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Documentation/Library
AARDO
acquires books/reports/periodicals
for its Library from different parts of the world and has a
collection of around 6292 titles and 87 regular
periodicals. The index services
of the Library has been fully computerised. Readers can access
computerised database of the Library. Besides, the Library brings out
from time to time information about the new books received in the
Library. Some of the latest books received are as
follow :
NEW
BOOKS/REPORTS IN THE LIBRARY
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for
our Time
Sachs, Jeffrey
New York; Penguin Press; 2005.
Sachs makes a compelling case for an increase in foreign aid to the
poorest countries in the world. The first part of the book also reads as
an autobiography – Sachs recounts how he got into development economies
in the first place. The accounts of his experiences in Bolivia and
Poland are quite fascinating. The second part focuses more on dispelling
myths about poverty and showing that extreme poverty can be eliminated
within decades. Not all will agree with Sach’s emphasis on geography as
the key reason for poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, but Sachs does have
substantial data and careful analysis to back up his case. Some of the
recent work by Harvard’s Dani Rodrik provides a critical view of Sach’s
position on global poverty reduction. William Easterly – a former World
Bank economist and well-known foreign aid skeptic – has also written a
critical review of the book which was published in the journal of
Economic Literature. A shortened version appeared in The Washington
Post. This book is accessible to the general reader – no economics
background is necessary to understand it.
Rural Marketing – Targeting the Non-urban
Consumer
Velayudhan, S. K.
New Delhi; Sage Publications; 2007.
This highly practical and informative book provides unique insights into
the essential features of rural markets in India as well as challenges
posed by the rural consumer. Retaining the managerial perspective of the
first edition, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and
expanded and examines in more detail the concept of rural markets and
rural marketing. It also contains numerous short cases to illustrate how
social and cultural habits influence rural consumer behavior. The book
contains comprehensive insights into – i) The nature and patterns of
rural behaviour; ii) A detailed profile of the rural market; iii) The
opportunities available in rural markets and new methods used to access
the rural consumer; iv) Strategic decisions for new product development;
v) Promotion, distribution, communication and channel servicing
decisions; vi) The importance of rural market institutions such as haats
and melas and vii) Emerging channels to access rural markets. A guide to
strategic marketing and management decisions, this book will be of
interest to students of marketing and management as well as
professionals in the field.
Institutional Alternatives and Governance of
Agriculture
Ballabh, Vishwa (ed.)
New Delhi; Academic Foundation; 2007.
The Indian economy clearly seems to have followed a higher growth
trajectory with over 9 per cent growth in GDP for the fiscal year
2006-07. Despite some improvements, the performance of agriculture
sector, however, continues to be the cause of concern. The dream of
inclusive growth cannot be realized without revival of sagging
agriculture sector. A number of challenges are being encountered in the
sector. Some of these challenges are: (i) increasing number of small and
marginal farmers; (ii) increased competition due to globalisation
process; (iii) reduced capital formation; (iv) poor infrastructure; and
(v) decline of State support to agriculture. Thus, in present context
governance and strengthening of institutional mechanisms to revive
agriculture growth is of paramount need. The present book consisting of
twelve essays, divided in four parts, critically examines issues and
challenges of the agriculture sector and identifies ways to meet these
challenges. The objective is primarily to initiate debate over
governance of agriculture and identification of institutional mechanism
to make small holders farm economy viable and globally competitive. The
essays though varied in content and nature are unified in their emphasis
on elements of sustainability, growth and equity, and examine role of
public policies such as prices, input subsidies, research and
development in current economic scenario and lays emphasis on
identification of institutional mechanisms for the integration of small
and marginal farmers in the larger economic development agenda.
Rural Poverty – Assessment And Livelihood
Strategy
Sinha, Biswanath M.; Mindjimba, K. & Jarne, A.
New Delhi; International Book Distributors; 2005.
"Poverty has been a subject of much discussions and debates. But poverty
itself is not only the single constraining part for the people,
particularly in the rural context. Important factors are the
vulnerability context in which local communities live and work, and also
some of the livelihood strategies they pursue. The approach used in this
book, which focuses on the hamlet, describes three dimensions (caste
belonging, landownership, and women's illiteracy), while thematic
cartography enlightens spatial disparities in development interventions.
One of livelihood strategies is Joint Forest Management (JFM). Most
forests in tropical countries have undergone gradual destruction and
degradation for many years owing to the expanding human and livestock
populations, as well as rapid urbanization and industrialization. The
second livelihood strategy has to do with micro-credit through women's
Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Indeed, poor and vulnerable groups,
particularly women have been subjected to different kinds of
exploitation in the absence of economic empowerment and viable local
institutions. As the book contends, these two strategies are effective
ways of empowering local communities so that they can take
responsibility for their own development and destinies on a sustainable
basis, improving their livelihoods and hence overcoming their poverty.
Agro Biodiversity and Farmers’ Rights
Swaminathan, M.S. (ed.)
Delhi; Konark Publishers; 1996.
"The term agro biodiversity refers to genetic variability in plants,
animals and micro-organisms of economic value. In the past, several
thousand plants were used for purposes of food, feed, fiber, fuel wood,
fertilizer and medicine. As agriculture advanced, the human food
security systems began to depend not only on fewer and fewer plant
species, but also on a small number of varieties. Such genetic
homogeneity enhanced genetic vulnerability to pests and diseases as well
as to soil and climatic stresses. At the same time, the habitants rich
in biodiversity like forests were getting destroyed. The on-farm
conservation traditions of rural communities are also giving way to
monoculture, thereby accelerating the pace of gene erosion. "Agro
biodiversity provides the feed-stock for the breeding and biotechnology
enterprises. The future of food and health security depends on the
conservation and sustainable use of such diversity. Genetic engineering
technologies help move genes across sexual barriers and hence no plant
or other living organism is useless, as Charaka reminded us centuries
ago.
Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing
Countries –Vol 1
Key Issues for a Pro-Development Outcome of the Doha Round
McCalla, Alex F. & Nash, John (ed.)
Washington; World Bank; 2007.
In the ongoing Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization
negotiations, developing countries have had much greater leverage, due
at least in part to their large and growing share of world trade. But
will the increased influence of developing countries translate into a
final agreement that is truly more development-friendly? What would be
key ingredients in such a final outcome of the negotiations, and what
would the developing countries really get out of it. This two volume set
seeks to answer these questions. This volume (Volume 1) is
issues-oriented. It takes up some key questions in the negotiations,
setting the stage with a historical overview of the Doha Development
Agenda to help identify issues of most significance to developing
countries, and then explores select issues in greater depth.
Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing
Countries –Vol 2
Quantifying The Impact of Multilateral Trade Reform
McCalla, Alex F. & Nash, John (ed.)
Washington; World Bank; 2007.
In the ongoing Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization
negotiations, developing countries have had much greater leverage, due
at least in part to their large and growing share of world trade. But
will the increased influence of developing countries translate into a
final agreement that is truly more development-friendly? What would be
key ingredients in such a final outcome of the negotiations, and what
would the developing countries really get out of it. This two volume set
seeks to answer these questions. This volume (Volume 2) addresses the
question of how a development-friendly outcome to the talks would affect
developing countries by quantifying the impact of multilateral trade
reform. It presents several different approaches to modeling the effects
of the outcome of negotiations, and then investigates why these (and
other) modeling efforts produce such divergent results.
World Development Indicators 2007
Development Data Group
Washington; World Bank; 2007.
World Development Indicators is the World Bank’s premier annual
compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical
reference allows you to consult over 900 indicators for some 150
economies and 14 country groups in more than 80 tables. It provides a
current overview of the most recent data available as well as important
regional data and income group analysis in six thematic sections: World
View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets and Global Links.
Comprising Poverty and Famines, Hunger and
Public Action, India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity
Sen, Amartya & Dreze, Jean
New Delhi; Oxford University Press; 2006.
This omnibus consists of three outstanding works by two of the world's
finest development economists. Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze explore the
economic, social, and political roots of deprivation in the modern
world, and the role of public action in addressing this problem. Poverty
and Famines focuses on the ability of a person to acquire food and other
relevant commodities within the prevailing economic, social and legal
arrangements. In Hunger and Public Action, the focus shifts from the
causation of hunger and famines to their prevention. The central theme
here is that public action has a crucial role to play in eradicating
famines as well as endemic hunger. This study also explores related
issues such as the strategy of famine prevention, the connections
between economic growth and public support, class and gender conflicts,
and the role of adversarial politics. India: Economic Development and
Social Opportunity builds on this conceptual framework to discuss
India's achievements and failures since independence. The importance of
basic education in development is a recurrent theme of this study. Taken
together, these three studies form a uniquely rich investigation of the
causes and remedies of deprivation in the modern world. Written in an
accessible style, this collection is priority reading for all those who
are interested in the human face of development.
Renewable Energy Technology Development and
Implications for Poverty Alleviation
Pachauri, R.K. & Vasudeva, Gurneeta (ed.)
New Delhi; TERI; 2002.
TERI-NA's colloquium series titled 'Global partnerships for sustainable
development: harnessing action for the 21st century' is an effort to
examine the dynamics of the nexus between globalization and sustainable
development. It appreciates the fact that the transition to
sustainability must be treated as a complex and multi-layered phenomenon
that requires interventions at the local and global levels. This
necessitates strengthening of individual and institutional capacity for
the provision of public goods that encompass social, economic, political
and environmental dimensions. This book documents the proceedings at the
first colloquium in the series, which by focusing on 'Renewable energy
technology development and implications for poverty alleviation' helped
crystallize a better assessment and understanding of the role of
technology in development and poverty removal. It also highlighted, for
the benefit of global corporations, the longer term business
opportunities in areas where they would be operating in future. The
high-level deliberations by the outstanding speakers and participants
from government, business, academia, and civil society manifest
themselves as this valuable compilation of presentations, discussions,
and broad conclusions, which needs to be disseminated on a large scale
to maximize the benefits of such an effort.
Global Marketing and Agricultural Exports
Dubey, Ritu
New Delhi; Regal Publication; 2007.
Scientific research, industrial revolution, changing telecommunication
scenario and the green revolution have made the globe a single village.
Free trade was made a possibility as a result of GATT, since the end war
efforts were being made to ensure free trade among nations. It aims to
increase the volume of trade and free play for market forces, which was
alleged, would be beneficial for the producers as well as consumers. The
book seeks to highlights the challenges faced by the farmers of this
region as a result of the successful implementation of the 1st Green
Revolution and export potential harnessed so far, the impact of the
Agreement on agriculture under the WTO regime. It discusses in depth the
threats to the agriculture in this region from A.O.A. and also discuss
as to how the provisions in the agreement on Agriculture could be
harnessed for the benefit of all engaged in agriculture and activities
allied to agriculture. Exports, pricing of food grains, food security
network and role of the state in achieving the goals have been examined
and discussed. Export of Agricultural produce and products based
thereon, are of vital significance in the successful implementation of
the second Green Revolution.
Services Areas Approach: A New Horizon for
Rural Development
Mehta, Basant & Jain, Navneet Kumar
New Delhi; Anmol Publications; 2001.
"Service area approach is intended to bring about an orderly and planned
development of specific villages earmarked as service area for rural and
semi-urban branches of Commercial Banks inclusive of Regional Rural
Banks. The significant feature of this approach is that stress has been
given for credit planning by Bank branches at the grass-root level and
their direct involvement in the development of the assigned service
area. "Since, the Service Area Approach is an important step to involve
Commercial Banks/rural Banks in rural development at grass-roots level
in planned and coordinated manner, there is an urgent need to find out
the impact of this scheme on different sectors of the economy for whose
benefit the scheme was planned and implemented. "The present
investigation is an attempt to evaluate the working of Service Area
Approach scheme in non-tribal, semi-tribal and tribal district of
Rajasthan."
Biodiversity Conservation
Ghosh, A.K.
New Delhi; APH Publishing Corporation; 2007.
"The subject of Biodiversity Conservation has gained global attention
since 1992, India as a country of mega diversity has joined "UN
Convention on Biological Diversity" and enacted "Biological Diversity
Act" 2002 and Rules 2004. Significant progress has been made along last
15 years, a detail account of which has been presented in present
volume. It includes information on current status, uses, institutional
support, traditional knowledge, databases on one side and dealt with the
issues of access, transfer and benefit sharing mechanism as also
question of capacity building on the other side. This is perhaps one of
the most comprehensive accounts on Indian Biodiversity as on date."
Biodiversity and Environment
Agarwal, S.K.; Tiwari, Swaranlata & Dubey, P.S. (ed.)
New Delhi; APH Publishing Corporation; 2005.
Man has always been fascinated by the diversity of life. Biodiversity
entails all forms of biological entities inhabiting the Earth –
including Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes – wild plants and animals.
Micro-organisms, domesticated animals and cultivated plants, and even
genetic material like seed and germplasm. Biodiversity is the result of
the evolutionary plasticity of living organisms which has increased
geometrically through perhaps 2.5 billion years, proliferating by trial
and error, controlled by natural selection, filled almost every one of
the habitable ecological niche created in a likewise evolving world
environment. In an attempt to reach materialistic targets, man has
chalked out an ambitious plan of rapid industrialization and
urbanization. In this venture, he has not only destroyed the
biodiversity build-up meticulously by nature over millions of years, so
much so, that Development has become synonymous with Degradation and
Progress with Pollution. The volume shall serve as a reference book for
students and researchers.
Successful Experiments in Rural Development/
Livelihoods
Vol 1 and Vol 2
Bhatnagar, Amitabh (ed.)
New Delhi; Zenith Books International; 2007.
The current two volumes of the Forum Knowledge Management Series are a
compilation of Case Studies/Learning’s from good and best
practices/containing sage advice/food for thought and inspiration from
sound interventions/research covering a wide gamut of development
sub-sectors/cross cutting concerns – Natural Resource Management (eg.
Land/water/forestry) linked to livelihood security of the disadvantaged;
Off Farm/Non Farm Micro enterprise/Microfinance based livelihoods (SEWA,
Kudumbashree); Human Development (education, women empowerment and
gender); Mega Poverty Alleviation Programmes (SGSY, NREGA and
Microfinance); Issues of Decentralised Governance/ Corporate Social
responsibility (ITC’s Rural Development/Public Private Community
Partnerships); Effective Government/donor agency and NGO/CSO
partnerships; Enabling Legislation (as right to Information & NREGA);
Strategies for tackling recurrent mass problems (droughts, migration);
Strategies for introducing/popularizing innovations (drip & sprinkler
micro-irrigation); and Harnessing of IT revolution (ICT tools for
Poverty Alleviation).
Globalisation, Governance Reforms and
Development in India
Choudhary, Kameshwar (ed.)
India; Sage Publications; 2007.
Globalisation has emerged as a very powerful force affecting the whole
world. In case of Third World Countries it is manifest in the
introduction of a set of neoliberal reforms at the behest of
multilaterals such as the World Bank and International Monetary fund
under the tutelage of the trinity of advanced capitalist countries
headed by u.s. representing the interests of global finance and
corporate, but also with the cooperation of ruling regimes in many
instances. Such reforms have been introduced in India starting with the
BoP crisis of 1991, which marks a clear shift in the model of
development adopted in the country, from a state- directed model to a
market – centered model. Globalisation amply benefits the privileged all
over but adversely affects the marginalized peoples and countries in the
world. This book provides a theoretico-conceptual overview of
globalisation and an analysis of state-level reforms, and the social,
cultural and political dimensions of globalisation and reforms in India.
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