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Food Security and Small Landholders in South Asia
Jha, Raghbendra - 2015
This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders (those households owning less than 2 hectares of land). Using NSS data from 1993-94 and 2004-05 the paper shows that small landholders are an...
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Food Security and Small Landholders in South Asia
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention has been paid to small landholders (those households owning less than 2 hectares of land). Using NSS data from 1993-94 and 2004-05 the paper shows that small landholders are an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189358
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Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
The Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) has been widely used to analyze climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. The storylines behind these scenarios outline alternative development pathways, which have been the base for climate research and other studies at global,...
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Poverty and food security in India
Himanshu - 2013
This paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of two of India's largest food security interventions - the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a simple methodology to take into account the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192329
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Social dimension of inclusive growth in ECOWAS : implication for poverty reduction
Anu, Toriola K.; Emmanuel, Goerge O.; Felix, Ajayi O. - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 13 (2022) 1, pp. 265-288
comprising of in- come inequality, education, and health outcomes affect poverty reduction. The study uses a panel dataset of the …-GMM). The results show that GDP per capita exerts significant negative effect on poverty while inequality, education and health … outcomes do not show significant effect on poverty. Although, the estimates of inequality, health and education outcomes are …
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Poverty, Public Distribution System and Food Security in India : A Household Level Analysis
Srivastav, Nirankar; Dubey, Amaresh - 2011
This paper attempts to estimate the impact of PDS on poverty and calorie deficiency. First we have undertaken an analysis of the households that have access to the PDS, what they purchase, and what are their rupee savings due to their access to the PDS. Next we estimate its impact on poverty...
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Public Distribution System, Poverty and Food Security : An Inter-State Analysis with Special Reference to North-East India
Srivastav, Nirankar - 2011
This paper reviews status of public distribution system and its relationship with the problem of food security and poverty incidence among the north-eastern states of India. Poverty indices for all the states in the NE region are calculated. It appears that the PDS is widely accessible to the...
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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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Financial Inclusion, Cash Benefit and Public Distribution System
Dutta, Tanima - 2016
reducing poverty but direct provision of food grains has helped masses to fight inflation. Poverty reduction is the corner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988223
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Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India : Public Works Versus Food Subsidy
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large household datasets constructed with National Sample Survey...
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