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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines whether an individual-level transfer of property rights increases the individual's bargaining power within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing tenants the opportunity to purchase the homes that...
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Approaches to Food Security in Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico and Nigeria: Lessons for Developing Countries
Sharma, Pooja; Gulati, Ashok - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper provides a synthesis of the experiences of six countries (Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria) in enhancing food security of their population. Approximately 46 per cent of the undernourished people in the world live in these six countries, which together account for 43...
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Revisiting the Growth-Inflation Nexus: A Wavelet Analysis
Bhaduri, Saumitra N - eSocialSciences - 2013
Motivated by the concern that the recent surge in inflation could retard growth, the paper revisits the nexus between … inflation and growth from the perspective of an emerging economy, India. Examining this relationship using a wavelet multi … and inflation for a short time scale, while it is not significant for a longer time scale. …
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Where are Food Prices Heading?
Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper aims to review the main considerations around food price movements. It includes a discussion on the impact of speculation. URL:[https://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000270746.pdf].
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Monetary Policy Dilemmas: Some RBI Perspectives
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
in emerging economies, and low and stable inflation all around. Central banks took credit for this, believed they had …
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Tripura Budget 2011-12
Tripura, Government of - eSocialSciences - 2011
Budget speech of Finance Minister.
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is...
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Rural Migration, Weather and Agriculture: Evidence from Indian Census Data
Viswanathan, Brinda; Kumar, K S Kavi - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study explores the three way linkage between weather variability, agricultural performance and internal migration in India at state and district level using Indian Census data.[MSE].
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Political Clientelism and Capture: Theory and Evidence from West Bengal, India
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
There are relatively few theoretical models or empirical analyses of clientelism which analyse the sources and consequences of clientelism. Data from household surveys in rural West Bengal are used to analyse the political clientelism. [BREAD working paper no. 369]....
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Bridging Education Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Role of Female Teachers
Muralidharan, Karthik; Sheth, Ketki - eSocialSciences - 2013
Recruiting female teachers is frequently suggested as a policy option for improving girls' education outcomes in developing countries, but there is surprisingly little evidence on the effectiveness of such a policy. The gender gaps in learning outcomes are studied, and the effectiveness of...
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