Indian Growth and Development Review: Volume 17 Issue 3

Are we measuring the SDGs progress right? Evidence and insights from a review of India’s SDG index

Rajesh Gupta, Arjun Anand

This study aims to review the computational framework of SDGs in India, so that a mid-course correction can be contemplated.

Quantification of sectoral impact of COVID-19 on Indian economy: an application of economy-wide accounting framework

Rahul Arora, Nitin Arora, Sidhartha Bhattacharjee

COVID-19 has affected the economies adversely from all sides. The sudden halt in production has impacted both the supply and demand sides. It calls for analysis to quantify the…

Pharmaceutical exports and patents in India – a systems approach

Sucharita Bhattacharyya, Bibek Ray Chaudhuri, Susmita Chatterjee, Debashis Chakraborty

The Indian pharmaceutical industry currently faces multiple challenges, including rising costs and slowing export growth, which in turn have limited its ability to expand presence…

SMEs and financial dependence: how important are foreign banks?

Saibal Ghosh

The importance of financial dependence of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on their performance is a relatively unaddressed area of research. Relatedly, whether and to what…

Resilience of the group lending model to a COVID-19 induced shock: evidence from an Indian microfinance fund

Padma Kadiyala, Asli Ascioglu

The authors study the effect of an exogenous shock in the form of Coronavirus lockdowns on individual default and on default contagion within the microfinance (MF) sector in…

Sociodemographic and institutional factors as determinants of access to food among rural households during COVID-19 pandemic in India

Jabir Ali, Waseem Khan

This paper aims to analyze the nature, magnitude and determinants of access to food among rural households in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The simple analytics of the environmental Kuznets curve: a reformulation

Subhrasil Chingri, Debasis Mondal

This paper aims to review the relationship between per capita income and aggregate emission in an economy populated by rational agents. According to the environmental Kuznets…

Microfinance institution and moneylenders in a segmented rural credit market

Abhirupa Das, Uday Bhanu Sinha

The effectiveness of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in rescuing poor borrowers from “clutches of” moneylenders has been a much-debated topic over the past few decades. This…