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पॉलिसी टुल म्हणून कार्बनची सोशल कॉस्ट: भारतीय संदर्भातील आव्हाने
Jul 06, 2024

पॉलिसी टुल म्हणून कार्बनची सोशल कॉस्ट: भारतीय संदर्भातील आव्हाने

एससीसीचा (SCC) अंदाज लावण्यासाठी वापरले जाणारे काही निकष ह�

Social cost of carbon as a policy tool: Challenges in the Indian context
Jun 24, 2024

Social cost of carbon as a policy tool: Challenges in the Indian context

Some of the parameters used in the estimation of the SCC depend on ethical values, which could be subjective. This raises questions about the use of t

COVID-19, Blue Economy, and the Climate Change Agenda: The case of Seychelles
May 18, 2020

COVID-19, Blue Economy, and the Climate Change Agenda: The case of Seychelles

The human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. At the same time, measures to tackle the crisis have affected national economies and grounded global trade to a halt. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as the Seychelles are amongst the countries that have suffered some of the worst economic impacts of the outbreak. The current situation illustrates the global state of unpreparedness for a pandemic and points to similar inadeq

Keynes’s ‘Vision 2030’: Social Aspects of GenAI and the Future of Work
Dec 03, 2024

Keynes’s ‘Vision 2030’: Social Aspects of GenAI and the Future of Work

Current discussions around the macroeconomic impacts of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its effects on the future of work tend to be sensationalist. Unlike previous waves of automation, GenAI has the capacity to affect tasks and professions of capital holders—or white-collar workers—as well as blue-collar workers—and can also contribute to a widening of the gender gap. Capital holders must strengthen the human aspects of work

Nepal’s Rahughat Hydropower Project and Indian LOCs
May 12, 2023

Nepal’s Rahughat Hydropower Project and Indian LOCs

India's flagship economic diplomacy programme, the grant of Lines of Credit (LOC), has had immense success in expanding the country's development cooperation around the world. In the African region, for instance, countries have found LOCs to be appropriate alternatives to traditional development assistance. LOCs are a popular tool among countries looking to fund their development goals. Closer to home, Nepal has received more than $1 billion in d

The Role of SDGs in Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery
Jan 07, 2021

The Role of SDGs in Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread global economic impacts, and countries are gearing up for recovery. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be crucial. Given that the SDGs incorporate the four pillars of capital — human, social, natural and physical — these targets will be useful in the post-pandemic economic recovery process. This brief utilises econometric analysis to illustrate how the implementation of the SDGs is a stat

The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Sanctions: An Assessment of the Economic and Political Impacts
Oct 21, 2022

The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Sanctions: An Assessment of the Economic and Political Impacts

In the modern era, sanctions measures have evolved into a major policy instrument, and their usage has increased rapidly since the end of the Cold War. Sanctions have been used by the US and the European Union extensively since 2014 in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with a new set of sharp and comprehensive sanctions implemented following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This paper examines the political and economic