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Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services be more effective?

Das Gupta, Monica - 2005

"Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this...

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Agriculture, food security, and rural development

2010 - 1. publ.

Contributed articles presented at the inception meeting of Economic Division in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance in collaboration with Asian Development Bank in New Delhi on 2-3 September 2003 on agricultural policy programmes in India supported by ADB furthered through...

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Is skill-biased technological change here yet? : evidence from Indian manufacturing in the 1990

Berman, Eli - 2005

"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of technologies from abroad. However the economy underwent a sharp...

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Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor : lessons from South Indian small-scale fishery

Gine, Xavier - 2005

"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...

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Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in India : How Likely and What Will It Take to Reduce Infant Mortality, Child Malnutrition, Gender Disparities and Hunger-Poverty and to...

World Bank - 2013

Since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the MDGs have become the most widely-accepted yardstick of development efforts by governments, donors and NGOs. The MDGs are a set of numerical and time-bound targets related to...

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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response

2014

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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

World Bank - 2013

This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insecurity and improve caring behavior within households. This study...

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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 2. Annexes

World Bank - 2013

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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response

World Bank - 2014 - Online-Ausg.

.25 a day, equivalent to 22.4 percent of the developing world population. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization … crisis. The Bank also scaled up lending for agriculture and social protection to support the building of medium … GFRP -- The GFRP Lending Portfolio -- Evaluation Findings -- Coordination -- 3. Bank Group Support for Agriculture to …

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Coping Strategies in Response to Rising Food Prices: Evidence From India

Tandon, Sharad; Landes, Maurice - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

Food prices across the world rose dramatically between 2006 and 2008. The causes of the price rise were complex, and the event has led to heightened concerns regarding the implications of rising food prices on the prevalence of food insecurity and household welfare, particularly in developing...

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