Showing papers by "Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research published in 2022"
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors studied the evolution of land-related disputes after enactment of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and found that land disputes increased after FRA implementation, due to contradictory conservation policies, lax implementation and increased incentives to demand claims.
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26 Apr 2022
TL;DR: In this article , an analysis of the normative structure underlying the Gandhian thought is presented, and the following ideas seem to be implicit in Gandhiian writings critiquing modern institutions, technology, and civilization: (i) institutions have important implications for individual and social values.
Abstract: This chapter is concerned with an analysis of the normative structure underlying the Gandhian thought. The following ideas seem to be implicit in Gandhian writings critiquing modern institutions, technology, and civilization: (i) Institutions have important implications for individual and social values. Modern institutions are undesirable as they tend to induce values, both individual and social, of a negative character. (ii) Technological choices, in general, are not value-neutral. Modern technology is essentially inconsistent with some of the most cherished values, particularly non-violence. (iii) Any civilization with a normative structure that gives so much importance to material comforts and self-regardingness as does the normative structure underlying the modern civilization cannot be sustainable in the long run.
01 Jan 2022
TL;DR: In this article , the fundamental contributions to economic theory and policy made by Indian thinkers in the late 19th and early 20th century are brought out in a brief but coherent fashion.
Abstract: AbstractThis paper purports to bring out in a brief but coherent fashion the fundamental contributions to economic theory and policy made by Indian thinkers in the late 19th and early 20 th century. We divide this epoch into three distinct phases viz. the pioneering, the nationalist and the modern. We then assess these contributions against the background of two developments in economic theory viz. the unity of science principle and the ascendancy of neoclassical thought. We conclude with an analysis of how this rich legacy was abandoned and argue for its reinstatement in thinking about contemporary Indian economic issues.KeywordsEarly Indian economic thoughtPioneersNationalists and modernistsUnity of science principleNeoclassical ascendancy
01 Jan 2022
TL;DR: In this article , the authors survey the literature on performance evaluation of mutual funds and highlight the important works that have been carried out till date, highlighting the important role of the mutual fund industry in channeling savings into investments.
Abstract: The mutual funds industry in an economy plays an important role in channeling savings into investments. Given the limited amount of savings, economic efficiency requires that such savings be allocated to firms with the highest return on investments, adjusted for risk. Performance evaluation of mutual funds, therefore, becomes important. In this chapter, we survey the extant literature on this subject outlining the important works that have been carried out till date.
02 Aug 2022
TL;DR: In this article , the author critiques the UN Declaration of Human Rights from a phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspective for failing to establish geographical stability as a fundamental precursor to the human reason and autonomy it seeks to protect.
Abstract: It is widely acknowledged that forced displacements and migrations are psychologically traumatic experiences. In this chapter, the author critiques the UN Declaration of Human Rights from a phenomenological and psychoanalytic perspective for failing to establish geographical stability as a fundamental precursor to the human reason and autonomy it seeks to protect. As a result, government policies, global development programs and post-conflict reconstructions risk traumatizing or re-traumatizing affected people if human selfhood remains misunderstood as a disembodied entity disconnected from the place in which it develops.