Faculty
B P Vani
Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy (CESP)
Academic Qualification
- M Sc (Statistics), Bangalore University.
Articles
- Do Macroeconomic Conditions matter for Agriculture? The Indian Experience, with Shanshanka Bhide and Meenakshi Rajeev, Singapore Economic review (forth coming).
- Services Trade and IT-enabled Services: A case study in India, with Meenakshi Rajeev, NUPI working paper No. 733, department of International Economics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 2007.
- Mapping Unemployment and Poverty Across Different Social Groups in Rural India, in Poverty, Poverty Alleviation and Social Disadvantage, edited by Clem Tisdell, 2007.
- Outsourcing of Business Processes: The Indian Experience as an Offshore location, with Shashanka Bhide and Meenakshi Rajeev, Information Technology for Development, USA, 2006
- Performance of Public Enterprises in Karnataka: A Panel Data Analysis, with Meenakshi Rajeev, ISEC working paper, 2004.
- Fiscal Decentralisation in Karnataka, with Govinda Rao and Amarnath in Fisal Decentralisation to Rural Governments in India edited by Geetha Sethi, World bank, OUP, 2004.
- Levels and Intensity of poverty in Southern States and study villages, in Poverty and Economic Reforms, The Social Concerns, edited by G.S. Aurora, 2004.
- Earnings and Consumption by Indian Rural Labourers: Analysis with an Extended LES, with N.S.S Narayana, Journal of Policy Modelling, North Holland, 2000.
- Rural Industries in India, Lessons from a Survey, (co-authored), SAAT working paper, ILO, New Delhi, 2000.
- Relative Production Efficiency of Small Scale Industries in India, SAAT working papers, ILO, New Delhi, 1997.
- Development and Deprivation in Karnataka, A district Level Analysis (co-authored), Economic and political Weekly, Nov 15, 1997.
- Trends in Inequality and Poverty in Rural India, with Prof. N.S.S Narayana, Journal of Income and Wealth 1, Vol 15, No 2,July 1993 PP 145-166.,
- Bayesian Analysis of the determinants of Inflation: Evidence from India, with P. Balakrishna and K. Surekha, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol 10, No 2, July 1994, PP 325-336.
- The Structure of Employment in India: As Seen from the 1981 and 1991 Census – A Preliminary Analysis, with A.V. Arun Kumar and Prof. Vinod Vyasulu, Economic and Political Weekly Vol 30, No. 38, Sept 23, PP 2375-2388.,
- Growth, Variability, Instability and Production Behaviour of Rice Crop in Karnataka – A District Level Analysis from 1956/57 to 1989/90, with Prof. Vinod Vyasulu, EPW, 1995.
Contribution in Public Reports:
- Contributed in two chapters in Karnataka development Report, Prepared by ISEC, 2006.
- Contributed to Second Human Development Report on the Dimensions of Regional Disparity ( along with G.K. Kadekodi and H K Amarnath)
- New Dimensions of Rural Indebtedness in India
- Child poverty across socio economic groups in India
- India’s Exports of Selected BPO services
- Understanding services output growth in India
- An Enquiry into the nature of Regional disparities(UNDP project)
- Investment Attractiveness of States and Sectors: Manufacturing in India
- Statistical inference in the measurement of poverty
- Agricultural situation in Karnataka
- Project on HDI
- Roles of Rural Local Organisations (A world bank project)
- Rural Fiscal Decentralisation in Karnataka State ( A world bank Project):
- Taxable capacity tax-Efforts and forecasts of Tax-yield, Study sponsored by Tenth Finance Commission)
- Evaluation of Special Component Plan(sponsored by Backward class commission):
- PRAVA(HIVOS sponsored project)
- Rural Industrialisation in India(ILO sponsored project- Phase 1 and Phase II)
- Unemployment and poverty situation in Urban India
- Indian Econometric Society
- Indian Statistical Society.
B P Vani
Associate Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Policy
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Nagarabhavi P.O. BANGALORE-560072, India
Tel : Office 080-23215468, 23215519
Fax : 080-23217008
e-mail: vani@isec.ac.in