Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the mechanisms for adopting a private sector driven "business model" approach for successful diffusion of sustainable energy technologies (SETs), which integrates the processes of market transformation and entrepreneurship development with innovative regulatory, marketing, financing, incentive and delivery mechanisms leading to SET commercialization.

TL;DR: In this article, the variable impact of participation in high value agriculture through contract farming arrangements in southern India was assessed using survey data for 474 farmers in four commodity sectors, gherkins, papaya marigold and broiler, using an endogenous switching model to estimate net profits from participation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined features of child labor in an area of high economic growth in western India and argued that economic growth alone alone is not sufficient to eradicate child labor, and pointed out that children work at simple repetitive manual tasks that do not require long years of training or experience.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new systematic classification and explanation of barriers and drivers to energy efficiency using an actor-oriented approach is developed, which aims to identify the drivers and barriers that affect the success or failure of energy efficiency investments and the institutions that are responsible for the emergence of these barriers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions of the Indian economy by producing sectors and due to household final consumption based on an Input-Output (IO) table and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2003-04 that distinguishes 25 sectors and 10 household classes.