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  Trade in services and trade agreements: perspectives from India and the European Union

  Arpita Mukherjee, Rupa Chanda, and Tanu M Goyal

  A comprehensive assessment of how trade complementarities and agreements help facilitate trade in services between India and the European Union A first of its kind, it addresses policy initiatives on services trade between two economies that are actively engaged in trade agreements. It establishes that the Broad Based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), if signed, will be India's first agreement with a major advanced regional bloc and a major trading partner, and the EU's first agreement with a large emerging market. It is, therefore, likely to have a far-reaching impact on other large trading nations such as the United States and China. This book will be indispensable to scholars of international trade, international economics, macroeconomics, international relations as well as policy-makers, policy analysts and the informed general reader.

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  Inclusive finance India report 2015

  M S Sriram

  With the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India taking several bold initiatives for nancial inclusion in the country, it is important to analyze the factors that advance or impede India's progress. Inclusive Finance India Report 2015 reviews and traces the advancement of financial inclusion in India. Moreover, the report brings together varying perspectives, policy prescriptions and practices around financial inclusion, along with a critical appraisal of the emerging financial inclusion architecture in India. This involves customer-facing and back-end technology solutions as well as a range of different stakeholders such as banks, regional rural banks, cooperative banks, the postal network, microfinance institutions, self-help groups and the players solving the last mile problem.

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  Public transport planning and management in developing countries

  Ashish Verma and T V Ramanayya

  An efficient transportation system is critical for a country’s development. Yet cities in developing countries are typically characterized by high-density urban areas and poor public transport, as well as lack of proper roads, parking facilities, road user discipline, and control of land use, resulting in pollution, congestion, accidents, and a host of other transportation problems. Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries examines the status of urban transport in India and other developing countries. It explains the principles of public transport planning and management that are relevant and suitable for developing countries, addresses current transportation system inefficiencies, explores the relationship between mobility and accessibility, and analyzes the results for future use.