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The Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) invite you to a workshop on:
Socioeconomic Effects of Land Industrialisation: Lessons from Sri City
Speakers:
Aradhna Aggarwal, Senior Advisor, Trade, Technology Skills Team, National Council of Applied Economic Research
Ankita Garg, Research Associate, Centre for Social and Economic Progress
Tuesday, 30th July 2024, 3:45 PM IST onwards.
The event will be held in a hybrid mode at the CPR Conference Room and online over Zoom.
About the Talk
This talk will examine the socioeconomic impacts of large-scale land conversion from agriculture to industrialisation on affected households, focusing on Sri City, an industrial hub in South India established under the SEZ Act 2005. Data from 250 households in and around Sri City were collected during September 2021- October 2021, using a structured survey method, covering questions on socioeconomic impacts aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Quasi-experimental methods, specifically the nearest neighbor matching based on the Mahalanobis distance model, were employed for the analysis. The findings indicate that affected households experience benefits, but these are not unequivocal and dissipate as distance from the project increases. The talk will also underscore the importance of project-specific factors, land acquisition strategies, and leadership approaches in shaping the socially sustainable outcomes of land conversion from agriculture to industry. The study is a part of the larger project titled Special Economic Zones: A force for good to reduce inequality? funded by the Riksbankens, Jubileumsfond Sweden.
About the Speakers
Aradhna Aggarwal is an international expert on trade and business-related issues is currently engaged with the Asian Development Bank on Special Economic Zones in Southeast Asia. She has recently been appointed as a Senior Advisor to the Trade, Technology, and Skills Team at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, Delhi, in an honorary capacity. Author of the recently released book, Special Economic Zones in South Asia: Structural Change, Competitiveness and Growth’ Routledge, she has had a long academic career, having served as a Full Professor at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark in the Department of International Economics, Government, and Business, and Associate Professor at the University of Delhi. Over her long career, she has served as an international consultant for various organizations, including the World Bank, UNDP, UNESCAP, UNIDO, UNCTAD, GIZ, Deloitte, the Ministry of Commerce (Government of India), and the STPI, India; and as member in the Board of the India-Danish Chamber of Commerce. Aradhna has also held the position of Senior Editor for the International Journal of Emerging Markets and has actively participated in expert panels on trade, investment, and structural change globally.
Ankita Garg, has completed her Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and is working as a Research Associate for the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, New Delhi. In the past she has worked at the Indian Business School, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Centre for Regional Trade, and Indicus Analytics.
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