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Does Non-farm Sector Employment reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012

The present study examines whether employment in the rural non-farm sector (RNFE) has any poverty-reducing and … consistent with poverty reducing role of accessing RNFE - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to … non-farm sector would reduce such risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty …

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Does Non-Farm Sector Employment Reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015

The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …

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Diet Diversification and Diet Quality in India: An Analysis

Gaiha, Raghav; Kaicker, Nidhi; Imai, Katsushi S.; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012

Our study examines changes in diets over the period 1993-2009. Diets have shifted away from cereals towards higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, oils and livestock products. Using household data, a food diversity index (FDI) is constructed, based on five food commodities. Significant price...

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Demand for Nutrients in India: An Analysis Based on the 50th, 61st and 66th Rounds of the NSS

Gaiha, Raghav; Kaicker, Nidhi; Imai, Katsushi S.; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012

In response to the Deaton and Dreze (2009) explanation of a downward shift in the calorie Engel curve in terms of lower requirements due to health improvements and lower activity levels in India, we develop an alternative explanation embedded in a standard demand theory framework, with food...

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