifications of economic crises. By doing so, it highlights aspects of the economy that are frequently overlooked or ignored, such as the impact of crises on the vast amount of unpaid work which women perform relative to men.
The collection of international studies assembled here takes an innovative approach to analyzing a range of issues, from the subprime mortgage crisis to the gendered effects of austerity to the role of the International Monetary Fund in governing an unstable global economy. In so doing, it looks beyond causes and consequences and points to new directions for macroeconomic and financial policy.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
