Suchergebnisse

Narendra Jadhav, New-age Technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0: Global Public Policy Issues in Economy, Democracy, National Security and World Peace, Konark Publishers, 2019, 280 pp., ₹695. ISBN 9789322008994 (Hardcover).

Walter Fernandes, Veronica Pala, Gita Bharali and Bitopi Dutta, The Development Dilemma: Displacement in Meghalaya 1947–2010. Guwahati: North-Eastern Social Science Research Centre, 2016, 396 pp., ₹600, ISBN: 978-81-89762-56-8.

This book discusses the evolution of the third tier of the Indian federal system, with a focus on rural local governance (commonly known as Panchayati Raj) against the backdrop of important theoretical and empirical literature on the relevance and effectiveness of service delivery in the decentralized system. It evaluates the quintessence of the functioning of the Panchayati Raj in the past two decades of its existence. This pioneering book also discusses the treatment of the third-tier government in the inter-governmental fiscal transfer framework and the delineation of the unique institution of local self-government in the North-Eastern Indian States. In the light of the loosely evolved fiscal relations between three levels of government, it has been observed that local self-governments in the bottom tier have not been truly empowered yet. The book argues in favor of integrating the third-tier government into the Indian federal system and suggests how this could be achieved.

This book provides a detailed account of the evolution of India's Look and Act East Policy, addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast Region. The Northeastern India as a region is landlocked, sharing most of its boundary with neighbouring countries of South and South East Asia. It empirically explores the progress in and prospects for trade, investment and connectivity between Northeast India and Southeast Asian countries. Further, it discusses a range of regional and sub-regional multilateral initiatives - e.g. the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM), and Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) - that could potentially strengthen the cooperation between Northeast India and neighboring regions in the social, cultural and economic spheres.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Towards a Perspective on the Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Northeast India and India´s Look East Policy -- 1.3 Mainstreaming Northeast India in the Look (Act) East Policy of India -- 1.4 The Way Forward -- 1.5 Chapter Scheme -- References -- Part I: Northeast India Under the Aegis of the Look East Policy -- 2: Integrating Northeast with South East Asia: Great Expectations and Ground Realities -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 How Does Market Integration Work? -- 2.3 Lessons from the Past Internationalization of the Assam Economy -- 2.4 India´s Look East Policy and the Vision for the Northeast -- 2.5 The Northeast to be a Gateway to East and South East Asia -- 2.6 What Has the Look East Policy Meant to the Northeast So Far? -- 2.7 Is the Northeast Ready? -- References -- 3: Insider or an Outsider: Where Is the Northeast in India´s Act East Policy? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Why Was LEP Formulated in India in the 1990s? -- 3.3 Was the Northeast Ever in This Policy Frame? -- 3.4 Are the Ground Realities for the Northeast Changing? -- 3.5 Is the Northeast Now Ready to Leverage from the AEP? -- References -- 4: Look East Policy and Northeast India: Is It a Conjectured Vision -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A ``Borderless´´ World -- 4.3 From ``Look East´´ to ``Act East´´ Policy -- 4.4 Selected Macroeconomic Indicators of NEI -- 4.4.1 Composition of Net State Domestic Product and Contribution of Labour -- 4.4.2 Regional Income -- 4.4.3 Formal Trade with Neighbouring Countries -- 4.4.4 Informal Trade with Neighbouring Countries -- 4.4.4.1 Myanmar -- Box 4.1 Excerpts from Interview with Commissioner of Customs, Aizawl, March 30, 2015 -- 4.4.4.2 Bangladesh -- 4.4.5 Central Assistance to NEI -- 4.5 Related Economic Issues

ABSTRACTIncreasing strains on self‐sufficiency within the block of East European command economies resulted in the dramatic decision to change over to an economic system largely based on market forces. The painfulness of the ensuing transformation process will be mitigated somewhat by supportive economic policies of the West, including the European Community which is itself aiming at complete economic integration by the end of 1992. The consequences for the developing countries of these far‐reaching policy changes in East and West are likely to be negative, at least in the immediate future. This is true for the volume of development assistance given by East and West, as well as for the export prospects of developing countries. Favourable effects might at best be expected in the longer run.