Although the world wide global polio eradication program aimed at exterminating the disease by the year 2003, seven countries including India are still considered to be polio endemic. India witnessed a polio explosion during the year 2002. In recent years there is definite evidence in favor of...

This paper considers kernel-based nonparametric estimation of panel models using local linear least squares, when both the fixed individual effects and the time effects present. The marginal effect is of the main interest. A within-group type nonparametric estimator is developed, where the...

This paper builds predictive models for the incidences of neonatal and infant mortality using multiple parametric and non-parametric Machine Learning (ML) techniques. The consensus of the top predictors from the interpret-able ML algorithms (that we use) serve as leading indicators of neonatal...

Whether good macroeconomic policy facilitates aid effectiveness in generating growth is a highly debated topic. In this paper we investigate if economic reform has a favorable effect on the aid-growth relation—specifically, if reform enhances the effect of aid on growth. In doing so, we...

Whether good macroeconomic policy facilitates aid effectiveness in generating growth is a highly debated topic. In this paper we investigate if economic reform has a favorable effect on the aid-growth relation—specifically, if reform enhances the effect of aid on growth. In doing so, we also...

In this paper we consider a weighted harmonic mean of two inconsistent estimators to propose a new estimator of the coefficient of a linear regression model with measurement errors. The proposed estimator is simple and it does not depend on any unknown quantity. The approximate bias and MSE of...

This paper examines the relation between foreign aid that is targeted for export promotion of specific sectors in developing countries and sector specific exports of those countries. Three major sectors are studied - agriculture, manufacturing, and service. A major component of this study is the...