The Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR) engages in research on development issues, particularly related to India.

The research areas covered by the Institute are:

  • natural resource development and management
  • human Development
  • industry and finance
  • decentralised planning

The Institute acts as a resource center on water related issues, with a Research Cell on ‘Water and process documentation research studies’. It has also established a Research Cell on informal sector studies to examine the links between the informal and formal sector and the contribution of the informal sector to the national economy.

The website provides:

  • details of the Institute’s research programmes, research cells and staff
  • the list of publications by the Institute
  • abstracts of the Institute’s working papers

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