Employment elasticity with respect to agriculture value added in South Asia has weakened in recent years. While crop … India in 1993 and 2004, we first review the changes in participation rates in farm and non-farm activities by gender, age … between farm and non-farm activities. Also, the welfare of self-employed in agriculture became more sensitive to rainfall …

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 …

included, these must be balanced against potential costs. This report explores why agriculture is different from other sectors …. Agriculture’s diffuse and diverse emissions are inherently difficult to measure. They also fluctuate in response to environmental … factors such as climate and biophysical characteristics. It is problematic to include the agriculture sector in the ETS, at …

Our analysis illustrates one pathway between agriculture and nutrition through production of nutrients by crop and size … as well as through livestock. As this pathway is subsumed in agriculture and nutrition studies focusing on anthropometric …

India has a federal system of governance with both the state or provincial and the Central governments responsible for … variations in economic conditions in turn. It is in this context, this paper examines whether governments in India within a … indicate that Government in India within a federal framework has mechanisms that foster development equitably across its states …

such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …

decisions of households, and regional and ethnic factors on patterns of household level fertility in India. These have helped … determine the composition of India's young (aged 9 to 34) today. Demographic transition is well underway in India with rising … across various groups in India. …

India suffered humiliations in terms of balance of payments crises in 1991 but since then it has weathered all crises … deficits. It is in this context that an analysis of fiscal and debt problems of India is timely and assumes importance. The … paper delves upon fiscal exuberance and debt management practices in India, the budgetary allocations, changing structure of …

This paper underscores the substantial spatial disparities across India and evaluates the case for putting together … predictability needed to ensure that India's state driven growth blossoms and attains full fruition. …