he management of hunger has to look into the issues of availability, accessibility and adequacy...

If priors are deterministic (zero or unity) and conditional evidence is uncertain (lies between zero...

The selected six papers focused on different aspects of development policy. The aim is to...

The conventional measure of Human Development Index (HDI) is a linear average across dimensions, HDI1....

In a recent paper, Mishra and Subramanian (2006) propose a measure to explain group-differential which...

Poor returns to cultivation and absence of non-farm opportunities are indicative of the larger socio-economic...

Indian agriculture today is under a large crisis. An average farmer household’s returns from cultivation...

An agrarian crisis has precipitated a spate of suicides in Maharashtra. The suicide mortality rate...

Age-adjusted (5+ years) suicide mortality rate (per 100000 persons) has been calculated by sex across...

Triplot is used to portray the three-dimensional concepts – literate, proximate illiterate and secluded illiterate....

A report of a round-table discussion held in Mumbai in November 2004 on the proposed...

This paper uses NFHS-2 (1998-99) data to explore certain linkages between literacy status of a...

This paper attempts to analyse in each constituency vote shares accruing to the two major...

This paper is a discussion of the externality that an illiterate person would get from...

In a recent paper (Ref. 1), Papavassilopoulos obtained results on the probability of the existence...

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the macro- and micro-level issues associated with agrarian...

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the macro- and micro-level issues associated with agrarian...

The paper, or rather note, is a brief review of some existing literature. It underscores...

The crisis in Indian agriculture has two dimensions - agricultural developmental and agrarian livelihood. Some...

This paper focuses attention on the ‘agrarian crisis’ with particular attention to small-marginal farmers and...

This paper examines policy and other factors leading to agrarian distress in Maharashtra. The second...

This paper addresses the nature and causes of unfolding agrarian crisis and rural distress and...

This paper explores calorie deprivation in Maharashtra across regions as well as sub-groups of population...

We impose a value judgment that a decrease in failure should be accompanied by a...

The present paper looks into the contemporary public health scenario in Orissa. The second section...

This paper explores inequities in the state of Maharashtra across regions as well as sub-groups...

Theis chapter analyses socioeconomic inequities in the state of Maharashtra looking at regions as well...

In recent years, the Indian economy is growing at about nine per cent per annum....

This chapter evaluates some aspects of the contemporary public health scenario in India. First, with...

If the pay-offs in an mXn zero-sum matrix game are drawn randomly from a finite...

The Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai and the Institute for Human Development...

The acreage under the transgenic Bt cotton seeds in India has risen significantly since its...

This is a policy brief based on a two day workshop organized by the Indira...

This is a consultation report for a one-day workshop on ‘Strengthening the Role of Agriculture...

This paper investigates the relationship between returns to cultivation per hectare and size-class of land...

This paper provides estimates of poverty and inequality across states as also for different sub-groups...

The intensive agriculture model was introduced in India in the 1960s as part of the...

The larger agrarian crisis has two dimensions. On the one hand, there is a livelihood...

The relatively lower reduction of poverty in Orissa, 0.2 percentage points per annum from 48.6%...

The paper suggests two corrections in the measure of Gender Development Index (GDI). On the...

Using Minkowski distance function we propose a class of Human Development Index measures. Special cases...

This paper proposes a measure to explain group-differential for failure indicators. The measure satisfies the...

The popularly known Human Development Index (HDI) is obtained through linear averaging (LA) of indices...

The executive summary, report and other related documents with regard to this report are available...

The present study is an evaluation of the food-for-work component of Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana...

Despite laudable goals on poverty reduction, achievements on the ground have remained far below the...

Maharashtra is among the richest states in India in terms of per capita income, yet...

An ex post analysis shows that avoidance, as against associating, by smoker and non-smoker when...

This lecture is based on Nussbaum's paper Capabilities as Fundamental Entitlements: Sen and Social Justice,...

This is a lecture based on Sen's paper What do we want from a theory...

There are a few questions which give three different possibilities (libertarian, utilitarian, egalitarian) as Sen...

These are based on Rawls' Justice as Fairness: A Restatement

This is the first test. It is open book and discussions are allowed. Send your...

Lecture on Sen's Development as Freedom

This presentation discusses the introduction and perspective chapter from Amarty Sen's Development as Freedom. This...

This is Lecture 1 of the course 'Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy' offered...

This is an introductory lecture for the course 'Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy'...

This lecture about group differential is based on ongoing research that proposes measure to capture...

This lecture is based on the paper by Alkire and Foster, OPHI WP No.32 and...

This paper discussed proximate and secluded illiteracy, a concept introduced by Basu and Foster. It...

This lecture critically discusses the HDI measure, the old measure of linear averaging (arithmetic mean),...

A lecture discussing capability based on Sen's Commodities and Capabilities.

Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal-United (JDU) who ruled the state of Bihar in coalition with...

Farmers marching across India to save agriculture are now in Andhra Pradesh. This peoples movement...

People are the real wealth, reiterates the 20th anniversary edition of Human Development Report (HDR)...

The Kisan Swaraj Yatra, known as the Farmers Freedom tour, is mobilizing farmers and public...

A group of concerned citizens gathered to discuss the verdict of the Allahabad High Court...

The annual Lindau meeting of young scholars with Nobel laureates concluded its 60th edition in...

Economic sciences Nobel for 2010 is shared by Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and and Christopher...

Emergence of the superbug New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) has raised a lot of discussion on...

Wondering thoughts on contemporary social, economic and political issues

"ANOTHER world is possible'. This is the theme of World Social Forum (WSF) created to...

Jains prefer the filter, as their religious adherence makes them compassionate even towards disease-causing agents....

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. So said Mahatma Gandhi, the...

An immediate debate that took place after the December 13, 2001 attack on Indian parliament...

This is the course outline for 'Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy: A New...