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National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India
Gaiha, Raghav; Kulkarni, Vani S.; Pandey, Manoj K.; … - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India -a nation-wide poverty alleviation programme which was introduced in 2005. The focus … poverty, and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of excess demand … to poverty. Also, apprehensions expressed about the inflationary potential of recent hikes in NREGS wages have been …
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Remittances, Growth and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011
. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369299
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Microfinance and Poverty -A Macro Perspective
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh; Annim, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2010
Building on the recent literature on finance, growth and hunger, we have examined the experience of Asian countries over the last five decades, using dynamic panel models. Although the results are mixed, depending on the specification and variables used, there is some evidence favouring a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692968
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Remittances, Growth and Poverty: New Evidence from Asian Countries
Imai, Katsushi; Gaiha, Raghav; Ali, Abdilahi; Kaicker, Nidhi - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2013
. Finally, remittances contribute to poverty reduction – especially through their direct effects. Migration and remittances are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661191
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Does Non-Farm Sector Employment Reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015
The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169727
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Does non-farm sector employment reduce rural poverty and vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - In: Journal of Asian Economics 36 (2015) C, pp. 47-61
The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India – which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011189735
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Role of Agriculture in Achieving MDG 1 in Asia and the Pacific Region
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011
significantly the prospects of achieving MDG 1 of halving poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region. As more than a few countries in … poverty threshold of US$1.25 per day (at 2005 PPP) for assessing progress towards MDG1 is not so compelling now. Accordingly …, the present assessment uses two poverty thresholds: US$2 per day and US$1.25 per day (both at 2005 PPP). Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788638
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Agriculture, Markets and Poverty - A Comparative Analysis of Laos and Cambodia
Gaiha, Raghav; Azam, Md Shafiul; Annim, Samuel; Imai, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012
in achieving this goal. As these are macro relationships, richer insights into determinants of poverty are obtained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593000
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Diet Diversification and Diet Quality in India: An Analysis
Gaiha, Raghav; Kaicker, Nidhi; Imai, Katsushi S.; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012
Our study examines changes in diets over the period 1993-2009. Diets have shifted away from cereals towards higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, oils and livestock products. Using household data, a food diversity index (FDI) is constructed, based on five food commodities. Significant price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822760
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Does Non-farm Sector Employment reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012
The present study examines whether employment in the rural non-farm sector (RNFE) has any poverty-reducing and … consistent with poverty reducing role of accessing RNFE - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to … non-farm sector would reduce such risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822770