The economic consequences and political benefits associated with it encouraged many countries to try and “game” the system by making superficial improvements on indicators being measured and when that failed by putting explicit pressure on the World Bank research team.
“The much-touted Ease of Doing Business Index (EoDB) is dead. The flagship product created by the World Bank came under attack on grounds that its data was modified in response to pressure from countries like China and Saudi Arabia. As a result of an independent audit the index has now been abandoned by the Bank…”. Read more:
1st episode of Land of a Billion Season 2! by the Quint
This podcast features Mr Deepak Sanan NCAER and Vivek Kumar Singh the Additional Chief Secretary Revenue and Land Reforms in the Government of Bihar. Mr Sanan speaks extensively about NCAER’s work- Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI). The episode explores various questions and dilemmas around the digitization process in a state and also how the N-LRSI pushes states to do better.
“Land is one of the most important financial assets for Indians and yet also one of the most disputed. Many of us have experienced the frustration over not being able to access reliable and accurate ownership records or maps of the land we own or wish to buy.” Read more and tune in to the Podcast here.
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Education Satellite Account typically presents the financial flows within the domain of education, and is organised into a set of activities and products across various levels of education. These financial flows are presented for the two types of economic agents, that is, financing units and producing units. It provides a report card on the financial health of education and is instrumental in policy-making and offers answers to questions on whether the resources allocated in education are being equitably and effectively distributed. It enables the policy-makers to allocate funds to the disadvantaged groups if there is disparity in the distribution of resources. This study by NCAER has been undertaken to prepare the first Education Satellite Account for Himachal Pradesh. Based on the methodology delineated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this study adopts the internationally accepted framework of ESA tables and accounts.
With around 20 million tourists visiting the State every year, Himachal Pradesh thus has a huge tourism potential. Tourism activity contributes immensely to the creation of employment opportunities and also in enhancing the State’s income through a significant generation of demand for goods and services among tourists.
It is thus, important to estimate the economic benefits of the State’s tourism sector through implementation of a well-designed and internationally accepted framework. Such a framework has been prepared by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in its publication called ‘Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework, 2008 (TSA: RMF 2008)”. This study by NCAER attempts to use the same methodological framework to prepare the TSA at the sub-national level for the State of Himachal Pradesh.
