Can large-scale social safety nets be nutrition sensitive even if they do not explicitly incorporate health and nutrition as programmatic goals? This paper focuses on the consequences of a countrywide guaranteed workfare programme (MGNREGA) and subsidised food distribution scheme (PDS) in India...

Can large-scale social safety nets be nutrition sensitive even if they do not explicitly incorporate health and nutrition as programmatic goals? This paper focuses on the consequences of a countrywide guaranteed workfare programme (MGNREGA) and subsidised food distribution scheme (PDS) in India...

This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting, verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a roadmap for its replication in Africa. The Honey Bee Network brings together governmental and non-governmental institutions, members...

This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct capability measurement literature can be adapted for...

Technology promises to overcome traditional barriers to financial inclusion, in particular by harnessing insights from consumers' personal data. However, use of personal data creates new risks for consumers. Service providers must build consumers' trust, a necessary precondition to increased...

The paper examines the presence and usage of Social Networking Sites particularly Facebook by banks in India. It primarily focuses on establishing the impact of Social networking sites on financial performance of banks in India. The data for this study is drawn from a survey of Facebook pages of...

The authors discuss how Indian government has adopted different economic policies and how it needs to adopt again the circular economic system. The authors suggest that Indian government should again adopt circular economic system. The authors discuss that India should now learn from CircE...

The author reviews the concept of startup and how it should be promoted. The author suggests that the ecosystem to promote startups is necessary. The author suggests that there is a need to create a system to promote innovations, entrepreneurship and to create ease of business. The author...

In the land of ‘Jugaad’, where everyone is able to find a frugal fix toany problem, innovation is still dismal. Innovation in India is dismal not because of the lack of grey matter, but because India is systemically failing its inventors – firstly, through an education system that focuses...

Implementing the concept of sustainable development of the food economy requires profound and rapid changes in this area of economic activity. Following the current path may intensify the already existing problem of the declining biological and health quality of food.The aim of the paper is to...