Utsav Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5130985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Utsav Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Utsav |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Asian Development Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Middle-income transitions
The newly coined term ‘middle-income trap’ has been widely used in recent years by policymakers to refer to those middle-income economies that seem to be stuck in the middle-income range of the income distribution. This has been done despite that there is no accepted definition of the term in the literature. In this paper, we study historical transitions across income groups to see whether there is any evidence that supports the claim that some m…
The Sri Lankan Economy
This book is prepared during a pivotal period in Sri Lanka’s history—one of \nhistoric opportunity but also of daunting challenges. The country is now \nat peace. The peace dividend can be very large. Defense expenditure can \nbe wound back, as it has been in recent years, and the funds so released invested \nin badly needed education, health, infrastructure, and rural development \nprojects. Investors, domestic and foreign alike, can look to the…
I ndia's Demographic Transition
Age structure and its dynamics are critical in understanding the impact of population growth on a country's growth prospects. Using state‐level data from India, we show that the pace of demographic transition varies across states, and that these differences are likely to be exacerbated over the period 2011–26. We show that the so‐called BIMARU states ( B ihar, M adhya P radesh, R ajasthan, and U ttar P radesh) are likely to see a continuing incre…
Middle-income transitions
The newly coined term ‘middle-income trap’ has been widely used in recent years by policymakers to refer to those middle-income economies that seem to be stuck in the middle-income range of the income distribution. This has been done despite that there is no accepted definition of the term in the literature. In this paper, we study historical transitions across income groups to see whether there is any evidence that supports the claim that some m…
The Sri Lankan Economy
This book is prepared during a pivotal period in Sri Lanka’s history—one of \nhistoric opportunity but also of daunting challenges. The country is now \nat peace. The peace dividend can be very large. Defense expenditure can \nbe wound back, as it has been in recent years, and the funds so released invested \nin badly needed education, health, infrastructure, and rural development \nprojects. Investors, domestic and foreign alike, can look to the…
I ndia's Demographic Transition
Age structure and its dynamics are critical in understanding the impact of population growth on a country's growth prospects. Using state‐level data from India, we show that the pace of demographic transition varies across states, and that these differences are likely to be exacerbated over the period 2011–26. We show that the so‐called BIMARU states ( B ihar, M adhya P radesh, R ajasthan, and U ttar P radesh) are likely to see a continuing incre…
I ndia's Demographic Transition
Age structure and its dynamics are critical in understanding the impact of population growth on a country's growth prospects. Using state‐level data from India, we show that the pace of demographic transition varies across states, and that these differences are likely to be exacerbated over the period 2011–26. We show that the so‐called BIMARU states ( B ihar, M adhya P radesh, R ajasthan, and U ttar P radesh) are likely to see a continuing incre…
Middle-income transitions
The newly coined term ‘middle-income trap’ has been widely used in recent years by policymakers to refer to those middle-income economies that seem to be stuck in the middle-income range of the income distribution. This has been done despite that there is no accepted definition of the term in the literature. In this paper, we study historical transitions across income groups to see whether there is any evidence that supports the claim that some m…
The Sri Lankan Economy
This book is prepared during a pivotal period in Sri Lanka’s history—one of \nhistoric opportunity but also of daunting challenges. The country is now \nat peace. The peace dividend can be very large. Defense expenditure can \nbe wound back, as it has been in recent years, and the funds so released invested \nin badly needed education, health, infrastructure, and rural development \nprojects. Investors, domestic and foreign alike, can look to the…
Economics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Business (1 works) · China (1 works)