health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is … more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes … in poverty on infant survival. We identify a significant within-state relationship which persists conditional upon state …

. -- poverty ; income ; inequality ; infant mortality ; India ; economic reform ; state health expenditure ; panel data … health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is … more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …

This paper investigates the effect of a food subsidy programme in India on child malnutrition by addressing the … respect to the unusually high incidence of malnutrition in India, and they are topical in the context of current and …