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Trevor Swan and Indian Planning : The Lessons of 1958/59
Cornish, Selwyn - 2017
at MIT during 1958-59 he spent nine months in India to assist in the formulation of India's third five year plan and to … contribute to the development of India's premier research institutions. This paper provides an account of his work in New Delhi … Oxford. Swan was of the view that India's economic problems should be clearly understood and the best policy measures to …
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Wachstumsland Indien : überwundene Hindernisse und strukturelle Stärken
Jha, Raghbendra - In: Chancen des Wachstums : globale Perspektiven für den …, (pp. 197-224). 2008
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065956
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187506
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187507
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Diets, Nutrition and Poverty: The Indian Experience
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
This chapter 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861947
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Prices, Expenditure and Nutrition in India
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
Engel curve shifted down-especially in rural India- over the period 1993–2004. The puzzle for the longer period analysed by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457224
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Demand for Nutrients in India, 1993–2004
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
In response to the Deaton–Dreze (2009) explanation of a downward shift in the calorie Engel curve in terms of lower requirements due to health improvements and lower activity levels, we have developed an alternative explanation of changes in the consumption of calories, protein and fats over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466139
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Child Undernutrition in India
Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504452
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Poverty Nutrition Trap in Rural India
Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Sharma, Anurag - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057574