The distributional consequences of political reservations
This article identifies and attempts to fill in the gaps in understanding the effects of reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in Panchayats. Using data from a state-wide census, multiple administra...
- Chinmaya Kumar M.R. Sharan
- 28 November, 2023
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Caste-based differences in self-help groups: Evidence from a rural livelihood programme
The National Rural Livelihood Mission aims to increase income and improve wellbeing for rural households. Using survey data from nine states in India, this article analyses the existence of caste-base...
- Chandan Jain Krishna Kejriwal Ritwik Sarkar Pooja Sengupta
- 05 August, 2022
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India’s Women’s Reservation Act: A big win for governance and beyond
Amidst debates about the recently passed women's reservation act and whether it will reduce gender disparities on the ground, Wattal and Gopalan summarise evidence from a number of randomised evaluati...
- Akshara Gopalan Urvashi Wattal
- 15 December, 2023
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Impact evaluation of a school-based gender sensitization campaign
This project conducts a randomised evaluation in four districts in Haryana, India, of a secondary-school-based attitude-change programme aimed at reducing son preference in reproductive decisions and ...
- Seema Jayachandran
- 31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Religion and Health in Early Childhood in India
This project aims to investigate the puzzle of child undernourishment in India by comparing differences in child health outcomes by religious affiliation.
- Nidhiya Menon
- 31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Empowering India's daughters
This article explores how women’s economic empowerment can be a crucial step in addressing India’s long-standing son preference, as highlighted by the latest Economic Survey. It discusses key tre...
- Nalini Gulati
- 08 March, 2018
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Union Budget 2018: What's in it for women?
In this article, Nalini Gulati analyses the Union Budget 2018-19 through a gender lens. She emphasises the need to firmly institutionalise Gender Responsive Budgeting within the government at the nat...
- Nalini Gulati
- 02 February, 2018
- Perspectives
Give women credit
Since its inception in the 1970s microfinance has emerged as an important tool to support livelihoods among those who lack access to traditional banking services, though the method has its critics. Er...
- Erica Field Rohini Pande
- 24 November, 2017
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Political reservation and the quality of governance
Existing evidence suggests that while political reservation for traditionally marginalised groups tilts governance outcomes in favour of those groups, there are non-discernable or negative effects on ...
- Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois
- 23 October, 2017
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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 hous...
- 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 Na...
- 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 Nay...
- Sudha Narayanan
- 12 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field
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A division of labourers: Caste identity and efficiency in India
Castes in India are closely associated with certain occupations and determine the jobs done by millions. This study uses a new dataset to show that a large proportion of workers still work in their ca...
- Guilhem Cassan Daniel Keniston Tatjana Kleineberg
- 18 November, 2022
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Sex ratios and religion in India and South Asia
In South Asia, low child sex ratios are increasingly an isolated Indian phenomenon. Within India, child sex ratios are ‘normal’ among Christians and Muslims but much lower among Hindus, Sikhs, and...
- Swati Narayan
- 03 April, 2019
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Measuring caste inequality across Indian states
Although recent research on inequality shows that upper castes have the highest levels of material well-being, there is a wide variation in caste inequality across India. Measuring three forms of cast...
- Poulomi Chakrabarti
- 13 September, 2021
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