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Initially named the Social Services Management
Unit at the time of its inception, the Unit has, over the years, has concentrated on
theoretical and quantitative research in macroeconomics, banking and finance and financial
sector analysis, as well as poverty and public policy. The Unit is wholly funded by
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and the faculty enjoys the required autonomy and
flexibility in the choice of studies. A number of studies, which are of interest to the
RBI, have been completed in the Unit. These include studies on Rural Credit Delivery
System, International Financial Markets, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Issues, Institutional
Finance, Rural Development, Inflation and Stock Markets, and Economics and Exchange Rate
Dynamics. Attempts are on to build a macroeconomic model for simulating alternative
fiscal and monetary policy parameters.
RBI Unit Actitvities
projects
Completed
Measuring
Expenditure Needs of States (Project funded by the Fianance Commission, Govt of India), M.
Govinda Rao, B. Kammaiah, 2000.
Statistical
Inference in Measurement of Poverty, B.P. Vani, 2002.
Fiscal
Decentralisation in Karnataka(Project funded by World Bank), M. Govinda Rao, H K Amarnath,
B.P. Vani, 2003.
Development
Ploicies and Priorities in the context of sustainable development(Project sponsored by
Winrock International), Shashanka Bhide, Jeena, 2004.
An
Enquiry into the nature and regional disparities. The context ofHuman Development in
Karnataka(Project sponsored by UNDP), G. Kadekodi, B.P. Vani, H.K. Amarnath, 2004.
Investment
Attractiveness of States and Sectors: Manufacturing in India, Shashanka Bhide, B.P. Vani,
H.K. Amarnath, 2005.
Role
of Rural Local Organisations(Project Funded by World Bank) - In Collaboration with DDU
unit, Veerashekarappa, B.P. Vani (faculty involved from the unit), 2004.
On-going
Projects
Restructuring
Local Environment Management for Better Health Outcomes: Towards a District Level Pilot in
Karnataka (project sponsored by World Bank), Shashanka Bhide, T V Shekar, Veerashekarappa,
2005.
Indias
Export of Selected BPO services: Understanding Strengths and Weeknesses(Project Sponsored
by ministry of commerce and Industry) - Jointly with Economics Unit, Meenakshi Rajeev,
B.P. Vani, 2005.
Books Published
"A
Disequilibrium Macroeconometric Model for Indian Economy", Ashgate Publishing,
London, Kaliappa Kalirajan & Shashanka Bhide, 2003.
- "Development Policies, Priorities and Sustainability
Perspectives in India", Social and Economic Change Monograph 6, ISEC, Shashanka Bhide
and Jeena T Srinivasan, 2003.
"Institutional
Finance for Rural Development", Rawat Publications, Jaipur , INDIA. Veerashekharappa,
1999.
List of Faculty who are associated with
the unit
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