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When is Growth Pro-Poor? Evidence from the Diverse Experiences of India's States

Ravallion, Martin - 2016

Nonfarm economic growth in India had very different effects on poverty in different states. Nonfarm growth was least … household surveys for India's 15 major states, spanning 1960-94, to study how initial conditions and the sectoral composition of …

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Dams

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

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Has India's economic growth become more pro-poor in the wake of economic reforms?

Datt, Gaurav - 2009

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Aging and death under a dollar a day

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - 2007

"This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...

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Dams

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005

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Distribution-Sensitive Multidimensional Poverty Measures

Datt, Gaurav - 2018

methods to assess dimensional contributions to poverty. An empirical illustration for India highlights distinctive features of …

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Aging and Death Under a Dollar a Day

Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010

This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759650