that these programs are good at promoting certain outcomes such as school attendance, but that other outcomes such as … regularly attending school. Using three different empirical techniques - simple comparison of mean outcomes, regression analysis … and propensity score matching - we examine the program's impact on school attendance, performance in school and child …

the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the … probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6 percent higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates … children in provinces fully implementing the FEL were 3 percent more likely to be in school and 1.6 percent points less likely …

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

reference to China and India, with their very distinctive public policy approaches. Much of the economics literature either does …

The paper looks into the level of integration of commodity markets in India, across centres and states using consumer … price data. It measures the extent to which domestic markets for goods in India are integrated, and recommends policy … methodology proposed by Bradford and Lawrence (2004) on the consumer prices of goods in major states across India. This is then …

India's growing economic strength of recent years has seen it adapting its foreign policy to increase its global … vision, most noticeably in Asia, and has broadened the definition of its security interests. As a result, India … global partnership between them.India and Japan share a special relationship as fellow democracies without hegemonic …