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Innovation today needs a woman's touch
(13/5/2012)
Lessons from learners
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-01-01)
Drought, deprivation and sustainable development: Why are the public policies so weak?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1991-04-01)
National capacity to deal with the deleterious consequences of the drought has certainly increased in the recent years. But the' absence of death' as an indicator of success of public policies for drought mitigation is not ...
Strategic opportunities in managing IPRs: Biodiversity, drug industry and emerging options
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
In this paper, I first discuss the key concept of IPR and its relevance for our conditions. I particularly refer to the opportunities that exist globally with specific reference to patent expiration, biodiversity based ...
Ethics of extraction: Biodiversity and indigenous knowledge
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1998-12-01)
Extraction of local knowledge of people has gone on for a very long time without any reciprocity or accountability towards the knowledge providers. The paper looks at several kinds of accountability of researchers such as ...
Initiative, innovation and institutions: The study of emerging trends in voluntarism in rural development in India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-03-01)
The individual urge to extend one's responsibility for social change beyond mandated or formal duties is far more pervasive than is generally assumed. However, not each individual with such an urge takes voluntary initiatives. ...
Why don't we learn
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1984-12-01)
Rural development is essentially a process of widening decision making options of the majority of the poor. Creating choices without generating capacity to act might impair learning abilities of both, who create choices ...
Managing ecological diversity, simultaneity, complexity and change: An eco- political perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-10-01)
Mainly Indian studies on Governance From Ecological Perspective during last decade were reviewed as a part of third survey on public administration organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
The ...
Review of post-graduate research in agriculture (1973-1984): Are we building appropriate skills for tomorrow?
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-01-01)
Post Graduate Research has been an important source of generating technological breakthrough in social as well as natural sciences. The skills for solving problem of 21st century have to be created now. We have reviewed ...
Transferring science for development and diffusion of technology: Agenda for recasting extension science research for drylands/ rainfed regions
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1990-01-01)
We argue that both, the system of technology generation as also transfer in dry regions/ rainfed high risk environments have to be differently designed than the systems suitable for irrigated regions.
In Part I, we discuss ...