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  1. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    The power sector in India plays a
    fundamental role in the economic development process. The
    country faces formidable challenges in meeting its energy
    needs in an environmentally sustainable manner and at
    reasonable costs. The planning and operation of the sector
    has hitherto been conducted without due regard to the
    environmental consequences. As a result, additions to
    capacity in recent years have been sub-optimal. Moreover

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    China, India

    The paper examines the ways in which recent economic growth has been uneven in China and India and what this has meant for inequality and poverty. Drawing on analyses based on existing household survey data and aggregate data from official sources, the authors show that growth has indeed been uneven-geographically, sectorally, and at the household level-and that this has meant uneven progress against poverty, less poverty reduction than might have been achieved had growth been more balanced, and an increase in income inequality.

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Asia, Southern Asia, Bangladesh, India

    The question of how rural labour markets and migration can be made to work better for poverty reduction is the focus of the paper. Using select case and longitudinal studies from five parts of India and Bangladesh, the key processes that shape rural labour markets and how these have evolved over time with the changing macro-economic, policy, agro-ecological and infrastructural context are discussed.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    Using recent advances in modeling
    climate-related risks and adjusting state of the art
    catastrophic risk modeling techniques to drought, the study
    conducts an innovative long-term assessment of drought risks
    in Andhra Pradesh, India, and suggests strategies to reduce
    their impact, under several economic, drought management and
    climate change scenarios. The analysis deepens an
    understanding of climate risk adaptation strategies,

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This paper has been prepared in
    accordance with the terms of reference for a study on power
    system planning in India: incorporating externality costs
    and benefits. It reviews estimates of the external costs of
    power in international studies as well as in India and
    compares the figures available. It also comments on the
    validity of the external cost estimates available and the
    use made of them in power system planning and regulation

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This study by the World Bank indicates that forests offer vast potential for poverty reduction and rural economic growth in India while also supporting critical national conservation goals. An estimated 275 million people in rural areas depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods. Forest dwellers, which include a high proportion of tribals, are among the poorest and most vulnerable groups in society. The government of India has adopted Joint Forest Management as a principal approach for community-based forestry.

  7. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This report assesses the ongoing
    transition in Orissa. It examines how and why the successes
    were achieved. It attempts to outline the dimensions of the
    challenge ahead, as Orissa marches forward into the second
    phase of policy and institutional reforms, building on its
    improved fiscal position to deliver rapid and inclusive
    growth. It highlights key issues and binding or soon-to-be
    binding constraints. The concluding section identifies

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    India's Northeastern Region
    consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
    Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura
    -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population
    of 39 million (2001 census). This report has come about at
    the request of the Indian Government for the World Bank to
    focus more of its attention on the Northeastern Region in
    order to support poverty reduction and development in the

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    India

    This study on Jharkhand in India
    addresses the challenges faced by that new state of India
    (founded in November 2000) to surmount adverse initial
    conditions of low average income, very high incidence of
    poverty, and little social development. In addition, initial
    health and education indicators in Jharkhand were also
    markedly unfavorable in comparison to both the all-India
    average and the major Indian states. The paper points out

  10. Library Resource
    The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    India

    The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in which households trade off commuting costs against the cost and attributes of the housing they consume, including neighborhood attributes. The authors accomplish this using data for 5,000 households in Mumbai, a city in which 40 percent of the population live in slums.

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