Documents et rapports
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Who Is in Justice? Caste, Religion and Gender in the Courts of Bihar over a Decade (anglais)
Bihar is widely regarded as one of India’s poorest and most divided states. It has also been the site of many social movements that have left indelible marks on the state’s politics and identity. Little...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9555 Date du document: 25 février 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhupatiraju,Sandeep,Chen,Daniel Li,Joshi,Shareen,Neis,Peter Konstantin
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Impact Evaluation Framework and Results : Odisha Rural Livelihoods Project - Executive Summary (anglais)
Participatory livelihoods projects are a popular model for anti-poverty projects in India. Such projects are implemented in several states of India through various partners - that include the national...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 138412 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joshi,Shareen,Palaniswamy,Nethra,Rao,Vijayendra
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Jati inequality in rural Bihar (anglais)
Caste is a persistent driver of inequality in India, and it is generally analyzed with government-defined broad categories, such as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. In everyday life, however, caste...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8512 Date du document: 10 juillet 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joshi,Shareen,Kochhar,Nishtha,Rao,Vijayendra
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Are caste categories misleading ? the relationship between gender and Jati in three Indian states (anglais)
This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are grouped using conventional, government-defined categories of caste the paper finds...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8109 Date du document: 22 juin 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joshi,Shareen,Kochhar,Nishtha,Rao,Vijayendra
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Who should be at the top of bottom-up development ? a case study of the national rural livelihoods mission in Rajasthan, India (anglais)
It is widely acknowledged that top-down support is essential for bottom-up participatory projects to be effectively implemented at scale. However, which level of government, national or sub-national, should...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7996 Date du document: 6 mars 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Joshi,Shareen,Rao,Vijayendra
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Can environmental policy reduce infant mortality ? evidence from the Ganga pollution cases (anglais)
In many developing countries, environmental quality remains low and policies to improve it have been inconsistently effective. This paper conducts a case study of environmental policy in India, focusing...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7799 Date du document: 19 août 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Do,Quy-Toan,Joshi,Shareen,Stolper,Samuel
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The world bank economic review 28 (3) (anglais)
This paper is organized in following headings: can we trust shoestring evaluations?; evaluation of development programs: randomized controlled trials or regressions?; effects of Colombia’s social protection...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 113050 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ravallion,Martin,Elbers,Chris T.M.,Gunning,Jan Willem,Camacho,Adriana,Conover,Emily,Hoyos,Alejandro,Fitzsimons,Emla Olivia Anne,Mesnard,Alice,Desai,Raj M.,Joshi,Shareen,Gajate-Garrido,Gissele,Blanc,Elodie,Strobl,Eric
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Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (anglais)
In response to the problems of high coordination costs among the poor, efforts are underway in many countries to organize the poor through self-help groups (SHGs) - membership - based organizations that...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 112411 Date du document: 7 septembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Desai,Raj M.,Joshi,Shareen
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The economics of consanguineous marriages (anglais)
This paper provides an economic rationale for the practice of consanguineous marriages observed in parts of the developing world. In a model of incomplete marriage markets, dowries are viewed as ex ante...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 86265 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Do,Quy-Toan,Iyer, Sriya,Joshi,Shareen
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Collective action and community development : evidence from self-help groups in rural India (anglais)
In response to the problems of high coordination costs among the poor, efforts are underway in many countries to organize the poor through "self-help groups" (SHGs) -- membership-based organizations that...
Numéro du rapport: WPS6547 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Desai,Raj M.,Joshi,Shareen
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Missing women and India's religious demography (anglais)
The authors use recent data from the 2006 National Family Health Survey of India to explore the relationship between religion and demographic behavior. They find that fertility and mortality vary not only...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5096 Date du document: 1 octobre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Borooah, Vani,Do,Quy-Toan,Iyer, Sriya,Joshi,Shareen
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The economics of consanguineous marriages (anglais)
The institution of consanguineous marriage-a marriage contracted between close biological relatives-has been a basic building block of many societies in different parts of the world. This paper argues...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4085 Date du document: 1 décembre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Iyer, Sriya,Do,Quy-Toan,Joshi,Shareen