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The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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The paper identifies those elements in the configuration of fiscal parameters confronting the country that give cause for concern, and examines whether the fiscal reform measures taken address these adequately. [Working Paper No. 15].
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tradition of measurement of inequality that follows from this conceptualisation have not paid adequate attention to the need for …
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What exactly is 'economic marginalization'? How should one conceptualize it, and what are the implications of such conceptualization? Economic marginalization can be conceptualized as outcome or as process (or structure). On outcomes, marginalization can be a static description, or a dynamic...
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perspective from unemployment to poverty leads to a considerable enrichment of the theory of the minimum wage. … equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we … analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the …
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problems with the 'pro-poor programme’, an effort to reduce poverty through the resources generated from community forestry …
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Ironically the poverty situation, as reflected in the official statistics, depicts a rather contrary scenario with … dryland regions having lower incidence of poverty despite their adverse agro-climatic conditions vis-à-vis the forest based … regions. Understanding these dynamics is very important for formulating a long-term strategy for the amelioration of poverty …
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This paper provides a robust normative evaluation of the spectacular growth episode that India has experienced in the last 15 years. Specifically, the paper compares the evolution, between 1988, 1996 and 2001 of the distribution of several individual attributes on the basis of ethically robust...
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Good empirical analysis of the intergenerational transmission (IGT) of poverty is challenging. This note clarifies this … concepts for such studies and (d) limited measurement error. • Data that permit better estimates, including their robustness … the IGT of poverty. But it is also important to be alert to opportunities for improving data and for encouraging …
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evolution of debates relating to the impact of globalisation on poverty and economic growth in developing countries. A stock …
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