| Title: | 17 : BHUTANESE AND TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL SECURITY |
| Author/s: | Nishchal N. Pandey, Visiting Research Fellow at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The condition of the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees currently stranded in the seven makeshift camps in eastern Nepal is getting precarious with each passing day. For the last 15 years, there have been little progress in the repatriation of these refugees of Nepalese origin as well efforts to improve the conditions in their camps, particularly relating to proper sanitation, drinking water, safety and in meeting basic daily needs. It is evident that the political instability in Nepal and the dilly-dallying tactics adopted by Thimpu have caused insurmountable trouble to the refugees. The Druk regime wants to deliberately buy time and wait for the refugees to forget about going back to southern Bhutan. Kathmandu, on the other hand, has been engrossed with its own internal troubles that the issue has remained on the backburner for a considerable length of time. |
| Date: | 19 December 2006 |
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| Title: | 16 : THE VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT, HU JINTAO, TO INDIA (20 – 23 NOVEMBER 2006) |
| Author/s: | Rajshree Jetly, Research Fellow at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The legacy of hostility and indifference that characterised Sino-Indian relations has been replaced with some degree of geniality and mutual engagement. This positive change has been catalysed by a confluence of strategic and economic factors since the 1990s and, as it appears from this recent visit by China’s President Hu Jintao to India, the leaders of both countries seem willing to take Sino-Indian relations a step further by capitalising on the opportunities offered by globalisation and the shifting sands of the 21st century’s geo-strategic landscape. |
| Date: | 28 November 2006 |
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| Title: | 15: THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THE BALUCH MOVEMENT IN PAKISTAN |
| Author/s: | Rajshree Jetly |
| Abstract: | The Baluch movement in Pakistan, after a dormant period of almost two decades, has been reignited with renewed vigour and threatens to destabilise Pakistan and potentially cause problems with regional security and economic development in South Asia. |
| Date: | 1 October 2006 |
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| Title: | 14 : SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH’S VISIT TO INDIA |
| Author/s: | Kripa Sridharan |
| Abstract: | The visit reflects three important US aims:India needs to be strengthened as a strategic partner,It can be an important player in Asia, A greater access to India's market |
| Date: | 7 March 2006 |
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| Title: | 13 : TRADE-OFF BETWEEN GOVT DEFICIT AND EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Author/s: | Dr S. Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | There is no agreement among economists either on analytical grounds or on the basis of empirical results whether financing government expenditure by incurring a fiscal deficit is good, bad, or neutral in terms of its real effects, particularly on investment and growth. |
| Date: | 23 January 2006 |
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| Title: | 12 : Informational Development in Rural Areas: Some Evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala |
| Author/s: | Jayan Jose Thomas, Visiting Research Fellow at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | This chapter examines the factors associated with the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural areas, and in doing so it looks at the potential role that ICTs can play in the development of rural areas. Empirical support for the chapter is based on field studies conducted in July-August 2004 in two rural locations in two South Indian states-Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh and Malappuram in Kerala. Various projects and programmes to use ICTs for enhancing developmental opportunities are going on in both locations. A major conclusion of this chapter is that ICTs can play a potent role in rural development, but only if the basic obstacles to rural prosperity are removed through radical changes - through land reforms, revitalisation of rural credit, and greater state intervention in rural infrastructure, and primary education. |
| Date: | 16 January 2006 |
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| Title: | 11 : INDIA’S ENERGY POLICY: REQUIREMENTS, SUPPLY AND CHALLENGES |
| Author/s: | Dr S. Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research at the ISAS |
| Abstract: | The Draft Report of the Expert Committee on Integrated Energy Policy was put out by the Planning Commission in December 2005 for comments.1 The report examines the issues from the point of view of energy requirements and the supply options, and attempts to address issues of energy security. |
| Date: | 9 January 2006 |
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