The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labor. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

The microfinance sector in India's state of Andhra Pradesh was recently marred by a series of mishaps that occurred due …

prices in India and China. The focus is on short and medium-run adjustment processes using an error correction specification … in China than in India. Second, the adjustment is larger for wheat, maize and rice than for fruits and vegetables in both … India and China. In fact, the adjustment is the weakest for vegetables in both countries. Third, while most of the domestic …

In spite of rapid economic growth in the past three decades, poverty rates in India remain high, especially in certain … regions and among the socially excluded groups. However, what has happened to poverty in India, especially after the onset of … Indian Poverty Debate, addressing both the measurement and causes of India's persistent poverty. Our analysis of recent …

Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory …

case studies in Ghana and India. It asks in what ways are GPN/GVCs bearers of gender transformation, and what are the …

This paper concerns the institutional origins of economic development, emphasising the cases of 19th-century India and …-group education, enhancing aspiration through the use of historicist and religious themes, and in creating a 'benign sociology' of … India as a prelude to development. Indigenous ideologies and practices were as significant in this slow enhancement of …

India has one of the highest underweight burdens in the world, with signs of rising obesity. Coexistence of underweight … representative household survey, India Human Development Survey, 2005. The results indicate that the factors underlying this burden …