Macroeconomics

After a deep contraction in 2020, the global economy staged a strong recovery in 2021, aided by robust fiscal stimulus measures, a dovish monetary policy, and a nearly 50% full vaccination rate. While recovery is set to continue into 2022, geopolitical tensions, high inflationary pressures, supply-chain disruptions, and a projected tightening of gl...

The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) in Government, specifically: Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC), Infrastructure and Data Centers, Big Data and Analytics’ Omnichannel Marketing, Customer...

The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) in Education, specifically: Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC), Infrastructure and Data Centers, Big Data and Analytics, Omnichannel Marketing, Customer Ex...

The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) in Energy and Utilities, specifically: Enterprise Mobility Management, eCommerce/mCommerce, Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC), Infrastructure and Data Centers, Big Data and Analytics’ Omnichannel Marketing...

Nepal entered a phase of high economic growth of 7.5% in 2016-17, recovering from low economic growth post-earthquake and trade disruption. Nepal is undergoing significant economic transformation, uncovering investment opportunities across a wide array of sectors. The country seeks to sustain the impressive growth rate through increased momentum in...

Urbanization in India is expected to reach 40% with over 600 million living in urban areas contributing to 70% of GDP by 2030. To meet the burgeoning infrastructure needs, the GoI launched the 100 Smart City Mission in April 2015 which would be implemented through area based approaches. Each city will get Central assistance to the tune of INR 500 C...

Urbanization in India is expected to reach 40% with over 600 million population living in urban areas contributing to 70% of GDP by 2030. To meet the burgeoning infrastructure needs, the GoI launched the 100 Smart City Mission during April 2015 which has been planned to be implemented through area based approaches. Each city will get Central assis...

The Government of India (GoI) launched the 100 Smart City Mission in April 2015; the plan is to implement this through area based approaches. Cities have been selected through a City Challenge Competition. Each city will get Central assistance to the tune of INR 500 Cr for 5 years. The remaining money has to be raised by the Smart city corporations...

Owing to India’s gradual shift from a services-based to an industry-driven economy major manufacturing sectors such as steel are expected to grow at a healthy rate of 7% during 2016-20 to reach 200 Mn MT by 2020, mainly driven by automotive and auto component industries. Due to increased domestic competition and imports for conventional steel gra...