Browsing by Subject "Public policy"
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Adoption of family planning: a process model and optimal pattern for the visit of a field worker
(1975)In the context of the poor performance of the national family planning programme and the current paucity of resources, a major problem facing the programme administration is that of effective utilization of available ... -
Are Subsidies on Drip Irrigation Working? Evidence from Gujarat?
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2017-02-21)Subsidies on technologies that reduce environmental externalities are popular with policy makers in developing countries. However, given “investment inefficiencies” and the multiple other factors potentially inhibiting ... -
Bureaucracy biggest obstacle to nation’s development: Pranab
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Bureaucracy is biggest hurdle to dvpt: Ex-Prez
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Constructing race and ethnicity: Category-making in public policy and administration – the cases of the US and Netherlands
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-11-16)The US federal government named and defined its demographic categories for the first time in 1977, in the Office of Management and Budget Directive No. 15. The Netherlands also defines and uses “identity” categories in ... -
Consumer research and public policy: the case of sugar crisis of 1980
(2010-03-14)Based on Consumer Study of Ahmedabad households, conducted immediately after the sugar crisis of 1980, the paper presents the changes that consumer consumption, buying and stocking patterns went through because of the high ... -
Container movement by rail in India: a review of policy evolution
(Elsevier Ltd, 2012-03-01)Container movement by rail was a monopoly of Indian Railways (IR) until 2005. Its subsidiary Container Corporation (CONCOR) was the sole operator of container trains. Entry of other entities in 2007 has been driven by ... -
Estimation of social time preference rate for India and its public policy implications
(2010-03-27)This paper estimates the social time preference rate for India using DMVL model. The findings of the study suggest that public investment in India has been grossly mis-allocated. The current problems of Indian economy can ... -
Evolution of e-commerce in India: a study on the effect on retail industry and the implications of public policy
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)There has been a massive change in the retail landscape in India in the past few decades. Just observing it from a consumer journey perspective, initially there were small stores which could cater to multiple consumer ... -
Ex-president Pranab to preside over IIM-A lectures
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Ex-prez begins lecture on public policy at IIMA
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Ex-Prez to teach at IIMA from Sept 19
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Exploring linkages between innovation and public policy - Challenges and opportunities
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-11-10)Significant research has gone into the analysis of the complex linkages between public policy and innovation. While this research has generated a lot of interesting insights, it has also identified several gaps in our ... -
Formulating public policy for distribution of essential goods: an analytical approach
(2010-03-21)Public Policy concerning distribution of essential goods of mass consumption has assumed critical importance in several developing countries. In India, such policies have generally been reactive, in response to exigencies ... -
IIM trains students on policy execution
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IIM-A to get 12 more Research Chairs
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IIM-A to host former prez
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IIMs open doors to train public policy experts without CAT
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Implementation of health care programmes: development of an operational framework
(2011)Management’s quest to identify and understand the factors influencing the performance of an organisation has been ubiquitous. The attempt has been to identify what factors influence the conversion of intent into performance ... -
‘India needs a strong research ecosystem’
(Ahmedabad Mirror, 2018-11-18)