December 1999 - Nonfarm economic growth in India had very different effects on poverty in different states. Nonfarm … and Datt use 20 household surveys for India's 15 major states, spanning 1960-94, to study how initial conditions and the …

Nonfarm economic growth in India had very different effects on poverty in different states. Nonfarm growth was least … household surveys for India's 15 major states, spanning 1960-94, to study how initial conditions and the sectoral composition of …

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

The extent to which India's poor have benefited from the country’s economic growth has long been debated. This paper …