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Exploratory research on the impact of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, on deforestation, tribal welfare, and poverty, with implications for implementation

When the United Progressive Alliance came to power in the Indian general elections of May 2004, it published a Common Minimum Programme in which it promised to end the eviction of tribal and other forest-dwelling people from forest lands.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2012

Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

This project estimates the short-and-medium-run effects of participating in a subsidised vocational training programme aimed at improving labour market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2012

The Enigma of Malnutrition in India

This project uses data from 2004 to 2014 for 26 countries to make comparisons between South Asia and Africa, examining how the regional gap in child malnutrition varies with demographic and other characteristics.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2012

Rapid Response on institutional reform of minor irrigation department in conjunction with CEEW

The project was carried out on the request of Principal Secretary, Minor Water Resource Department (MWRD), Government of Bihar on how to reform the MWRD. The study used different parmeters to assess the overall targets and ways to improve participatory irrigation management. Organisational restructu...

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Environment
Year: 2012

Women's Reservations in Bihar and Children's Health Outcomes

This project investigates the impact of political decentralization and gender quota in local governance on different measures of health outcomes and behaviors. The findings of the prioject are consistent with local leaders having better information or greater concern for women and child health.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Human Development
Year: 2012

Management practices in retail, education and healthcare sectors in India

This project presents an in-depth descriptive look at the state of management practices in India. Using a unique dataset measuring the quality of management practices across countries and sectors, it finds a consistent pattern of poor management practices in India in comparison to higher income coun...

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2012

Has environmental regulation been successful in India?

India has an impressive number of environmental regulations – but have they been a success? This column presents evidence that while initiatives such as catalytic converters for cars have reduced air pollution, there has been far less success in tackling water pollution. It argues that regulators ...

  • Articles

Content Type: Articles
Topic: Environment
Year: 2012

Strengthening the Institutional Framework for Flood and Water Resources Management in Bihar: Developing a Strategy for Reform (Phase 1)

This project aims to shape policies related to the institutional framework of flood and water resources in the state of Bihar. Based on the analysis and recommendations made, this project aims to reduce the adverse impacts of these events on the population, businesses and industries located in flood...

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Environment
Year: 2012

Strengthening the Institutional Framework for flood and water resources management in Bihar: Developing a strategy for reform'-- Phase 2

Phase 2 of the study attempts to go beyond merely identifying challenges facing Bihar's WRD and spell out reforms and organisational challenges that are required to strengthen the Government of Bihar's ability to address current and future flood management challenges. The findings of the project ar...

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Environment
Year: 2012

Understanding Mandis: Market Towns and the Dynamics of India's Rural and Urban Transformations

The idea behind this project is to undertake process-oriented investigations that will involve the study of interactions, especially between agricultural markets, settlements, technology, infrastructure, and regulations.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Governance
Year: 2012

Macroeconomic Takeoff and Distributional Churning in India

The past 25 years have witnessed a remarkable economic catch-up by the historically discriminated against scheduled castes and tribes (SC/STs) in India towards non-SC/ST levels in terms of their education attainment levels, their occupation choices as well as their wage and consumption levels.

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2012

Does Female Leadership Impact on the Quality of Public Goods? Evidence from a Public Poverty Alleviation Programme in Andhra Pradesh, India

This project used the nationwide policy of randomly allocating village council headships to women to identify the impact of female political leadership on the governance of projects implemented under MNREGA. Using primary survey data, it finds more programme inefficiencies and leakages in village co...

  • IGC Research on India

Content Type: IGC Research on India
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2012