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Energy is the basic building block for socio-economic development. Our future economic growth depends on the long-term availability of energy in increasing quantities from sources that are accessible, easily available, socially acceptable and environment-friendly. However, the ever-increasing demand... More

Diabetes and Cholesterol: Total Control is an easy-to-follow guidebook dealing with these problems, giving information about the various kinds of treatments possible. the book would help not only people suffering from diabetes and high cholestrol but also others to take simple but necessary preventi... More

Though India could well become one of the largest economies in the world, it is being hindered due to a lack of adequate power. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the power sector, and its reforms and developments. Private and public regulators, power sector managers, management teachers ... More

Energy is an engine for growth and is linked with all aspects of development, poverty alleviation and improvement of quality of life. For a large country like India with its one billion plus population and rapid economic growth rate, no single energy resource or technology constitutes a panacea to a... More

The need for electricity is felt more now since it is a catalyst for economic growth. In fact, India can well become a world giant economy, if the electricity sector is efficient enough. The need for a good electricity system grew after the economic liberalization period of the 1990s. To become comp... More

Since the processes of globalization and liberalization were put into effect in the 1990s, world attention has shifted to India and China. These two countries not only account for 40 percent of the world population but 20 percent of the global economy too, and both are the fastest growing economies ... More

For a country’s economy to grow, it must raise its productivity, ability to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), be open to trade, allocate its resources better, etc. For any country, the importance of FDI lies in developing technology abroad for domestic production, thereby enhancing competit... More

When a nation can create industrialization and employment, it produces sustained economic growth. This volume discusses industrial development in India and China and highlights key points of this issue through relevant case studies on top companies in these countries. While both countries followed... More

The issue of rural industrialization, or more generally, the growth of Rural Non-Farm Employment, is regarded as a critical component of rural transformation in less developed economies, given the failure of the industrialization-led development strategie... More

Elsevier's Dictionary of Fisheries contains a large number of technical terms in fisheries, their respective meanings and explanations in a concise and simple manner. Like an ocean, the subject fisheries too, is vast and multi-disciplined. The terms have been selected to represent most of these disc... More