Publishing Institution: United Nations University / Political Geography: India / Publication Year: within 25 Years / Topic: International Relations

Author:: Sandeep Kapur and Suma Athreye
Publication Date:: 01-2009
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: United Nations University
Abstract:: The last two decades have seen a significant rise in the internationalization of firms from developing economies. In addition to their growing participation in international trade, a number of leading emerging economies are contributing to growing outflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. According to the 2008 World Investment Report, outward flows of FDI from developing countries rose from about US$6 billion between 1989 and 1991 to US$225 billion in 2007. As a percentage of total global outflows, the share of developing countries grew from 2.7% to nearly 13.0% during this period.
Topic:: International Relations, Economics, Globalization, International Political Economy, Markets, Foreign Direct Investment, and Financial Crisis
Political Geography:: United States, China, and India

Author:: George Cheriyan
Publication Date:: 11-2006
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: United Nations University
Abstract:: Over the past decade, a series of events in India have brought the question of food security into sharp focus. Vast famine-affected areas versus surplus production and stocks of grains, the impact of globalization and World Trade Organization laws on agriculture and farmers, the media's spotlight on starvation deaths and, finally, the Supreme Court of India's strong reaction to the plight of the hungry—all make a case for recognizing the right to food.
Topic:: International Relations, Development, and Human Rights
Political Geography:: India and Asia

Author:: D. Jayaraj and S. Subramanian
Publication Date:: 10-2006
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: United Nations University
Abstract:: This paper reviews the principal source of India's wealth distribution statistics, which is constituted by the five decennial Reserve Bank of India National Sample Survey Organization Surveys on Debt and Investment of 1961-62, 1971-72, 1981-82, 1991-92, and 2002-03. The data available are described, critically appraised, and analyzed to present some salient findings in terms of the levels of debt, the levels of asset-holdings across the states of the Indian Union and over time, wealth composition, and aspects of vertical and horizontal inequality in the distribution of wealth. The centrality of land and real estate in the wealth status of India is underlined, and some broad aspects of redistributive anti-poverty policy are spelt out.
Topic:: International Relations, Development, and International Political Economy
Political Geography:: India and Asia

Author:: Ravi Kanbur and Anthony J. Venables
Publication Date:: 09-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: United Nations University
Abstract:: Amidst a growing concern about increasing inequality, the spatial dimensions of inequality have begun to attract considerable policy interest. In China, Russia, India, Mexico, and South Africa, as well as most other developing and transition economies, there is a sense that spatial and regional disparities in economic activity, incomes and social indicators, are on the increase. Spatial inequality is a dimension of overall inequality, but it has added significance when spatial and regional divisions align with political and ethnic tensions to undermine social and political stability. Also important in the policy debate is a perceived sense that increasing internal spatial inequality is related to greater openness of economies, and to globalization in general.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Demographics, and Development
Political Geography:: Russia, China, India, South Africa, and Mexico

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