A. Srinivasan

This study presents an estimate of the costs involved in rural banking in Bangladesh. While the social benefits of banking have been emphasized, there is hardly any information pertaining to the costs and efficiency of the branch network. Financial intermediation costs are high …

Chemical and hydrographic tracer data obtained during the GEOSECS and WOCE expeditions along with historical hydrographic data are used to examine the deep overturning circulation in the Indian Ocean. The mean upwelling transport of bottom water in the Indian Ocean north of 30°S…