Environment and Development : Essays in Honour of Dr U. Sankar.

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List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Foreword by C. Rangarajan ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction and Overview ; Section I: Environment ; 1. Estimating the Cost of Environmental Degradation in India ; 2. Discount Rate for Environmental Health Risks: A Comparative Study ; 3. Low Carbon Goods and Services: International Cooperation on Technological Innovation, Transfer and Funding Needs ; 4. Carbon Intensity and Labour Intensity in India ; 5. Natural Solutions to Environmental Issues: The Case of the Textile Sector ; 6. Are Fiscal Subsidies Harmful for the Environment?

7. Climate Change Burden Sharing: A Reappraisal of the Equity Debate "8. Economic Value of Water Using Hedonic Price Method ; 9. Assessing On-farm Conservation and Farmer's Willingness to Participate: A Case Study of Minor Millet ; 10. Economic Analysis of Irrigation Institutions: A Case Study ; 11. Improving Tiger Conservation in India ; Section II. Development ; 12. Importance of Excess Female Mortality in Explaining Lowness of the Sex Ratio in India ; 13. Subsidized Credit vs Public Works Programme in Rural India.

14. Budgetary Allocation on Education: A Study of Inter-state Imbalances 15. Health Outcome Efficiency of the Indian States ; 16. The Software Sector in Bangalore and Hyderabad ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index.

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