Priority sector lending (PSL) is one way to channel credit to sectors otherwise neglected by institutional lenders but is it worth it? This study by Nathan India evaluates the impact of PSL on India’s banks and agriculture, micro and small … Read More
This topic guide reviews initiatives to improve and create sustainable economic ties with and between local businesses, particularly SMEs and with international enterprises. The aim is to highlight the benefits that result from generating these connections and to suggest ways … Read More
India’s regulatory structure, though much improved since liberalization began in 1991, ”continues to be plagued by problems such as overlapping jurisdiction, unintended market distortion, and poor enforcement.” According to Economic Regulation in a Liberalized Economy: Relevance and Challenges in India, … Read More
Nathan conducted a Regional Agricultural Trade Environment (RATE) assessment of seven ASEAN member countries in 2012. We analyzed the trade environment for agricultural products in each country; explained how that environment affects trade in agricultural commodities and food security; and … Read More
In this report, Nathan Economic Consulting India Private Limited (Nathan India) joined with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Google India to analyze the economic impact of the Internet on India’s small and medium sized … Read More
The recent introduction of a lending rate ceiling for banks and other financial institutions in Zambia reopened an old debate over the appropriateness of regulatory intervention to limit the charging of rates that are deemed, by policymakers, to be excessively … Read More
This paper seeks to assess the role of investment funds and sovereign wealth funds in large scale land acquisitions overseas through compiling the key findings from existing studies and publications.
The report finds that East African gas and Mozambican coal are set to make significant inroads to transforming the region into a sizeable supplier of some of Asian energy demand over coming years.
Little time is left to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving the proportion of people living on incomes less than one US dollar a day, and progress in most developing countries has been grim. Written by Nathan … Read More
The Nimule, Juba transport link is crucial for the initial development of Southern Sudan. The link handles most of the traffic for relief food supplies, other consumer goods, and building and construction material and equipment. Nathan prepared a diagnostic assessment … Read More