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. Second, the authors do not find evidences to prove the existence of a poverty nutrition trap in rural China. Third, the …
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Purpose – China and India are two of the fastest growing economies in the world, and poverty reduction has been … paper is to examine linkages between poverty, food security, and undernutrition in both countries. Design …/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors discuss the linkages between poverty, food security, and undernutrition at the micro level …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a robust normative evaluation of the recent evolution of Indians' exposures to health‐related risks. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares empirically the distributions of individuals' risks of death in India on the basis of new...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate India's five year plan strategies for including the deprived in the development process since Independence. Design/methodology/approach – This is a policy review paper based on past studies. Findings – The paper argues that effective...
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Purpose – Trade liberalization could either exacerbate or ameliorate the incidence of child labour. This paper aims to examine the effect of trade liberalization through membership in the GATT/WTO on the incidence of child labour across countries and over time. The authors examine child labour...
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Purpose – This paper aims to offer a theory on optimal group size. To overcome the problems of institutional credit facilities to the poor and marginal people, Joint Liability Group Lending (JLGL) is often considered as a better option. However, the literature in the field is surprisingly...
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-reform acceleration in growth has helped bring poverty down for all economic, social and religious groups and in all state or has left … urban areas, poverty has significantly declined between 1993-1994 and 2011-2012 with a substantial acceleration during the … faster-growth period from 2004-2005 to 2011-2012. Poverty rates among the disadvantaged social groups and minorities have …
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain meaningful insights into a microfinance programme in two different agro-ecological settings in India. The study, using primary survey data, attempts to examine individual, household and environmental characteristics that determine participation in a...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on farm sector wage rate. This identification strategy rests on the assumption that all districts across India would have had similar wage trends in the absence of the program....
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Purpose – The relationship between gender and governance is often neglected in both conceptual and empirical work. However, gender equality in the decision-making fora is vital, for enabling far-reaching social change and for empowering people excluded from decision making. The purpose of this...
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