| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910454314303321 |
|
|
Autore |
Ferrari Aurora |
|
|
Titolo |
India's investment climate [[electronic resource] ] : voices of Indian business / / Aurora Ferrari and Inderbir Singh Dhingra |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-281-95975-8 |
9786611959753 |
0-8213-7808-2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (179 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Investments - India |
Finance - India |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; Table 1.1 Main Investment Climate Obstacles, Identified and Ranked by Sector; 2 The Indian Economy: Robust Growth, but Challenges Remain; Figure 2.1 Real GDP Growth, by Sector, in India, 1990/91-2007/08; Figure 2.2 Structural Change in India, 1950/51-2005/06; Figure 2.3 Real GDP Composition, 2007/08; Figure 2.4 Savings and Investments, 1950/51-2005/06; Figure 2.5 Savings as a Percentage of GDP, 1965/66-2005/06; Figure 2.6 Trends in Consolidated Fiscal Deficit and Public Debt Stock, 1991/92-2006/07 |
Table 2.1 India Total Factor Productivity Estimates Box 2.1 Reforms and TFP during the 1990's; Figure 2.7 Formal and Informal Labor Force, 1990 and 2003; Figure 2.8 Evolution of the Labor Force Distribution, by Sector, 1983/84-2004/05; Table 2.2 Labor Productivity and Employment Shares; Figure 2.9 Productivity Growth and Labor Reallocation in India, 1983-2002; Figure 2.10 States' Growth in Per Capita Income, 1980's and 1990's; Figure 2.11 Decomposition of Differences in Per Capita Income Growth across Groups of States, 1983-2004; Box 2.2 International Comparisons of Income Gaps between States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Figure 2.12 Relative Sector Productivities and Potential Figure 2.13 Labor Force Distribution, 2004; 3 Manufacturing: Investment Climate Obstacles to Productivity Growth and Employment Generation; Table 3.1 Contribution of Manufacturing to GDP in Selected Countries and Regions, 2005; Figure 3.1 Proportion of Firms Reporting Each Obstacle as Major or Severe, 2003 and 2006; Figure 3.2 Firms Perception of Investment Climate Variables as the Most Important Obstacle or as a Major or Very Severe Obstacle, 2006; Figure 3.3 Impact of Corruption, by Firm Size, 2006 |
Figure 3.4 Percentage of Firms Rating Labor Regulations as a Major or Very Severe Obstacle, 2006 Figure 3.5 Proportional Impact of Investment Climate Variables on Firm TFP, Employment, Real Wages, Exports, and FDI, 2006; Figure 3.6 Deviation from the National Average of Percentage of Firms Reporting Each Obstacle as Major or Very Severe in 2006, by Income Level of States, 2006; Figure 3.7 Change in the Percentage of Firms Identifying Factor as a Major or Very Severe Obstacle between 2003 and 2006, by Income Level of States; Table 3.2 Top 15 Manufacturing Exports, 2006/07 |
Figure 3.8 Trade Competitiveness: Growth of Indian Exports and Worldwide Exports for the Sectors with the Largest Share of Total Ind Figure 3.9 Importance of Largest Manufacturing Export Sectors in the Indian Export Basket and Growth of Sectors' Market Share in the World Export Market, 2001/02-2006/07; Table 3.3 Value Added per Unit Labor Cost; Table 3.4 Indirect Costs for Exporting and Nonexporting Firms in India and China; 4 Unorganized Manufacturing: Facilitating Entry to the Formal Sector by Removing Obstacles to Growth and Productivity |
Box 4.1 What Constitutes Unorganized Manufacturing in India? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
The Indian economy has emerged as one of the world's fastest growing economies in the past few years. Greater investment, increased productivity, and deeper integration in the world economy have been the key growth drivers. Nonetheless, three main challenges remain: insufficient job creation in the formal sector; large and growing disparities between states; and increasing, but still low, productivity. India's Investment Climate identifies what the government can do to tackle these challenges by improving the investment climate for three key sectors, manufacturing, retail and software-ITES. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910780660103321 |
|
|
Autore |
Benidickson Jamie |
|
|
Titolo |
Idleness, water, and a canoe : reflections on paddling for pleasure / / Jamie Benidickson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999 |
|
©1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-281-99752-8 |
1-4426-7597-7 |
9786611997526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (334 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Canoes and canoeing - Canada |
Canoes and canoeing - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States |
Great Britain |
Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
1. Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Popular Images and Personal Experiences -- 2. A Useful Vessel: A Trout, a Moose, and a Canoe -- 3. The Healing Pines -- 4. God's Country -- 5. The Canadian Summer Boy -- 6. Women and Wilderness -- 7. Rock Dodging and Other Perils -- 8. Getting Organized: Clubs and Competitions -- 9. What Kinda Boat Ya Got? -- 10. The Craft and the Craftsman in Transition -- 11. Native Impressions -- 12. Destinations -- 13. Comfort: Bringing It with You and Finding It There -- 14. The Price of Adventure -- 15. Consuming Wilderness -- 16. The Future of the Voyageur. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In the spring of 1940, subscribers to Queen's Quarterly read that the 'ingredients of a holiday in Canada are idleness, water, and a canoe.' This statement bears witness to the enduring importance of the canoe generations after the decline of the North American fur trade. Jamie Benidickson explains that the canoe's merit lies not strictly in its |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
function as a transportation vehicle, but in its promise of unrestricted mobility, leisure, and independence. Idleness, Water, and a Canoe is a study of the place of the canoe in Canadian life, with comparative references to the United States and Britain. A blend of history, economic analysis, technical information, and social commentary, it examines the rise of the canoe's popularity and its influence on leisure activity, economics and tourism, and literature and advertising in this country. Drawing on books, newspaper articles, original records, unusual ephemera, and interviews with paddlers, the author describes the evolution and cultural significance of two centuries of recreational paddling. He explores why canoeists have constantly sought new summer waterways, how they have practised their craft, and how much influence paddling for pleasure has had on them and on the societies in which they live. The many facets of recreational paddling are illustrated and described in a series of reflections on subjects ranging from the paddler's quest for physical and emotional renewal to what the future holds for voyageurs and their sport. Benidickson also discusses the evolution of canoe design and manufacturing, the formation of canoe clubs and organizations, the economics of recreational travel, and the paddler's role in environmental protection. Not only will this book appeal to those interested in history, sociology, aesthetics, geography, and sports and leisure studies, but its broad scope and accessible style will recommend it to the many outdoor enthusiasts who plan yearly canoeing trips. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |