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Dynamics of caste-based deprivation in child under-nutrition in India

Mishra, Rudra Narayan - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2006

results are also confirmed with application of a logit model. The study uses the data from National Family Health Survey …

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Strengthening Functional Community-Provider Linkages : Lessons from the Indore Urban Health Programme

Agarwal, Siddharth - 2016

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Height, Health, and Inequality : The Distribution of Adult Heights in India

Deaton, Angus - 2011

investigation. I use data from the third round of India's National Fertility and Health survey to explore these issues. The most …

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Measurement of Human Recognition: A Methodology with Empirical Applications in India and Kenya

Castleman, Tony - Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), … - 2011

This paper develops and applies a methodology for measuring human recognition, which is defined as the acknowledgement provided to an individual by other individuals, groups, or organizations that he is of inherent value with intrinsic qualities in common with the recognizer. A framework is...

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Health Poverty and Vulnerability : An Empirical Analysis of Women in Uttar Pradesh, India

Ramachandran, Maithili; Kumar, K.S. Kavi; Viswanathan, … - 2006

Health poverty - or poor health - could probably have similar determinants as income poverty. However, neither the … determinants nor their marginal effects are likely to be identical. Given this difference and the limited assessment of health … poverty among adult women in India, this study tries to analyze both the current health status, and the vulnerability to poor …

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Childhood mortality and economic growth

Bhalotra, Sonia - 2006

This paper investigates the extent to which the decline in child mortality over the last three decades can be attributed to economic growth. In doing this, it exploits the considerable variation in growth over this period, across states and over time. The analysis is able to condition upon a...

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Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty

Calvi, Rossella - 2018

Almost half of missing women in India are of post-reproductive ages. I show that intra-household gender inequality and gender asymmetry in poverty can account for a substantial fraction of these missing women. Using a natural experiment, I link women's intra-household bargaining power to their...

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Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi’s Slums : An Assessment Using IRT Models

Faye, Ousmane; Baschieri, Angela; Falkingham, Jane; … - 2014

Nairobi Urban Health and demographic Surveillance System. The reliability and accuracy of the items are tested using both the …

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When Institutions Fail : The Case of Underage Marriage in India

Goodwin, Michele - 2017

When do we know that the rule of law has failed or been corrupted? Who can we point to as corrupting legal order or the rule of law when most of the parties appear to be one-shotters? One shot players lack the ability to quickly master and more importantly conquer sophisticated legal labyrinths...

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Nutritional Aspects of Poverty Among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, Sudhanshu K.; Lyngskor, J. W. - 2009

In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and the second at the nutritional level. Nutritional level has...

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