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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 […]
Working Paper: The Impact of Size and Group Affiliation in Emerging Markets: A Cost Efficiency Analysis of Indian Firms
No: WP-2019-036 Author: Ramesh Jangili Title: The Impact of Size and Group Affiliation in Emerging Markets: A Cost Efficiency Analysis of Indian Firms Abstract: Despite strengthening market discipline and improving overall competition, emerging markets, like India, still have severe information problems. Large firms and group firms in these markets have the potential to […]
Working Paper: Export Competitiveness, Labour Laws, and Gender Differences in Job Dynamics: Analysis of Manufacturing Industries across Indian States
No: WP-2019-035 Author: Purna Banerjee and C. Veeramani Title: Export Competitiveness, Labour Laws, and Gender Differences in Job Dynamics: Analysis of Manufacturing Industries across Indian States Abstract: Increased participation of women in productive employment is a prerequisite for achieving gender equality and other sustainable development goals. Yet, female labour force participation in India, […]
Working Paper: Evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India
No: WP-2019-034 Author: Radhika Pandey, Rajeswari Sengupta, Aatmin Shah, Bhargavi Zaveri Title: Evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India Abstract: In this paper, we trace the evolution of capital controls on foreign in-stitutional investment in India, by hand constructing a a dataset of legal interventions with respect to foreign institutional […]
Working Paper: Historical Institutions and Electoral Outcomes The case of India after Decolonization
No: WP-2019-033 Author: Shree Saha Title: Historical Institutions and Electoral Outcomes The case of India after Decolonization Abstract: There is now ample evidence that historical colonial institutions impact contemporary economic outcomes and some suggest that these links might be mediated by the influence of colonial institutions on electoral processes and outcomes. This paper […]
Working Paper: Off-the-farm Livelihood Choice of Farm Households in India
No: WP-2019-032 AUTHOR: Varun Kumar Das and A. Ganesh-Kumar TITLE: Off-the-farm Livelihood Choice of Farm Households in India Abstract: The process of structural transformation in India presents some unique features not seen in the developed countries, viz., seasonal migration from rural to rural areas within the country for employment within the agricultural […]
SPANDAN: Call for research proposals Closed
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai (click here for more about IGIDR), and the System of Promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition (SPANDAN) India, invite research proposals for short studies focusing on the broad areas covered under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals-2 (SDG-2 Zero Hunger). […]
