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Dr. R. RAMAKUMAR
Assistant Professor

Centre for Development Studies
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

E-mail: rr{at}tiss.edu

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. (Agriculture), Kerala Agricultural University
  • M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
  • Ph.D. (Quantitative Economics), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Teaching

  • Agrarian Studies
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Rural Development

Research

  • Agrarian Change in Rural Kerala
  • Agrarian Distress in Rural India
  • Neo-liberal Reforms and Changes in Rural Livelihoods in India
  • Micro-credit
  • School Educational Reforms in Kerala

Recent/Significant Publications

Journals

  • "Why Do the States Not Spend?: An Exploration of the Phenomenon of Cash Surpluses and the FRBM Legislation" (co-author), Economic and Political Weekly, December 2, 2006, pp. 4965-4976.
  • Public Action, Agrarian Change and the Standard of Living of Agricultural Workers: A Study of a Village in Kerala, Journal of Agrarian Change , 6(3), pp. 306–345, 2006.
  • Micro-credit and Rural Poverty: An Analysis of Empirical Evidence (co-author), Economic and Political Weekly , 37(10), pp. 955–965, 2002.
  • Costs and Margins in Coconut Marketing: Some Evidence from Kerala, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics , 56 (4), pp. 666–682, 2001.
  • Regional and Upcountry Trading of Coconut and its Products in Kerala: Some Evidence of Market Inefficiencies (co-author), Agricultural Economics Research Review , 2000.
Reports

1. “Agrarian Distress and Rural Livelihoods: A Study in Upputhara Panchayat, Idukki District, Kerala State ” (Co-author). Research report prepared for the project Coping Strategies in South India: Threats and Opportunities of Economic Globalisation and State Decentralisation , Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, August 2005.

2. “Issues in School Education in Contemporary Kerala” (Co-author). A report prepared for UNICEF, New Delhi , April 2001 (available at http://www.macroscan.org/anl/jun03/anl070603Education_Kerala_Paper.htm).

3. “Public Policies and Social Development in Mexico and Kerala State in India : A Comparative Analysis”. Post-doctoral Research Report, Submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico , Mexico City , November 2004.

Papers in Edited Books

1.  Formal Credit and Rural Worker Households in Kerala: A Case Study of a Malabar Village . In V.K. Ramachandran and M. Swaminathan (Eds.), Financial Liberalisation and Rural Banking in India , New Delhi : Tulika Books, 2005. (for details of the book, see http://agrarianstudies.org/publication.html )

2.  Interest Rates on Micro-credit in India : A Note. (Co-author) In V.K. Ramachandran and M. Swaminathan (Eds.) Financial Liberalisation and Rural Banking in India , New Delhi : Tulika Books, 2005. (for details of the book, see http://agrarianstudies.org/publication.html )

Proceedings

1.  “Agrarian Reforms and Rural Development Policies in India : A Note” (Co-author), Proceedings of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development , Tagaytay City , Philippines : Government of the Philippines and the Philippines Development Academy , December 5–8, 2000.

2. Magnitude and Terms of Agricultural Tenancy in India : A State-wise Analysis of the Changes in the 1980s”. In Proceedings of Workshop on Contractual Relations in Land and Labour in Rural India , New Delhi : Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2002.

Additional Significant Information

Career History

  • Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher, Daniel Cosío Villegas Programme, Centro de Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, México D. F., 2004.
  • Visiting Scholar, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, March 2005–February 2006.

 

 

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