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Rashmi Barua

Jawaharlal Nehru University
barua.bhowmik@gmail.com

Rashmi Barua works at the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her areas of research include economics of education and labour economics, with a specific interest in gender, early childhood human capital investments (health and education) and female labour supply.  Her research has been a mix of methodological contributions, including randomised evaluations, and empirical applications that are guided by sound economic theory. She is an invited researcher at JPAL, a research fellow at the Environment for Development and a core member of the Society for Economics Research in India (SERI). She received a PhD in Economics from Boston University in 2009.

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चहुँ ओर पानी लेकिन पीने के लिए एक बूँद भी नहीं! साफ़ पानी के सन्दर्भ में सूचना और पहुँच को सक्षम बनाना

भारत में 5 करोड़ से ज़्यादा लोग आर्सेनिक-दूषित पानी पीते हैं, जिससे उनके स्वास्थ्य पर, ख़ास तौर पर बच्चों के स्वास्थ्य पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ रहा है। इसके बावजूद प्रभावित क्षेत्रों में निजी, सुरक्षित प...

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Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink? Information and enabling access to clean water

Over 50 million people in India are exposed to arsenic-contaminated water, leading to adverse health outcomes – especially for children. Yet, the demand for private, safe drinking water remains low ...

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