Documents et rapports

Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network (anglais)

This paper uses the construction of India's Golden Quadrangle central highway network, together with comprehensive loan data from the Reserve Bank of India, to investigate the interaction between infrastructure...

The World Bank Economic Review 32 (1) (anglais)

Heterogeneous technology diffusion and Ricardian trade patterns (anglais)

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade...

Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns (anglais)

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade...

Global talent flows (anglais)

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries...

Will market competition trump gender discrimination in India ? (anglais)

Empowering women to engage in productive employment is not only critical to achieving gender equality but also critical for economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper studies the pattern of female...

Spatial development and agglomeration economies in services -- lessons from India (anglais)

Although many studies consider the spatial pattern of manufacturing plants in developing countries, the role of services as a driver of urbanization and structural transformation is still not well understood...

Highways and Spatial Location within Cities : Evidence from India (anglais)

The authors investigate the impact of the golden quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the spatial organization and efficiency of manufacturing activity. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of...

A detailed anatomy of factor misallocation in India (anglais)

This paper complements the results of earlier work on factor misallocation. The paper first expands the methodology and provides two important decompositions for the main indices. The main result is that...

Effects of land misallocation on capital allocations in India (anglais)

Growing research and policy interest focuses on the misallocation of output and factors of production in developing economies. This paper considers the possible misallocation of financial loans. Using...

The misallocation of land and other factors of production in India (anglais)

This paper quantifies the misallocation of manufacturing output and factors of production between establishments across Indian districts during 1989-2010. It first distills a number of stylized facts about...

Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing (anglais)

India's manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net employment growth is concentrated in informal tradable industries, and 2)...

Spatial dynamics of electricity usage in India (anglais)

India's manufacturing sector has undergone many spatial adjustments since 1989, including, for example, the organized sector's migration to rural locations, the powerful rise of informal manufacturing...

Regional diversity and inclusive growth in Indian cities (anglais)

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are...

What makes cities more competitive? Lessons from India (anglais)

Policy makers in both developed and developing countries want to accelerate spatial development, make cities more competitive, attract new entrepreneurs, boost economic growth, and promote job creation...

Highways and spatial development (anglais)

This economic premise examines the link between highways and spatial development. The golden quadrilateral (GQ) highway project in India- 5,846 kilo meter (km) of highways linking four major urban hubs-...

Input usage and productivity in Indian manufacturing plants (anglais)

This paper analyzes the scale and productivity consequences of varied input use in Indian manufacturing using detailed plant-level data. Counts of distinct material inputs are higher in urban settings...

Specialization, diversity, and Indian manufacturing growth (anglais)

This paper examines the specialization and diversity of manufacturing industries within Indian districts. Prior to India's recent economic growth and liberalization, specialization levels in 1989 were...

The golden quadrilateral highway project and urban/rural manufacturing in India (anglais)

This study investigates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project on the urban and rural growth of Indian manufacturing. The Golden Quadrilateral project upgraded the quality and width of...

Female business ownership and informal sector persistence (anglais)

The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized...