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Christian, Paul - 2018

India and the staggered rollout of a rural livelihoods intervention. Comparisons from household surveys across communities …

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Jati Inequality in Rural Bihar

Joshi, Shareen - 2018

Caste is a persistent driver of inequality in India, and it is generally analyzed with government-defined broad …

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Oral Democracy and Women?S Oratory Competency in Indian Village Assemblies : A Qualitative Analysis

Sanyal, Paromita - 2017

In democracies, innovative political institutions have opened up scope for direct public participation often in the form of talk: citizens talking to the state and mutual talk among citizens on matters concerning community development. A prominent example is the Indian gram sabha, or village...

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Recasting Culture to Undo Gender : A Sociological Analysis of Jeevika in Rural Bihar, India

Sanyal, Paromita - 2017

This paper brings together sociological theories of culture and gender to answer the question ? how do large-scale development interventions induce cultural change? Through three years of ethnographic work in rural Bihar, the authors examine this question in the context of Jeevika, a World...

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Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

India's manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of …

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Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

India's manufacturing sector has undergone many spatial adjustments since 1989, including, for example, the organized … India?s manufacturing sector. Striking spatial differences in energy usage exist, and whether spatial adjustments exacerbate … or alleviate energy consumption strains is important for issues ranging from reducing India's power blackouts to stemming …

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The Anatomy of Failure : An Ethnography of a Randomized Trial to Deepen Democracy in Rural India

Ananthpur, Kripa - 2017

facilitation program in rural India, with an in-depth, four-year ethnography of the intervention to understand the underlying …

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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...

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Input Usage and Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Plants

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

closer spatial proximity to one of India's largest cities. Plants in the organized sector utilizing a greater variety of …

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Specialization, Diversity, and Indian Manufacturing Growth

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

India's recent economic growth and liberalization, specialization levels in 1989 were substantially higher than similar … levels in India are becoming more persistent with time. Manufacturing plants display higher productivity in districts that …

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