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Food Security in South Asia: Issues and Opportunities
Mittal, Surabhi; Sethi, Deepti - 2009
Food security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification...
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Crisis, structural reform and the dismantling of the European Social Model(s)
Hermann, Christoph - 2013
Following ECB-president Draghi's remark that the European Social Model does no longer exist and the crisis can only be overcome through a combination of austerity and structural reform, this paper examines the consequences of austerity measures and structural reforms adopted during the crisis in...
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Day-to-Day Living Expenses and Mental Health
Dackehag, Margareta; Ellegård, Lina Maria; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2016
We use rich longitudinal survey and register data on Swedish individuals to examine the relationship between financial strain and mental health. Specifically, we consider the longitudinal relationships between payment difficulties and subjective (self-reported anxiety) as well as objective...
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Social Hierarchies and Public Distribution of Food in Rural India
Basu, Deepankar; Das, Debarshi - 2014
In this paper, we develop a simple model that shows that consumption of PDS food grains is significantly different between rich and poor households in states where the PDS functions relatively well; in places where the PDS is non-functional, the difference is not significant. Using...
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Leakages from Public Distribution System (PDS) and the way forward
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015
The public distribution system (PDS) has been one of the main policy instruments of the Government of India (GoI) to … that at an all-India level, 46.7 per cent or 25.9 MMTs of the off-taken grain did not reach the intended PDS beneficiaries … in 2011-12. The percent share of total leakage increased with states where greater percent of India's poor resided (five …
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Towards a Privacy Framework for India in the Age of the Internet
Bhandari, Vrinda - 2017
from both the State and the private sector; examines the jurisprudential development of the right to privacy in India, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966612
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Demand-Supply Trends and Projections of Food in India
Mittal, Surabhi - 2008
The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections have been based on change in productivity levels,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807615
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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010
matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance program in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321377
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Being patient with microfinance: The impact of training on Indian self help groups
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010
We evaluate the impact of training provided by facilitators of Self Help Groups (SHGs). This evaluation provides one of the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321416
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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011
We evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training...
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