Publications

Journals

• Henrysson M., Bali Swain, R., Swain, A. Fuso Nerini, Francesco. Sustainable Development Goals and wellbeing for resilient societies: shocks and recovery, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11:1513, 2024.

• Huang L., Bali Swain, R., Jeppesen, E., Cheng, H., Zhai, Panmao., Gu, Baojing., Barcelo, D., Lu, J., Wei, K., Luo, L., Wang, F., Wang, H., Zeng, J.,Guo, H. Harnessing science, technology, and innovation to drive synergy between Climate Goals and the SDGs, The Innovation, 100693, September 02, 2024.

• Bali Swain, R. and Nsabimana, A. Financial inclusion and food security among rural households in Rwanda, European Review of Agricultural Economics, April 2024.

• Luo L., Zhang J., Wang H., Chen M., Jiang Q., Yang W., Wang F., Zhang J., Bali Swain R. et al. Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and policy (iSTEP) for addressing environmental issues towards sustainable development, The Innovation Geoscience 2(3): 100087, July 2024.

• Lin, X. and Bali Swain, R. Performance of Negatively Screened Sustainable Investments during crisis, International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 93, Part A, June 2024, Pages 1226-1247.

• Stromberg, P.M and Bali Swain, R. Citizen monitoring in environmental disclosure: an economics perspective, Journal of Environmental Management, 356 (2024) 120567.

• Bali Swain, R. Wallentin, F.Y., and X. Lin. COVID-19 Pandemic Waves: Identification And Interpretation of Global Data, Heliyon, Vol. 10 (3), E25090, 2024.

• Sepahvand,M. Shahbazian, R. and Bali Swain, R. Does Revolution change Risk Attitudes? Evidence from Burkina Faso, Journal of International Development, 36(8), pp. 3010-3024, 2024.

• Kar, A. and Bali Swain, R. Does financial inclusion improve energy accessibility in Sub-Saharan Africa?, Applied Economics, October 2023.

• Karimu, A. and Bali Swain, R. Implication of electricity taxes and levies on SDGs in the European Union, Energy Policy, Volume 177, 2023, 113553, ISSN 0301-4215.

• Bali Swain, R. and Karimu, A. and Gråd, E. Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy Transformation and Employment Impact in the EU, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2022.

• Bali Swain, R. and Ranganathan, S. Modeling Interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goals Using Network Analysis, World Development, 138, 105136, 2021.

• Bali Swain, R. Kambhampati, U. & Karimu, A. Regulation, Governance and the Role of the Informal Sector in Influencing Pollution?, Ecological Economics, 173, 106649, 2020.

• Bali Swain, R. and Karimu, A. Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Goals in the EU, World Development, 125(1), 2020.

• Bali Swain, R. Blomqvist, B. and Sumpter, D. Last night in Sweden? Using Gaussian processes to study changing demographics at the level of municipalities, European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 28(1): 46-75, 2020.

• Westling, N. Strömberg, P. and Bali Swain, R. Can upstream ecosystems ensure safe drinking water – Insights from Sweden, Ecological Economics, 169, 2020.

• Bali Swain, R., Garikipati, S. and Wallentin, F.Y. Does Foreign Aid Improve Gender Performance in Recipient Countries?, in Journal of International Development, 32(7), 1171-1193, 2020.

• Nsabimana, A., Bali Swain, R., Surry, Y. and Ngabitsinze, J.C. Income and food Engel curves in Rwanda: A household microdata analysis, Agricultural and Food Economics, 8(11) 2020.

• Bali Swain, R. and Wallentin, F.Y. Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Predicaments and Strategies, International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 27(2), 2020.

• Ranganathan, S. & Bali Swain, R. Sustainable Development and global targets: A dynamical systems approach to aid evidence-based policymaking, Sustainable Development, 26(6), pp. 812-821, 2018.

• Kar, A. & Bali Swain, R. Competition, performance and portfolio quality in microfinance markets, European Journal of Development Research, 30(5), pp. 842-870, 2018.

• Kar, A. & Bali Swain, R. Are Microfinance Markets Monopolistic?, Applied Economics, Vol. 50(1), pp. 1-14, 2018.

• Ranganathan, S., Nicolic, S., Bali Swain, R. & Sumpter, D. Setting Development Goals Using Stochastic, Dynamical System Models, PLoS One, Vol. 12(2), pp. 1-19, 2017.

• Bali Swain, R. & Wallentin F.Y. The Impact of Microfinance on Factors Empowering Women: Differences in Regional and Delivery Mechanisms in India’s SHG Programme, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 53(5), pp. 684-699, 2017.

• Spaiser, V., Ranganathan, Bali Swain, R. & Sumpter, D. The Sustainable Development Oxymoron: Quantifying and Modelling the Incompatibility of Sustainable Development Goals, International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, Vol. 24(6), pp. 457-470, 2017.

• Li, C-Z. & Bali Swain, R. Growth, Water Resilience, and Sustainability: A DSGE Model Applied to South Africa, Water Economics and Policy, Vol. 2 (4), 2016.

• Ranganathan, S., Bali Swain, R. & Sumpter, D. The Demographic Transition and Economic Growth: Implications for Development Policy, Palgrave Communications, 1(15033), 2015.

• Kar, A. & Bali Swain, R. Interest Rates and Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Global Evidence, European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 26(1), pp. 87-106, 2014.

• Bali Swain, R. & Floro, M. Microfinance, Vulnerability and Risk in Low Income Households, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 28 (5), pp. 539-561, 2014.

• Bali Swain, R. & Varghese, A. Evaluating the Impact of Training in Self Help Groups in India, European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 26 (5), pp. 870-885, 2014.

• Floro, M. & Bali Swain, R. Food Security, Gender and Occupational Choice among Urban Low Income Households, World Development, Vol. 42 (C), pp. 89–99,2013.

• Bali Swain, R. & Varghese, A. Delivery Mechanisms and Impact of Microfinance Training in Indian Self Help Groups, Journal of International Development , Vol. 25 (1), pp. 11-21, 2013.

• Bali Swain, R. Differential Impact of Microfinance Delivery Mechanism on Vulnerability, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 19(8), pp. 721-724, 2012.

• Bali Swain, R. & Wallentin, F. Y. Factors Empowering Women in Indian Self-help Group Programs, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 26 (4), pp. 425-444, 2012.

• Bali Swain, R. & Floro, M. Assessing the Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability and Poverty among Low Income Households, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 48 (5), pp. 605-618, 2012.

• Bali Swain, R. & Varghese, A. Reassessing the Impact of SHG Participation with Non-experimental Approaches, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 46 (11), pp. 50-57,2011.

• Bali Swain, R. & Varghese, A. Does Self Help Group Participation Lead to Asset Creation?, World Development, Vol. 37(10), pp. 1674-1682, 2009.

• Bali Swain, R. & Wallentin, F. Y. Does Microfinance Empower Women?, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 23(5), pp. 541-556, 2009.

• Nguyen Thi Thu, P., Bali Swain, R. & Pham Bao, D. Access to Credit of Households in Rural Vietnam, Review of Development and Cooperation, Vol. 2(1),pp. 68-86, 2008.

• Bali Swain, R., Van Sanh, N. & Van Tuan, V. Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, African and Asian Studies, Vol. 7 (2-3), pp. 191-215, 2008.

• Bali Swain, R. Book Review: Money With a Mission, Volume 1, Microfinance and Poverty Reduction. James Copestake, Martin Greeley, Susan Johnson, Naila Kabeer and Anton Simanowitz., Warwickshire, UK, in Feminist Economics, Vol. 15, No.2, 2009.

• Bali Swain, R. Financial Services for Low-income Households, Journal of Human Development, Vol. 1(1), 2009. Also published as: Bali Swain, R. (2010). Financial Services for Low-income Households, in Ashutosh Priya (ed.) Handbook of human development and management, pp. 173-205. New Delhi: Serials Publications.

• Bali Swain, R. The Demand and Supply of Credit for Households, Applied Economics, Vol. 39 (21), pp. 2681-2692, 2007.

• Bali Swain, R. Credit Rationing in Rural India, Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 1 - 20, 2002.

Recent Working Papers

• Shresta, R., Bali Swain, R. and Stromberg, P.M. Global Energy Consumption and Economic Growth.

• Lin, X. and Bali Swain, R. Performance of Negatively Screened Sustainable Investments during the COVID-19.

• Lin, X. and Bali Swain, R. Sustainable Investments and Investor-Surplus During Crisis.

• Kar, A. and Bali Swain, R. Does Financial Inclusion Impact Energy Poverty?

• Kar, A. and Bali Swain, R. Financial inclusion and energy poverty: A panel data analysis of the Sub-Saharan African countries.

• Stromberg, P.M and Bali Swain, R. Ground-up environmental information systems for effective transparency: an economic perspective.

• Gråd, E. Rapanos, T. Bali Swain, R. Ranganathan, S. Nudges, networks and social preferences.

• Zhou, X., Moinuddin, M. and R. Bali Swain, Streamlining SDG indicators for effective monitoring: A strategic approach to key indicators.

• Bali Swain, R., Wallentin, F.Y., and X. Lin, COVID-19 Pandemic Waves: Identification and Interpretation of Global Data.

• Reksten, N. and Bali Swain, R. Stakeholder Groups and Firms’ Corporate Sustainability Decisions.

• Bali Swain, R. and Nsabimana, A. Financial inclusion and food security among rural households in Rwanda.

• Bali Swain, R., Henrysson, A. Swain, and Fuso Nerini, F. Sustainable Development in the wake of COVID-19.

Book Chapters

• Bali Swain, R. and Min, Y. 2023. Interlinkages and Interactions among the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Bali Swain, R. and Min, Y. (eds) Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals, Progressing the Sustainable Development Goals series, Edward Elgar, UK, October 2023.

• Bali Swain, R. and Kambhampati, U. 2022. Introduction. In: Bali Swain, R. and Kambhampati, U (eds) The Informal Sector and the Environment, pp. 1-15,Taylor and Francis Books: Routledge, London, 2022.

• Bali Swain, R. and Kambhampati, U. 2022. Regulation, governance and the role of the informal sector in influencing environmental quality. In: Bali Swain, R. and Kambhampati, U (eds) The Informal Sector and the Environment, pp. 16-41,Taylor and Francis Books: Routledge, London, 2022.

• Bali Swain, R. and Garikipati, S. 2021. Group-based financial services In the Global South: examining evidence on social efficacy. In: G. Berik and E. Kongar (eds) Handbook of Feminist Economics, pp. 433-440, Routledge, 2021.

• Bali Swain, R. and Sweet, S. 2021. Introduction to Sustainable Consumption and Production Challenges and Development, in Bali Swain, R. and Sweet, S (eds) Sustainable Consumption and Production: Development and Challenges, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2021.

• Bali Swain, R. and Sweet, S. 2020. Introduction to Circular Economy and Beyond, in Bali Swain, R. and Sweet, S (eds) Sustainable Consumption and Production: Beyond Circular Economy, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2020.

• Bali Swain, R. 2018. A Critical Analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho W. (ed) Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham.

• Rampal, P. and Bali Swain, R. 2018. Food Security, Agriculture and Female Malnutrition in India in Hunger and Malnutrition as major challenges of the 21st Century (Editor Jha, R.), World Scientific Press.

• Pädam, S. and Bali Swain, R. 2017. Attitudes to Paying for Environmental Protection in a Cross Country Setting, in Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region, (Editor Bali Swain, R), Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

• Bali Swain, R. 2017. An Introduction to the Baltic Sea Region Environment, in book, Environmental Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region, (Editor Bali Swain, R), Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

• Kar, A. and Bali Swain, R. 2014. Competition in Microfinance: Does It affect Performance, Portfolio Quality and Capitalization? in Microfinance Institutions: Financial and Social Performance, (Ed(s) Mersland,R and Strøm, Ø), Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

• Bali Swain, R. 2010. Impacting Women Through Financial Services: The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in India and its Effects on Women’s Empowerment, in International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, (Editor Chant, S.), Edward Elgar, 2010.

• Bali Swain, R. and Jonsson, P. 2009. Microfinance in Sweden in Handbook of Microcredit in Europe: Social Inclusion through Microenterprise Development, (Ed(s) Jayo, B., Lacalle, M., Rico, S., Dayson, K. and Kickul, J.), Edward Elgar, 2009.

• Bali Swain, R. 2007. Microfinance and Women Empowerment, in Microfinance: Impacts and Insights, (Ed(s) Rajagopalan, S. and Parikh, N.), ICFAI University Press, 2007. Also published as, Bali Swain, R. 2006. Microfinance and Women Empowerment, Sida, Stockholm, 2006.

• Bali Swain, R. and Liljefrost, E (editors). 2005. The Democratisation of Finance – Future Directions for Microfinance, Utsikt mot Utveckling 25, Uppsala University, 2005.

• Bali Swain, R. 2004. Contemporary Macroeconomics Issues in Developing Economies, in Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomic Management, Editor B.N. Ghosh, Wisdom House, Leeds, England, 2004.

• Bali Swain, R. 1997. A critical report on the econometric analysis of the price of food grains in India, in Economic Development and Agriculture, Editors Amit Bhaduri and Rune Skarstein, Edward Elgar Publishing limited, 1997.

Other Publications (Selected)

• Francesco, S., Zhou, X., Tassan-Viol F., Cogo, E., Rocca, C., Scutari, M., Bali Swain, R., Bollino, C.A., Mitrovic, S. abd Weidemeyer, N. Enhancing G7 Leadership in Global Climate Action, Think 7, G7 Policy Brief, May 2024.

*Contributing expert to UN-DESA & UNFCCC Report. Integrating climate action with sustainable development policies can accelerate progress, enhance resource efficiency, and facilitate coherent policymaking, but this requires overcoming significant gaps between scientific evidence and policy implementation (knowledge-action gap), 2024.

• Bali Swain, R. Sustainable Development Goals: A Continuum of the global development paradigm, Akzente, German Development Agency (GIZ), 2023. Printed in English and German

• United Nations Office for Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 2022. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) (Bali Swain, R. contributing expert), United Nations, Geneva.

• Bali Swain, R. and A. Mitra. What needs to be done to make the informal sector vibrant, Counterview.org, 4 May 2021.

• United Nations Statistics Division DESA. 2020. Second Report of the Interlinkages workstream (Bali Swain, R. contributing author and lead author for Chapter 5). DESA, United Nations, New York.

• UN Agenda 2030: A utopian development plan for the world, published interview, 23 October 2019.

• 2018 Nobel Laureates, Nordhaus and Romer’s Research

• Sustainable development goals in conflict, interview with Bali Swain, 13 October 2016.

• Sumpter, D., Ranganathan, S., Bali Swain, R. Single SDG targets are impractical and unrealistic. Invited opinion piece on Science’s development portal scidev.net: 2015.

• Swain, A., Bali Swain, R., Themnér, A. & Krampe, F. Zambezi River Basin: A Risk Zone of Climate Change and Economic Vulnerability, New Routes, Vol. 17 (3), pp. 17-21, 2012.

• Bali Swain, R. Mikrofinansiering – ineffektivt botemedel eller universalmedicin?, Framtider, No. 1, 2010.

• Bali Swain, R. & Wallentin, F.Y. Women Through Microfinance: Evidence from Self Help Groups in India, Poverty in Focus, No. 13, pp. 20-22, International Poverty Centre, 2008.

• Bali Swain, R. Impacting Women Through Microfinance, Dialogue, Appui au Developpement Autonome, No. 37, 2007.

• Bali Swain, R. Is Microfinance a Catalyst for Development at a Macroeconomic Level in Developing Countries, Finance for Common Good, Observatoire de la Finance, Switzerland, 2006.

• Bali Swain, R. Is Microfinance a Good Poverty Alleviation Strategy? - Evidence from Impact Assessment, Making Markets Work for the Poor Series, Sida, Stockholm, 2004.

• Bali Swain, R. Participation: Challenges for Policy and Practice in Approaches to Poverty Reduction and Democratisation, in Developing Participation: Challenges for Policy and Practice in Approaches to Poverty Reduction and Democratisation, Utsikt mot utveckling 22, Uppsala University, 2004.

• Andrehn, I., Christensen, J., Finnegan, G. & Bali Swain, R. Steps Towards Impact Assessment of SED Interventions on Employment, SEED, International Labour Organisation, 2002.

• Bali Swain, R. Credit Programmes in Eritrea, Afraca Newsletter, No. 24, 1998.