a special school of Philadelphia and placed in a class for backward boys, of which I was then in charge. It was my practice to subject each boy, brought for training, to a thorough examination in order to ascertain, if possible, the physical or mental condition which was the primary cause of his backwardness. If I succeeded in discovering this underlying cause of retardation I concentrated all ...

Practices of spatial representation can be revealing indicators of particular brands of nationalized discourse. In this article, the prevalent use of a comparison between eastern Germany and the Italian Mezzogiorno by a specific set of German elites is examined. Anxieties about Germany's place in the European and global economies are accompanied by a spatial vocabulary that uploads these anxiet...

The most important factor for economic development of a country is its industrialization. In the process of industrialization, emphasis is given to the three major groups of industries; large-scale industries, small-scale industries and cottage industries. We propose to study in this paper the problems and prospects of small-scale and cottage industries in Uttar Pradesh, where large and medium ...

In a small open economy with heterogeneous firms, in which tariffs determine the mass of active firms, free trade optimality depends positively on the level of firm heterogeneity and negatively on transportation/adoption costs. The benefits from temporary protection depend on the level of backwardness: for a given mass of backward firms, the relative gains from protection increase with their qu...

The capability to design for, respond to, and recover from natural hazards is much influenced by demographic socio-economic vulnerability of the region. Triggering effect cyclone induced multi-hazards in coastal areas West Bengal, India makes life livelihood people miserable. Very recent cyclones, like, Fani, Bulbul, Amphan Yaas make more susceptible hazard with evil impact on-going pandemic. A...