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Working Paper: Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates and Misalignments in Large Emerging Markets: A Re-look through Panel Cointegrating Estimation
No: WP-2020-001 Author: Krittika Banerjee and Ashima Goyal Title: Equilibrium Real Exchange Rates and Misalignments in Large Emerging Markets: A Re-look through Panel Cointegrating Estimation Abstract: Equilibrium real exchange rates (ERERs) of a set of major emerging market economies (EMEs) are estimated in a panel cointegrating equation framework against trade weighted advanced economy […]
Working Paper: Commercialization, Diversification and Structural Determinants of Farmers’ Income in India
No: WP-2019-042 Author: Varun Kumar Das and A. Ganesh-Kumar Title: Commercialization, Diversification and Structural Determinants of Farmers’ Income in India Abstract: This paper examines the effect commercialization (sale ratio, market transaction, co-operative sale), and diversification (crop, animal husbandry, and non-farm diversification) may have on farmers’ income. In investigating so, this paper takes into […]
Working Paper: Synergies in Social Protection : Impacts of India’s MGNREGA and Public Distribution System on the health and nutrition of Women and Children
No: WP-2019-041 Author: Sudha Narayanan, Karthikeya Naraparaju, Nicolas Gerber Title: Synergies in Social Protection : Impacts of India’s MGNREGA and Public Distribution System on the health and nutrition of Women and Children Abstract: This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and nutritional status of […]
Working Paper: Dynamics and Determinants of Fragmentation Trade: Asian Countries in Comparative and Long-term Perspective
No: WP-2019-040 Author: C Veeramani and Garima Dhir Title: Dynamics and Determinants of Fragmentation Trade: Asian Countries in Comparative and Long-term Perspective Abstract: This paper analyses the dynamics and determinants of fragmentation trade in major Asian countries in comparative and long term (1962-2018) perspective. Based on the available literature, we identify certain […]
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Working Paper: Empowerment and Nutrition in Niger: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Grid
No: WP-2019-039 Author: Erin Lentz, Elizabeth Bageant, and Sudha Narayanan Title: Empowerment and Nutrition in Niger: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Grid Abstract: We present a novel application of a regression decomposition technique, the Shapley Owen decomposition, to identify the aspects of empowerment associated with undernutrition in Niger. Niger is […]
Working Paper: Loan Waivers and Bank Credit Reflections on the evidence and the way forward
No: WP-2019-038 Author: Sudha Narayanan and Nirupam Mehrotra Title: Loan Waivers and Bank Credit Reflections on the evidence and the way forward Abstract: In the past decade, farm loan waivers have become a policy instrument to alleviate financial distress of farmers. Despite agreement on the theoretical rationale for such debt forgiveness and its […]
Working Paper: Food security from free collection of foods Evidence from India
No: WP-2019-037 Author: Sudha Narayanan Title: Food security from free collection of foods Evidence from India Abstract: Despite recognition of the role of free collection of foods in forwarding nutritional security, there is only limited systematic research on its importance and role. This paper provides the first estimates for India, of […]
