Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to highlight the differences in literacy and schooling attainment among the scheduled tribe women in India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses data from the Census of India, Department of Education in India, and National Human Development...

While examining participatory development projects, existing contributions have demonstrated how aid resources are often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source of corruption is collusion between project implementers and farmers. This is examined with...

The State of the World’s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives.