Papers by Milindo Chakrabarti
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Feb 15, 2010
The main objective of the working paper series of the IIMA is to help faculty members, research s... more The main objective of the working paper series of the IIMA is to help faculty members, research staff and doctoral students to speedily share their research findings with professional colleagues and test their research findings at the pre-publication stage. IIMA is committed to maintain academic freedom. The opinion(s), view(s) and conclusion(s) expressed in the working paper are those of the authors and not that of IIMA.
Economic and Political Weekly, 2009
The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforest... more The failure of the Joint Forest Management programme since 2000 to sustain the growth in afforestation achieved during the 1990s is a cause for concern. This paper looks at the necessity of developing an effective management information system that can contribute meaningfully to the resilience of a jfm system. Identifying four scenarios that differ in terms of the relative contribution of the community and the State in the management process, it offers a schematic structure of an mis.
A B S T R A C T Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever s... more A B S T R A C T Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever since the publication of the Brundtland Commission report in 1987. The publication of this report has been followed by several attempts at defining SD. Very often, these definitions have been found to be partial and even sometimes at conflict with one another. Distinguishing between "sustainable use" of a resource and "sustainable development," the paper first develops a conceptual framework for defining "sustainable use." The necessary conditions for guaranteeing sustainable use of a resource are also identified. Observation from the use pattern of forestry resources that offer multiple services to multiple sets of users has been used to come up with a working definition for "sustainable use" of a resource. Next, it argues that since any individual or a community does not depend on a single resource for subsistence, the use pattern of other competitive and complementary resources also plays a role in ensuring that forests are/are not put to "sustainable use." Thus, a necessary condition for SD is simultaneous and sustainable use of all resources—natural, man-made, and human—which is argued in the conclusion of the paper.
Jindal Journal of Public Policy
This paper examines the role of the Indian informal sector in the process of urbanisation and che... more This paper examines the role of the Indian informal sector in the process of urbanisation and checks whether models of migration curated by economists are applicable in explaining their role in reducing the dualism that hinders development. The study has been limited to the Indian urban sector (non-agriculture) and the analysis is based on several data sources. Calculated wage differences in the workforce show a persistent urban-rural wage gap over a span of time; the wage gap between regular/ salaried employees and casual labour present at any point of time captures the informalisation of the urban economy. Labour segregation based on skill set and the bifurcation of migrants based on duration of stay are two factors missed by models of migration. The results reveal a substantial contribution by the informal sector in the urbanisation process, in which low-income unskilled rural migrants execute a noteworthy role. In addition, these results share the failure of models of migration ...
SALESIAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
as an Adjunct Faculty and recently joined Research and Information System for Developing Countrie... more as an Adjunct Faculty and recently joined Research and Information System for Developing Countries, an autonomous think tank of the Ministry of External Affairs as a Visiting Consultant. Dr Milindo has extensive experience in policy development and practice, and wide knowledge and experience working in different fields, such as, natural resources, social sectors, rural development, key cross-cutting issues, environment, governance and institutional development.
South Asia Economic Journal, Mar 1, 2022
Current Sociology, 2009
PARTNERSHIP DEFINED • Two or more organizations that commit to working together, develop a shared... more PARTNERSHIP DEFINED • Two or more organizations that commit to working together, develop a shared purpose and agenda, and work collaboratively towards established goals [Health Board of Scotland (2001)]. • An undertaking to do something together… a relationship that consists of shared and/or compatible objectives and an acknowledged distribution of specific roles and responsibilities among participants [Skage (1996)]
Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever since the publica... more Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever since the publication of the Brundtland Commission report in 1987. The publication of this report has been followed by several attempts at defining SD. Very often, these definitions have been found to be partial and even sometimes at conflict with one another. Distinguishing between "sustainable use " of a resource and "sustainable development," the paper first develops a conceptual framework for defining "sustainable use. " The necessary conditions for guaranteeing sustainable use of a resource are also identified. Observation from the use pattern of forestry resources that offer multiple services to multiple sets of users has been used to come up with a working definition for "sustainable use " of a resource. Next, it argues that since any individual or a community does not depend on a single resource for subsistence, the use pattern of other competitive and comp...
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2018
The shift from the managed to entrepreneurial economy in the developed western economies featured... more The shift from the managed to entrepreneurial economy in the developed western economies featured the importance of small entrepreneurial firms in economic growth. The entrepreneurial economy featured the relevance of knowledge capital and entrepreneurship capital at both the micro and macro levels of the economy as the most innovative countries and industries are the ones with greatest investment in research and development. It becomes imperative to observe these variables at the firm level in a developing country like Nigeria that is searching for solution for economic diversification. Developing countries features a mix managed entrepreneurial model showing that both large managerial and small entrepreneurial firms are relevant to the economy. Questionnaire and unstructured interview were used to gather data from the two types of firms. The data were analysed using Excel and SPSS software and the hypotheses tested with T-test. The result reveals that the small entrepreneurial fir...
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION Sustainable Development’ (SD) off late has become a catchword. It has att... more SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION Sustainable Development’ (SD) off late has become a catchword. It has attracted the attention of people from almost all walks of life. A vast literature has been generated ever since the publication of the Brundtland report coining the concept in 1987. Unfortunately such a growth in literature has also rendered the concept much more confusing and ambiguous. The ambiguities, both terminological and conceptual, are accompanied by disagreements in terms of facts as well as consequences. To quote a recent study, “ these problems arise in part because the sustainability of the human enterprise in the broadest sense depends on technological, economic, political and cultural factors as well as on environmental ones and in part because practitioners in the different relevant fields see different parts of the picture, typically think in terms of different time scales, and often use the same words to mean different things.” (Holdren et al, 1995, p.4)
A B S T R A C T Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever s... more A B S T R A C T Sustainable Development (SD) as a norm has been accepted in the literature ever since the publication of the Brundtland Commission report in 1987. The publication of this report has been followed by several attempts at defining SD. Very often, these definitions have been found to be partial and even sometimes at conflict with one another. Distinguishing between "sustainable use" of a resource and "sustainable development," the paper first develops a conceptual framework for defining "sustainable use." The necessary conditions for guaranteeing sustainable use of a resource are also identified. Observation from the use pattern of forestry resources that offer multiple services to multiple sets of users has been used to come up with a working definition for "sustainable use" of a resource. Next, it argues that since any individual or a community does not depend on a single resource for subsistence, the use pattern of other competi...
The ultimate goal of this paper is to derive inspiration from Coase Theorem and the Japanese mode... more The ultimate goal of this paper is to derive inspiration from Coase Theorem and the Japanese model of Keiretsu to empower the producers and suppliers of fish – namely, the fisher folk and to place them at the centre stage of control of rural entrepreneur-led private organizations, wherein the fisher community will not be deemed as mere consumers or vendors of fish, but will enter as dignified co-producer partners with significant shares in residual claim and residual control in those organizations.[W.P. No. 2010-02-03]
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