NO : WP-2019-006 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Judhajit Chakraborty TITLE : Land as collateral in India ABSTRACT : Land is often regarded as a crucial factor enabling credit access because it serves as an ideal collateral, for both borrowers and lenders. Yet in reality, in developing countries like India land is […]
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IGIDR WORKING PAPER: Last and least Findings on intrahousehold undernutrition from participatory research in South Asia
NO : WP-2019-005 AUTHOR : Erin C Lentz, Sudha Narayanan, Anuradha De TITLE : Last and least Findings on intrahousehold undernutrition from participatory research in South Asia ABSTRACT : In this paper, we analyze intrahousehold mechanisms that rural South Asian women themselves identify as contributing to their inabilities to achieve adequate […]
IGIDR WORKING PAPER: Women’s nutritional empowerment and their well-being Identifying key drivers in India and Bangladesh
NO : WP-2019-004 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Udayan Rathore, Mohit Sharma TITLE : Women’s nutritional empowerment and their well-being Identifying key drivers in India and Bangladesh ABSTRACT : This paper uses six nationally representative household surveys from India and Bangladesh to examine the link between women’s empowerment and their own nutritional […]
IGIDR WORKING PAPER: Rural women’s empowerment in nutrition: a proposal for diagnostics linking food, health and institutions
NO : WP-2019-003 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Marzia Fontana, Erin Lentz, and Bharati Kulkarni TITLE : Rural women’s empowerment in nutrition: a proposal for diagnostics linking food, health and institutions ABSTRACT : This paper explores the concept of women’s nutritional empowerment and develops a framework for operationalizing it. The paper specifically […]
Admissions 2019
IGIDR M.Sc. and M.Phil./Ph.D. Programmes 2019 1. Admission Notice 2019 2. Online Application Form for M.Sc. and M.Phil./Ph.D. Programme 3. Information Handout for M.Sc. 4. Information Handout for M.Phil/Ph.D 5. Sample Questions for M.Sc. 6. Sample Questions for M.Phil/Ph.D. 7. Mock Test link for the M.Sc. Programme for candidates to familiarise themselves […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Modeling Heterogeneity and Rationality of Inflation Expectations across Indian Households
NO : WP-2019-002 AUTHOR : Ashima Goyal and Prashant Parab TITLE : Modeling Heterogeneity and Rationality of Inflation Expectations across Indian Households ABSTRACT :We analyze the inflation expectation formation of Indian Households using Inflation Expectations Survey of Households dataset, and draw out its implications for the effectiveness and use of […]
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Call for Applications : Summer@IGIDR – Visiting Students Program 2019 (Last date extended till March 3,2019)
IGIDR Welcomes visiting students as part of Summer@IGIDR, the Visiting Students Program for 2019 Please use new incognito windows or private windows in your browser if you face file upload issue The Visiting Students Program (VSP) at the IGIDR was initiated in […]
IGIDR Working Paper : Testing the Friedman-Schwartz Hypothesis Using Time Varying Correlation
NO : WP-2019-001 AUTHOR : Taniya Ghosh, Prashant Mehul Parab TITLE : Testing the Friedman-Schwartz Hypothesis Using Time Varying Correlation ABSTRACT : This study analyses the time varying correlation of money and output using the DCC GARCH model for the Euro, India, Poland, the UK and the US. Apart from simple […]
Conference on the Political Economy of Contemporary India 2019 (Third Edition)
(Sponsored by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai (IGIDR)Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)) January 8-9, 2019 Venue: Seanza Conference Room, IGIDR Conference Website…. Important information for participants: Click here Organizing Committee: R. Nagaraj and Sripad Motiram Secretariat: Ms. Jayshree Borkar. Tel: +91-22-28416586. E-mail: jayshree@igidr.ac.in Day 1: January […]