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This paper analyzes the Indian National Sample Survey data spanning 1987/88-2011/12 to uncover patterns of transition into and out of different classes of the consumption distribution. At the aggregate level, income growth has accelerated, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying...
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India has attained much economic success in the past three decades. Yet an economic deceleration in recent years has … generated worried commentaries about the country's growth outlook. This paper offers a long-term perspective on India's growth …
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Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked … analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population …
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of the Indian economy, capital flows to India have moved in tandem with broad global trends. This paper looks at the … extent to which India?s monetary policy has been affected by the ebbs and flows of the capital it receives. For ease of …
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India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. The study finds a downward trend in …
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of the U.S. central bank reducing its security purchases, had a sharp negative impact on emerging markets. India was … toward a financial crisis. This paper contends that India was adversely impacted because it had received large capital flows … rebalance away from emerging markets. In addition, India's macroeconomic conditions had weakened in prior years, which rendered …
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Living Standards Survey) for the period 2004-2008 and cross-sectional data from India (National Sample Survey) for the period … 2004-2009. The estimation results indicate that in Vietnam and India during this time period, the population living in …
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used to assess the cost-effectiveness of India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar. Participants are found to have …
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Public knowledge about India's ambitious Employment Guarantee Scheme is low in one of India's poorest states, Bihar …
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India's huge expansion in rural electrification in the 1980s and 1990s offers lessons for other countries today. The … paper examines the long-term effects of household electrification on consumption, labor supply, and schooling in rural India …
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