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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
Draft social security code: Will it help informal workers?
Labour law reform is considered as a key requirement for creation of new jobs as well as greater formalisation of existing jobs in India. In March this year, the Ministry of Labour and Employment brou...
- Sharmila Kantha
- 21 September, 2017
- Perspectives
Three barriers that make it hard for policymakers to use the evidence that development researchers produce
There has been a surge in policy research globally over the past two decades that is geared to promote evidence-based policymaking. But can policymakers put this evidence to use? Based on a survey of...
- Michael Callen Adnan Khan Asim Khwaja
- 20 September, 2017
- Articles
Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur: Why has vaccination failed to make an impact?
Vaccination is the mainstay of prevention strategies for Japanese encephalitis – the child killer disease that recently caused many deaths in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. In this article, Dr Kaushik Bha...
- Kaushik Bharati
- 18 September, 2017
- Perspectives
Women empowerment in nutrition: Role of common pool resources
Absence of effective public service delivery and well-functioning markets makes the rural poor highly dependent on common pool resources such as forests and water resources for their livelihoods. In ...
- Nirali Bakhla
- 15 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition: Access to healthcare
Access to healthcare is constrained by three key factors – physical access to healthcare facilities, ability to pay, and quality of care. In this note, Udayan Rathore discusses how within poor househ...
- Udayan Rathore
- 14 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition: Role of seasonality in food security
In this note, Ankita Mondal provides an account of the impact of seasonality on nutrition and livelihoods of the rural poor, especially women.
- Ankita Mondal
- 14 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition : Ideas of empowerment
As part of the ‘Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index’ project, a group of researchers spoke with rural women and community workers from Araria in Bihar, and Ganjam, Rayagada, Kandhmal, and Nayagarh...
- Sudha Narayanan
- 13 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition: Do women really have a say in preparing and providing food?
Decision-making capacity of women within the household and in the community is considered to be a reflection of their empowerment. In this note, Sweta Bhusan discusses one dimension of decision-makin...
- Sweta Bhusan
- 13 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition: Ideas of empowerment
As part of the ‘Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index’ project, a group of researchers spoke with rural women and community workers from Araria in Bihar, and Ganjam, Rayagada, Kandhmal, and Nayagarh ...
- Sudha Narayanan
- 12 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Caste and credit: Not such a woeful tale?
Caste is an enduring predictor of economic status in India and caste-based discrimination continues to pervade several spheres of life. What about rural lending? This column suggests that most caste-w...
- Sunil Mitra Kumar Ragupathy Venkatachalam
- 11 September, 2017
- Articles
How female foeticide has influenced fertility and parental investments in girls
The introduction of ultrasound technology in India has been documented to have led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. However, this column finds that it also decreased son-biased ...
- S Anukriti Sonia Bhalotra Hiu Fung
- 11 September, 2017
- Articles