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Ronald Abraham
Ronald Abraham is IDinsight’s Country Director for India, managing the organization’s engagements and future growth in the country. Ronald has significant experience in education policy research and programme management. Previously, he worked with Pratham and managed a statewide learning excellence program in collaboration with the Government of Punjab, covering 13,000 schools. He was also an integral part of Pratham’s national team that facilitates the Annual Status of Education Report. Prior to working at Pratham, Ronald was at the Centre for Policy Alternatives in New Delhi, where his research topics included India’s poverty line and centre-state public finance.
Ronald holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and an M.P.A. in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Ronald received the Joint Japan / World Bank Graduate Scholarship to attend HKS.
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Quantitative Baseline Assessment of Child Nutritional Status and Performance of ICDS Supplementary Nutrition Programme in Bihar
There are no easy solutions guaranteed to reduce leakage and increase the provision of nutritious food to Bihar’s millions of malnourished children and mothers. The quantitative assessment in this project was a first step that provides evidence of what the sources of leakage and areas of concern are overall. The findings provides the foundation for the design of interventions under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to improve the supplementary nutrition programme.
Bihar's malnutrition crisis and potential solutions
The prevalence of underweight children in Bihar is higher than in any country in the world, and the provision of public services to address malnutrition is poor. Based on an assessment of the government’s nutritional support to mothers and children, this column sheds light on the grim public service delivery, likely causes, and ideas to address the problem.
Intervention design of Integrated Performance Management System (IPMS) for ICDS
Leakages from the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) have compromised the effectiveness of the programme. The study proposed a new design for an effective monitoring system for the ICDS programme in Bihar. With Integrated Performance Management System (IPMS), the ICDS will use technology-based solutions to create top-down and bottom-up channels of information which are actionable, frequent, verifiable, and accurate. This project prepares design on three of the IPMS’ four components: (1) frontline worker (Sevika) self-reporting; (2) supervisor monitoring; and (3) community grievance redressal and feedback. The design proposed in this paper aims to improve the ICDS service delivery, resulting in better beneficiary outcomes in Bihar.