Kannan, K P(Centre for Development Studies2022-10, )
This paper is an extended version of my lecture delivered on 8 January 2021 as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Trivandrum), Kerala, India. I ...
Ranganathan, Thiagu; Chatterjee, Tirtha; Takle, Rucha(Centre for Development Studies2022-09, )
This paper chronicles the growth of tea sector in India, tracing value chain configurations over the years. Tea arrived in India in the early 19th century as fallout of the British Empire’s pressing need for an alternative ...
Thakur, Gogol Mitra; Narayanan, Abhinav; Beye, Robert C M(CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES2022-06, )
Exceptionally high rainfall in the Indian state of Kerala caused major flooding in 2018.
This paper estimates the short-run causal impact of the disaster on the economy, using a difference-in-difference approach. Monthly ...
Prakash, B A(Centre for Development Studies2022-04, )
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted an exodus of Keralite emigrant workers from GCC
countries to Kerala. The study based on a sample of 404 return emigrants belonged to the
districts viz. Kannur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, ...
Mankunnummal, Ajil(Centre for Development Studies2022-04, )
By providing a conducive policy environment in the early days, the Government tried to
build a base for the fertilizer industry by encouraging fertilizer products' consumption and
distribution. But all these caused a ...
Mani, Sunil; Iyer, Chidambaran G(Centre for Development Studies2022-02, )
India, through its central bank, has put in place an elaborate set of institutions and
technologies for diffusing digital payments in the country since 2010. In fact, the
Reserve Bank of India has designated the 2010-2020 ...