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Punjab, India, to assess the impact of a flagship sanitation program of the Government of India. The program, the Clean India …, eliminate the practice of open defecation, and improve the awareness and practice of good hygiene across rural India. It …
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This paper uses a field experiment in India with multiple financial education treatments to investigate the causal …
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This paper uses the construction of India's Golden Quadrangle central highway network, together with comprehensive loan … data from the Reserve Bank of India, to investigate the interaction between infrastructure development and financial sector …
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, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical … first study to estimate the annual income effects of a government-run rural livelihoods program in India, and it shows …
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This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare …
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economies. India's experience with U.S. tapering offers insights into what to expect. This paper estimates the contribution of …
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This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official … discussion of the recent controversies in India regarding the choice of poverty lines …
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among young children. In 1999, India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign with the goal of achieving universal toilet … coverage in rural India by 2012. This paper reports on a cluster-randomized, controlled trial that was conducted in 80 rural …
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This paper uses primary data from rural north India to show that participation in a community-level female empowerment … support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational training for rural women in several states of India …
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The infrastructure gap is one of the most significant impediments to India realizing its growth and poverty reduction … potential. Although India?s transport network is one of the most extensive in the world, accessibility and connectivity are … upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. The analysis uses a difference-in-difference estimation strategy …
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