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Sandip Mitra is an Associate Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research areas include political economy, financial inclusion, microfinance, poverty, large-scale sample survey, agricultural markets and health economics. He has published in a number of refereed international journals.
Posts by Sandip Mitra
यौनकर्मी, कलंक और आत्म-छवि: कोलकाता के वेश्यालयों से साक्ष्य
गरीब या वंचित होना अक्सर कलंक का कारण बनता है, जो किसी व्यक्ति की आत्म-छवि को छिन्न-भिन्न कर सकता है, उप-इष्टतम विकल्पों को प्रेरित कर सकता है और परिणामस्वरूप व्यक्ति मनोवैज्ञानिक गरीबी के जाल में ...
- Sayantan Ghosal Smarajit Jana Anandi Mani Sandip Mitra Sanchari Roy
- 31 मई, 2021
- लेख
Sex workers, stigma, and self-image: Evidence from Kolkata’s brothels
Being poor or marginalised often brings stigma, which may distort a person’s self-image, inducing sub-optimal choices and resulting in a psychological poverty trap. Based on a study conducted in Kol...
- Sayantan Ghosal Smarajit Jana Anandi Mani Sandip Mitra Sanchari Roy
- 13 May, 2021
- Articles
Using intermediaries to deliver credit
Communities are monitoring service providers, and local governments are delivering development and welfare programmes in developing countries. This article indicates the potential value of enlarging t...
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Sujata Visaria
- 02 March, 2020
- Articles
Middleman margins and market structure in West Bengal potato supply chains
Potato farmers in West Bengal sell to local middlemen because they lack direct access to wholesale markets. Middleman margins are large and there is negligible pass-through from wholesale to farm-gat...
- Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Sujata Visaria
- 22 September, 2017
- Articles
Financial inclusion for agricultural growth: An alternative approach
Traditional, group-based microcredit has had limited success at enabling farmers to expand the cultivation of risky but profitable cash crops. Evidence suggests that this is mainly because of its mech...
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Alberto Motta Sujata Visaria
- 08 December, 2014
- Articles
Cash Transfer versus In-Kind Transfers: A conceptual framework and preliminary evidence
This project studied the performance of a conditional cash transfer scheme called Mukhyamantri Cycle Yojana, which provides money to purchase a bicycle to every student who is enrolled in standard nin...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Sandip Mitra
- 01 June, 2013
- IGC Research on India
Potato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure
This study consists of a pilot survey of a random subset of phorias (middlemen) and larger traders who operate in 72 villages of West Medinipur and Hugli districts in West Bengal and their correspondi...
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Alberto Motta Sujata Visaria
- 01 December, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Political Clientelism and Government Accountability in West Bengal: Theory and Evidence
This project provide a theory of political clientelism, which explains sources and determinants of political clientelism, the relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective c...
- Pranab Bardhan Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee
- 31 October, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
This project investigates how potato farmers in West Bengal sell their crop to local traders, the determinants of farm-gate prices and margins earned by traders. Specifically, it examines the role of ...
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Sujata Visaria
- 31 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Designing microfinance for agricultural growth
Credit and information constraints are particularly acute for farmers in developing countries, and can have a strong impact on their productivity.
- Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Alberto Motta Sujata Visaria
- 31 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Land Acquisition for Business and Compensation of Displaced Farmers
This project addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialisation ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are lea...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee
- 01 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India
Case study on successful land acquisitions in Bihar
This project addresses the question of compensation policies for rural communities that lose their traditional lands and livelihoods to make way for business (e.g., industry, commercial agriculture, u...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee
- 01 March, 2012
- IGC Research on India