Infant mortality among Hindus is higher than among Muslims in India, and religious differences in sanitation practices …-representative data sets from India. Across all three data sets, the unconditional religion-specific gap in latrine ownership and latrine … handwashing or observed fecal material near homes. Household sanitation practices vary substantially across areas of India, but …

themes of the more-detailed case studies on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Attention is paid most to India, which … to those for non-agricultural traded sectors in these countries. Previous studies have established that in India … the fresh fruit and vegetables sector in India, and the dairying sectors in India and Pakistan. In South Asia both of …

This paper analyzes the economic effects of agricultural price and merchandise trade policies around the world as of … in the use of unskilled labor)? Results are presented for the key countries and regions of the world and for the world as …

This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The … reductions. In validation tests, the model's predictions perform comparably to the World Bank's current adjustment method when …