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Transmission of World Commodity Prices to Domestic Commodity Prices in India and China

Imai, Katsushi S. - 2008

prices in India and China. The focus is on short and medium-run adjustment processes using an error correction specification … in China than in India. Second, the adjustment is larger for wheat, maize and rice than for fruits and vegetables in both … India and China. In fact, the adjustment is the weakest for vegetables in both countries. Third, while most of the domestic …

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Rural poverty and disability in LMICs

Gaiha, Raghav; Mathur, Shantanu; Kulkarni, Vani S. - 2020

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Micronutrient Deprivation and Poverty Nutrition Trap in Rural India

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Sharma, Anurag - 2014

workers separately. We use household level national data for rural India for the period January to June 1994 and robust sample … micronutrient deficiency is pervasive and has a significant impact on labour productivity of agricultural workers in rural India. In …

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Poverty Nutrition Trap in Rural India

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Sharma, Anurag - 2014

The contribution of the present paper is threefold. First, we formally test whether the effect of calorie deprivation on wages is more significant/higher for the lower quantiles of workers. In the extant literature this is established through non-linear terms in the wage equation. A more...

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Determinants of Employment in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, Manoj K. - 2011

Using household level data this paper provides systematic evidence on the employment impact of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in three Indian states: Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. We model this as a two stage Heckman procedure where we model selection for NREGS in...

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Child Undernutrition in India

Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - 2014

We have constructed a composite indicator of anthropometric failure (CIAF) that refines the Waterlow-3 tier classification, using a recent nation-wide household survey. The CIAF and its disaggregation into subcategories of undernourished 5 years old children reveal a grimmer story of child...

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Diets, Nutrition and Poverty : The Indian Experience

Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - 2014

This paper focuses on the Indian experience with dietary changes, their nutritional implications, and policy response to alleviate nutritional deprivation. We review the evidence on nutrient intake and dietary changes, particularly the downward shift in calorie, protein and other nutrient intake...

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Determinants and Persistence of Benefits from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : Panel Data Analysis for Rajasthan, India

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, Manoj K.; … - 2013

India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been hailed as one of the country’s most creative social …

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India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as It Is — Interpreting the Official Report

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav - 2013

Using official data this paper evaluates India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) according to the …

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Double Burden of Malnutrition : Why are Indian Women Likely to Be Underweight and Obese?

Kulkarni, Vani S.; Kulkarni, Veena; Gaiha, Raghav - 2014

India has one of the highest underweight burdens in the world, with signs of rising obesity. Coexistence of underweight … representative household survey, India Human Development Survey, 2005. The results indicate that the factors underlying this burden …

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