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Understanding CBHI hospitalisation patterns: a comparison of insured and uninsured women in Gujarat, India
BMC Medicine, 2014Community-based health insurance has been associated with increased hospitalisation in low-income settings, but with limited analysis of the illnesses for which claims are submitted.DocumentIncidence of poor and poverty risk in India across NSS regions for rural and urban areas, 2004-05 and 2009-10
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014This note provides an estimate of incidence of poor and poverty risk in India across National Sample Survey (NSS) regions for 2004-05 and 2009-10 in rural and urban areas. It raises concern on increasing poverty risk and also incidence of poor in some regions.DocumentThe imprecision of volatility indexes
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014The volatility index (vix) is a measure of market's expectation of volatility. The usefulness of the forward-looking vix, over volatility forecasts based on historical data, has been explored extensively in literature. This has led to applications of vix in areas such as option pricing and value-at-risk calculations.DocumentThe cult of statistical significance - a review
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2014This paper presents a review and extended discussion of "The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice and Lives" by Deirdre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak, a work that raises important issues related to the practice of statistics and that has been widely commented upon.DocumentTruth-telling by Third-Party Audits and the Response of Polluting firms: Experimental Evidence from India
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013In many regulated markets, firms choose and pay private, third-party auditors, potentially creating a conflict of interest. This paper reports on a two-year field experiment in the Indian state of Gujarat that sought to curb such a conflict by reforming the system of environmental audits for industrial plants.DocumentA wide angle view of learning: evaluation of the CCE and LEP programmes in Haryana
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014Current enrollment rates at the primary school level in India are well over 95%, and dropout rates do not appear to increase dramatically with age—children between the ages of 11 and 14 are only three percentage points more likely to be out of school than children between the ages of 7 and 10.DocumentA much-needed reform that fails the test
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2010The poor state of higher education in India has been a matter of deep concern for all those who value education and understand its crucial role in the country’s all-round development.DocumentHUNGaMA: Fighting hunger and malnutrition: The HUNGaMA Survey Report – 2011
2011The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted across 112 rural districts of India in 2011 provides reliable estimates of child nutrition covering nearly 20 percent of Indian children. Its objective was to understand the current situation and provide a basis for focused action.DocumentHUNGaMA: Fighting hunger and malnutrition: The HUNGaMA Survey Report – 2011
2011The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted across 112 rural districts of India in 2011 provides reliable estimates of child nutrition covering nearly 20 percent of Indian children. Its objective was to understand the current situation and provide a basis for focused action.DocumentIndia’s growing dependence on imports in the area of bulk drugs
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015In the background of concerns being voiced by pharmaceutical industry and academics as well as policymakers, RIS organised a Colloquium on India’s Growing Dependence on Imports in the Area of Bulk Drugs in New Delhi on 23 December 2014 to provide inputs for government policymaking. The Colloquium observed that:Pages