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    Prevalence of household-level food insecurity and its determinants in an urban resettlement colony in North India

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014
    An adequate food intake, in terms of quantity and quality, is a key to healthy life. Malnutrition is the most serious consequence of food insecurity and has a multitude of health and economic implications. India has the world’s largest population living in slums, and these have largely been underserved areas.
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    Promoting resource efficiency along the value chains of key sectors in South Asia

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    Policy-makers in South Asia as well as other developing economies are increasingly focusing on the development of small &medium enterprises (SME) and agro-based value chains as a means of promoting economic growth and poverty reduction.
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    Leaf concentrate fortification of antenatal protein calorie snacks improves pregnancy outcomes

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2014
    Ready-to-eat (RTE) snacks are routinely distributed to pregnant women in India. These provide protein and calories but are low in micronutrients. The study investigates whether RTE snacks fortified with leaf concentrate (LC) could improve pregnancy outcomes, including maternal haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations and infants’ birth weight.
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    Employment, wages and productivity in Indian agriculture

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    Though the share of agriculture in the aggregate economy has declined rapidly in India, it assumes a pivotal role in the rural economy. The NSS quinquennial surveys on employment show a decline in the share of agriculture and an increase in the share of non-agricultural sector in aggregate employment. Such a structural shift though expected in a developing economy, has been slower in India.
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    Contract farming in India: options and implications for small and large farmers

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    The Indian economy grew at an impressive rate in the last decade and demographic pressure also slowed. Yet, the incidence of unemployment (CDS) towards the end of the 1990s was more than seven per cent. The situation is especially disconcerting in the rural sector. Employment in rural sector, which is associated mostly with agriculture, stagnated during the 90s.
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    Modeling interest rate cycles in India

    2006
    In the era of globalization and stabilization, one of the macroeconomic variables that has come into greater focus is the interest rate. This is consequent upon a strengthened integration of the domestic financial sector with the external sector.
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    Environmental equity and vulnerability to air pollution: evidence from Delhi, India

    2006
    Widespread evidence suggests that human vulnerability to environmental shocks that causes widespread mortality and morbidity is distributed unevenly. Not only is the impact disproportionate, but the ability of people and societies to adjust to and deal with such shocks is also quite skewed.
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    Measuring environmental efficiency of industry: a case study of thermal power generation in India

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    Measurement of the productive efficiency of firms that generate environmental pollution (air and water pollution, and land degradation) and face the environmental regulation has to account for their efficiency in producing good output as well as in reducing pollution, the bad output.
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    Import penetration and price cost margins in Indian manufacturing industries

    2006
    Since 1991, Indian foreign trade regime has undergone a drastic change from a very restrictive to an almost free one. This change is expected to increase the intensity of import competition and hence lead to a reduction in the profitability of domestic firms.
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    Rural non-farm employment in India: macro-trends, micro-evidences and policy options

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    Towards the end of the 1990s, the incidence of unemployment on the basis of CDS (current daily status) exceeded seven per cent. There are also evidences of deterioration in the quality of rural employment; casualization of rural workers for instance, increased many-fold. Real wages of rural workers however, increased and the disparity in rural and urban wages also reduced during the 90s.

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