Poverty, undernutrition and vulnerability in rural India: Role of rural public works and food for work programmes

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 669-691

  Imai, Katsushi S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

India; poverty; poverty reduction policy; Rural Public Works (RPW); treatment effects model; undernutrition; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MODELING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

INDIA;

EID: 84858600588     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2011.557052     Document Type: Article

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