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India's Public Distribution System: A National and International Perspective
Radhakrishna, R.; Subbarao, K.; Indrakant, S.; Ravi, C. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains … gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The … PDS developments and their likely impacts on the poor. The study measures the extent of income transfer. It also assesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945528
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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism
Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341789
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Can Lease Hold Forestry in Nepal Benefit People and the Environment?
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2012
lesser extent in all low-income countries, can be managed to both improve the environment and enhance socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391603
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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data
Sulaiman, Munshi; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Prakash, Vivek A. - eSocialSciences - 2010
what strategies the ultra-poor seem to have followed in three years to improve their livelihoods – changes in income … earning activities and migration. We examined the livelihood outcomes for the ultra poor looking at household income, food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504571
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Group Norms and the BRAC Village Organization – Enhancing Social Capital Baseline
Qayum, Nayma; Samadder, Mrinmoy; Rahman, Rehnuma - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study used social capital as an organizing framework to capture VO members’ group behaviour, and their current status along programme activities. The study compared the status of intervention VOs with comparison VOs. Data were derived from 728 VO meeting observations and 2445...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133138
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Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Trends and Determinants
Arif, G M; Nazir, Saman; Satti, Maryam Naeem; Farooq, … - eSocialSciences - 2012
The major objective of this paper to examine the determinants of child malnutrition, based on the Pakistan Panel Household Survey (PPHS-2010). The study has focused on individual (child), household and community variables to understand differentials in child malnutrition. Child illness, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568022
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Neighborhood and Agricultural Clusters across States of India
Chaterjee, Tirtha; Kumar, A. Ganesh - eSocialSciences - 2014
In this study how number and members of income clusters have changed in Indian agriculture over the last four and a … be in the same income cluster. . …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969042
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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - eSocialSciences - 2013
A large-scale randomized experiment was conducted in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945224
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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?
Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014
The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945338
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Far(M)ore = Farm (grow) + More (income-livelihood)
eSocialSciences; } Design Research Publication Cell DRP - 2013
The project aims to grow fruits and vegetables on roof tops of community houses. This will be income generating for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945375