Economists have long recognized the special role of Government Debt (and the market where it trades) in the economy of a country.

Continuing our analysis of International Unemployment Support schemes, we now discuss designs in three South American countries: Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

In July 2012, RBI set up the Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.Prakash Bakshi, Chairman, NABARD, to examine the Three-Tier Short Term Cooperative Credit Structure (STCCS) in India.

Continuing our blog series on Municipal Finance in India, in this two-part series we review the Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services (2011).

The absence of secondary markets for corporate bonds in India is arguably the single most important reason for this market not seeing the kind of growth one would expect.

I was recently made aware of a fascinating speech2 on this topic given by Mr. V. K. Sharma (ED, RBI) in Mumbai on November 8th, 2012.

In India, rice and wheat comprise 70 percent of agricultural produce by area, but less than 25 percent by value.

Following the posts on Functions of ULBs and Municipal Funds as part of the Municipal Finance blog series, this post provides an overview of functionaries at ULBs, explains why the poor urban service delivery mechanism is rooted in weak staff capacity and disjointed institutional set-up and concludes with recommendations for strengthening capacity building.

Recently IFMR Capital hosted its third Investor Seminar in Mumbai. The theme of the seminar was 'Risk Underwriting in Asset Classes that Impact Low-Income Households'.

his post is a continunation of our series of posts on Unemployment Support in India. The below post borrows heavily from Kamimura’s “Employment structure and Unemployment insurance in East Asia