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Leading Issues in India’s Economy

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  • Author   :    Ed.: Asim K. Karmakar
    Year of Publication   :   2024
    ISBN   :   9789393934734
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   188
    Size   :   26 cms (Royal Size)
    Categories   :   2024, Economics, New Books
    Price  :  500
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    The Book

    The major objective of the present edited volume titled Leading Issues in India’s Economy is to focus on the emerging development issue of the contemporary Indian economy. The book  encompasses seven articles written by eminent economists of international repute. They focus altogether on a wide range of areas with critical concern for the Indian economy and others like the discussion of the emerging field of behavioral economics, which brings to bear our knowledge of human psychology on the analysis and prediction of human actions and outcomes, as well as risk management and the nexus between the job prospects and school enrolment for Women in South Asia.

    Rich in theoretical and empirical perspectives, this book will be useful for students and researchers of economics, sociology, international relations, finance, and development studies as well as for policymakers and think tanks working in the areas of human development.

    Contents : Higher Education in West Bengal : An Overview; Contradictions and Complementarities between Neoclassical and Behavioural Economics : An Exploration; Risk Management : An Evolving Discipline; Trade and Transport Services in Indian Economic Growth; Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Indian Economy and Strategies for its Revival; Does Job Prospect Influence School Enrolment for Women in South Asia?; Cashless Transactions in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    The Editor

    Dr. Asim K. Karmakar (b.03.01.1956) is currently an Assistant Professor in Economics at the School of Professional Studies, Netaji Subhash Open University, Kalyani (W.B.), (Formerly Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (W.B.). He is presently the Joint Secretary (Odisha & West Bengal) of the Indian Economic Association and formerly the EC member of TIES; formerly the Managing Editor  (2011-2014) of Artha Beekshan. Of late, he is the managing editor of Artha Beekshan (2020-23). He has completed four minor research projects sponsored by the CAS, Jadavpur University and the UGC. He has written several co-edited and edited books published by Springer as well as research articles published by Springer, Routledge, IGI Global, Emerald and Palgrave Macmillan. He has contributed more than 150 research papers (out of which 40 papers are Scopus Indexing) in reputed journals at home and abroad, and written books on different fields of economics. Titles include Balance of Payments Theory and Policy: The Indian Experience, Capital Account Convertibility in India (Co-edited), Analytical Issues in Trade, Development and Finance (Co-edited), Rural Livelihoods in India (Co-edited), etc. Dr. Karmakar has co-authored 10 textbooks including B.Com. (Hons.), B.A. Hons. (Macro-economics under New UGC Syllabus). He has delivered a lecture at Shingua University (World Congress), Beijing (2010), Mexico (World Economic Conference, 2017), IBCD International at Oxford University, UK in 2022 & in Agder University, Kristiansand, Norway at the World Finance Conference, in August, 2023. Over and above, he has received two national and five international academic awards for his outstanding contribution to the field of Economics.