Studies - Studies under the Project
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This study has been undertaken for the UNCTAD under its Project on “Strategies
and Preparedness for Trade and Globalization in India”. The main object of the study is to examine the effects of the new patents regime on consumers and producers of drugs/medicines in India
The study estimates bilateral Grubel Lloyd index for year 1991 and 2004 and finds that IIT increased for some of the sectors within textiles and clothing sector. These are spinning, weaving and finished textiles; knitting mills; and manufactures of textiles nec. The study also estimates gains to all countries in South Asia in textiles and clothing sector under lowering of tariffs in SAFTA.
This study undertakes impact analysis of remittances on poverty in developing countries at three levels. Firstly, it estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in 77 developing countries, with separate analyses for 29 developing countries and 21 Asian developing counties, which have 5% or more share of remittances in GDP. Secondly, it undertakes a case study of India and estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in India, which has been one of the top recipients of remittances in 2008; and Thirdly, it undertakes a more micro-level analysis by estimating impact of remittances on poverty in Kerala, which is one of the top remittance receiving states in India.
The object of the study is to assess the increase in India’s imports of agricultural products and the increase in India’s exports of agricultural products to the US and EU that is likely to occur if the tiered formula of tariff reduction given in the revised draft modalities for agriculture (TN/AG/W/4 dated 6th December 2008, Section on market access) is applied.
The study forecasts the impact of slowdown in global GDP on India's total exports and exports of ten major sectors and estimates economy wide and sectoral employment impact in 2009-10 and 2010-11. It also identifies vulnerable sectors with high potential for employment generation for immediate policy interventions. Further, the study undertakes a detailed competitiveness analysis at six digit levels to identify new and potential exports in countries/ regions such as West Asia, ASEAN, Australia and Brazil, which are expected to recover faster than other economies.
Inclusion of gender in trade-related research or policy formulation is a recent phenomenon. Differential impact of trade liberalisation across gender as well as varying sectoral sensitivities to trade liberalisation are difficult to assess, given the lack of gender-segregated data and statistics especially related to imports and exports. The purpose of the present study is to look at the correlation between the performance of fisheries industry, particularly the export component, and its impact on the women labourers engaged in the fish processing industry.
The present study analyses the relationship between trade liberalisation in India and its gender specific impact at the sectoral and regional level. Trade and gender links are studied in the Plantation sector (Tea, Coffee and Rubber), Food Processing (Cashew processing, Horticulture, Dairying, and Chilli processing), Textiles and clothing (including Handlooms), Handicrafts, and Fisheries & other marine products. In addition to the above sectors, the study also examines the implications of globalisation for women’s employment in the Service sector on the basis of secondary data.
A great body of literature exists that tracks impact of globalization on women’s employment and empowerment. The current study falls within the same group, albeit with a difference. The study is situated within an analytical framework that is uniquely suited to the conditions prevailing in the handicrafts sector of India (particularly in Uttar Pradesh) where poor women weavers are engaged in an almost stagnant production structure. Trade openness is, however, ushering in gradual transformation that has the potential to empower those living below the poverty line, through literacy and productivity gains on a sustainable basis.
