Global multidimensional poverty index 2021
Differences in so-called multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to a new analysis. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), produced
Scheduled Castes
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Caste-based clustering of land parcels in two villages in Uttar Pradesh
This paper examines if the land parcels in Indian villages exhibit caste-based clustering. Using digitised cadastral maps of two villages in Uttar Pradesh and a unique data set collected by conducting
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Pro-poor maternity benefit schemes and rural women - Findings from Tamil Nadu
A cross-sectional study based on women benefi ciaries under the Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefi t Scheme in fi ve districts of Tamil Nadu shows that scheduled caste and landless women in the sample
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Decentralised governance reforms in primary education - Some reflections on West Bengal
Can decentralisation reforms in education achieve the goal of universal elementary education without removing the barriers of hierarchical social structure in West Bengal? A study based on fieldwork in
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Five decades of democratic decentralisation process in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh is one of the two states in the country to initiate democratic decentralisation process on the lines of Balawanta Rai Mehata Committee Report in 1959. The process of decentralisation
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Public report on health - Some key findings and policy recommendations
A bottom-up view of the health conditions and services in six states – three performing and three not-so-well performing ones – was arrived at through a study by a multidisciplinary team with varied experiences
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Why people should not be poor
Though much intellectual energy has been expended on the “poverty problem” in India, the debate simply does not take into account the highly unequal social context in which poverty is produced and reproduced.
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India’s human development in the 2000s - Towards social inclusion
The India Human Development Report 2011 undertakes a disaggregated analysis of a large set of indicators and is unhesitating in its criticism of our failures in human development outcomes even while recognising
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Has growth been socially inclusive during 1993-94 – 2009-10?
This paper examines the changes in poverty incidence and monthly per capita expenditure in India using the National Sample Survey’s unit record data of three rounds, 1993-94, 2004-05 and 2009-10. The changes
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Sanitising caste
Total sanitation cannot be achieved merely by allocating more funds. (Editorial)
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Irrigation development: A process of land degradation and marginalisation of the land poor
This article looks into the instances of growing waterlogging, which is a negative externality of the developmental process (canal irrigation) that has affected the marginalised sections to a greater extent,