ISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846

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Stagnation and Revival of Kerala Economy

The existing literature treats the migration-remittances phenomenon as something which has tended to moderate the influence of the crisis in the Kerala economy since mid-1970s. In sharp contrast, the present paper is an attempt to bringing in the question of migration and remittances to its rightful place within the structure of the regional economy. The study attributes the stagnation in the commodity producing sectors since the mid-1970s to the 'resource movement effect' and 'spending effect' associated with the migration-remittances boom.

China: Stability versus Stagnation

China's overarching obsession with stability risks stagnation due to a lack of political restructuring; the absence of political institutions to articulate rising social and political tensions may erode the system to a point where they erupt throwing the country into disarray and even chaos.

India and the Global Economy

The roots of India's prolonged economic stagnation and the glimmer of hope that one notices on the horizon today cannot be fully understood if one ignores the variables that conventional analysis has taught us to ignore - the social norms, culture, beliefs, and the fabric of social interaction.

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