India's growth and poverty performance over the last three decades has been a subject of
great curiosity. Unlike the East Asian countries, India's growth spurt is not associated with …

While social mobility in advanced economies has received extensive scholarly attention,
crucial knowledge gaps remain about the patterns and determinants of income, educational …

Urbanization often occurs in an unplanned and uneven manner, resulting in profound
changes in patterns of land cover and land use. Understanding these changes is …

This paper examines the effect of marital status and household size, among other correlates,
on poverty in Nigeria, using the Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey (HNLSS) data …

Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks,
such as agriculture, can have a differential impact on women's and men's labor. Using …

Despite policies targeting scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST), there remain
large disparities of living standards between SC/ST and non-SC/ST households in India …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of
scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) households with the non‐scheduled …

Formal assessment systems for agricultural sustainability are necessary for a scientific
understanding of policy and planning for sustainable agricultural development. Analytical …

Few studies of agrarian transition examine what farmers themselves feel about farming. Are
they cultivating out of choice or a lack of options? What distinguishes farmers who like …

South Asia in general and India in particular is heavily dependent on groundwater for
supporting its largely agrarian population. Informal pump irrigation services markets have …