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This book is a rich addition to the existing knowledge on models of
development partnership among developing countries. Unlike the Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI), which exclusively focuses on physical
infrastructure development with a strong financing component by
China, the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) envisages a holistic
approach toward development partnership based on the spirit of
triangular cooperation, demystifying the donor-recipient model of
development cooperation. By integrating four distinct pillars of
cooperation - connectivity and physical infrastructure, capacity
building and skill development, development cooperation projects,
and people-to-people and business-to-business partnerships - the
book provides a succinct account of how a demand-driven
people-centric model of engagement among Asian and African
countries could help achieve inclusive and sustainable development
without creating any fatal dependence on specific countries or
institutions for external funding. In sixteen chapters, the book
covers various theoretical, analytical, and policy discussions with
respect to the concept and modalities of the growth corridor
approach under the free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific;
potential opportunities and challenges in economic sectors and
fields like agriculture, manufacturing, trade and investment,
urbanization, industrialization, human resource development, and
the blue economy; social sector priorities including health,
education, skill development, disaster management, and women's
participation; and policy issues relating to trade facilitation,
the identification of joint projects, modalities and instruments of
project execution, and related aspects. The book offers a valuable
resource for students and research scholars working in the fields
of development economics, development cooperation, international
political economy, and international economic relations. It also
serves as a handbook for governments and policymakers on issues
concerning the suitability of development projects, sources of and
innovations in financing, implementation and execution challenges,
private sector involvement, and so on.
This book is a rich addition to the existing knowledge on models of
development partnership among developing countries. Unlike the Belt
and Road Initiative (BRI), which exclusively focuses on physical
infrastructure development with a strong financing component by
China, the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) envisages a holistic
approach toward development partnership based on the spirit of
triangular cooperation, demystifying the donor-recipient model of
development cooperation. By integrating four distinct pillars of
cooperation - connectivity and physical infrastructure, capacity
building and skill development, development cooperation projects,
and people-to-people and business-to-business partnerships - the
book provides a succinct account of how a demand-driven
people-centric model of engagement among Asian and African
countries could help achieve inclusive and sustainable development
without creating any fatal dependence on specific countries or
institutions for external funding. In sixteen chapters, the book
covers various theoretical, analytical, and policy discussions with
respect to the concept and modalities of the growth corridor
approach under the free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific;
potential opportunities and challenges in economic sectors and
fields like agriculture, manufacturing, trade and investment,
urbanization, industrialization, human resource development, and
the blue economy; social sector priorities including health,
education, skill development, disaster management, and women's
participation; and policy issues relating to trade facilitation,
the identification of joint projects, modalities and instruments of
project execution, and related aspects. The book offers a valuable
resource for students and research scholars working in the fields
of development economics, development cooperation, international
political economy, and international economic relations. It also
serves as a handbook for governments and policymakers on issues
concerning the suitability of development projects, sources of and
innovations in financing, implementation and execution challenges,
private sector involvement, and so on.
With comprehensive financial reforms in 1990s, Indian banking
sector witnessed several mergers and acquisitions, emergence of
financial conglomerates, and wider participation of private and
foreign banks. As a result, large and diversified financial
entities, called universal banks, started offering traditional
banking as well as value-added services including project
consultancy, underwriting, investment banking, credit rating and
other customized services under one-stop shop model. Complemented
by an overall rise in economic activity demand for universal
banking services has grown in leaps and bounds over last two
decades. Despite encouraging response from industry and consumers
universal banking has not yet received undisputed endorsement of
policymakers and regulators as a sound and efficient model of
financial services. This monograph is an attempt to quantify the
extent of universalization among banks operating in India, and
empirically measure their technical, allocative and cost efficiency
for the period from 1997 to 2002. This study would be highly useful
for students and practitioners in the field of banking and finance.
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