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OECD-India Experts Forum on Corporate Governance

The OECD-India Experts Forum on Corporate Governance supports policy makers by assessing key market practices and policy trends that may be detrimental to sound corporate governance. It also supports implementation of good practices by offering recommendations and policy options based on comparative analysis.

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Active with India brochure 2018 edition

Achieving strong and balanced regional development in India

While India’s per capita income is converging towards that of the richer countries, inequality has drifted up.

India - Financing Democracy: Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns and the Risk of Policy Capture

This case study presents the current system of public funding of political parties and campaigns in India. It also discusses the major challenges to electoral and financial transparency.

Broadening the Ownership of State-Owned Enterprises - A Comparison of Governance Practices

Gender equality and economic growth in India: a quantitative framework

This paper studies how public policies, including pro-women interventions, can raise female labour force participation and promote economic growth in India.

Taxing Energy Use 2015: Key Findings for India

Taxation is a key tool by which governments can influence energy use to contain its environmental impacts. This report provides a systematic analysis of the structure and level of energy taxes in OECD and selected other countries, including India; together, they cover 80% of global energy use.

Determinants of the low female labour force participation in India

The low and declining female labour force participation rate in India despite strong growth over the past decade is puzzling and stands out among emerging markets. At the same time greater economic participation of women can be a source of inclusive growth, and wellbeing.

Determinants of female entrepreneurship in India

This paper examines the nature and determinants of female entrepreneurship in India based on survey data. The first part assesses basic characteristics of female entrepreneurship in India, while the subsequent sections analyse key determinants of female entrepreneurship based on the literature, and test their importance at the state level in India with the support of regressions on panel-data.

Raising the economic participation of women in India – a new growth engine?

Economic participation of women in the labour force or as entrepreneurs is low compared to peers and has declined over the past decades despite strong growth. The gap with men is over 50% - the largest among key emerging markets.