household data collected from three India states, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. In all three states, the poor … positive effect of the interaction of the land Gini and the ratio of NREG wage to agricultural wage). That awareness of the …

disaster insurance markets; the Samaritan's dilemma in providing emergency assistance to poor countries that neglect investment …

In the context of rural India this paper focuses on six questions. a) Does gender of the elected representatives … in response to adverse shocks? (e) During periods of distress, are local governments able to provide insurance through … welfare programs? (f) After experiencing adverse shocks, is the insurance that Panchayats provide sufficient to eliminate the …

consumption, leisure and medical care. Insurance against uncertain medical expenditure is then incorporated into the optimisation …

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. …