In this chapter, the authors use data from the Financial Inclusion Insights (FII) program to examine the association between mobile money and female decision-making power in India. Drawing on different proxies for female decision-making power, the authors show that awareness of, and the use of,...

Using data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) of India, the authors examine the impact of fertility gap on child nutritional outcomes, focused on whether a child is stunted, wasted or anemic. They find that the odds of having malnourished children who are stunted, wasted or anemic are...

Part I. Overview of Development Goals -- Chapter 1: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): What are they? How were they devised? Were they appropriate for developing countries? -- Part II. What Influenced MDGs? -- Chapter 2: Ethnic diversity and MDGs -- Chapter 3: Social capital and MDGs --...