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How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?
Kuntala Lahiri–Dutt - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
Derived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable locations...
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Inflation Volatility and the Inflation-Growth Tradeoff in India
Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Varsha S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201603
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Networks and Anti-Poverty Programs: The NREG Experience
Shankar, Shylashri; Gaiha, Raghav - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
threatened. India's national rural employment guarantee scheme's (NREG) institutional design (mandating village assemblies to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861941
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Inflation, Macroeconomic Policy and Hunger: A Variation on a Theme by C. Rangarajan
Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This paper re-emphasizes the importance of price stability as a tool for macroeconomic policy and make it more specific by considering a typically (unanticipated) advantage of stabilizing the Consumer Price Index (CPI). I briefly review the recent economic growth performance of the Indian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861942
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Child Poverty and Compulsory Elementary Education in India: Policy Insights from Household Data Analysis
Chaudhri, D.P.; Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
analysis. The paper uses household level data for 2004–05 (NSS 61st Round) and 1993–94 (NSS 50th Round) for India and also … demographic transition in India (particularly the movement in Total Fertility Rates across Indian states) during 1961 … poverty status at the all-India and the state levels are reported and commented upon. Changes in magnitudes & proportions of …
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Food security and small landholders in south Asia
Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention … households who are poor, and iii) rural households who are undernourished. The paper then singles out five disconnects in India …
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Body Mass Index, Participation, Duration of Work and Earnings under NREGS: Evidence from Rajasthan
Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, Manoj K. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
in workfare programs, particularly in India. Using a unique data set for the Indian state of Rajasthan for 2009-10, this …
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Diets, Nutrition and Poverty: The Indian Experience
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This chapter focuses on the Indian experience with dietary changes, their nutritional implications, and policy response to alleviate nutritional deprivation. We review the evidence on nutrient intake and dietary changes, particularly the downward shift in calorie, protein and other nutrient...
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Child Poverty, Demographic Transition and Gender Bias in Education in India: Household Data Analysis (1993–94 and 2004–05)
Chaudhri, D.P.; Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
relation to household poverty status in India as evidenced by our analysis of Census data (1951–2001) and those from NSS … over the last three censuses of India there is considerable variation by space, by poverty status and by education of women … bias in education and argue that for approximately half of India's children the Right to Education Act must involve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364039
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India's Gender Bias in Child Population, Female Education and Growing Prosperity: 1951–2011 with Projections to 2026
Chaudhri, D.P.; Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0–6 in India and its … until 2026. The paper also demonstrates that there are wide variations in GB across various states, even districts, of India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318170