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This paper reviews the impact of financial inclusion on economic development outcomes. It highlights the benefits of financial inclusion, including greater savings, improved resilience to economic shocks, and higher levels of economic empowerment, among others. It looks deeper into both the...
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impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in India are developing Heat Action Plans that …
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that estimates the economic costs of the caste system in particular environments: (1) In North India, discrimination … lower-caste children enrolled in English-language schools in Mumbai after India opened itself up to the world market grew …
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This paper estimates the welfare impact of rural electrification in India using nationally representative household ….6 percent increase in income. The net gain from both increasing the access rate and reducing power outages in rural India is … estimated to be US$11 billion a year. Moreover, India's rural electrification policy appears to be progressive because lower …
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This paper analyzes analyze the impact of deregulatory reforms in India during the 1990s, which eliminated compulsory …
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universal. The paper reports the results of a field experiment in India in which pairs of men from high and low castes …
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is statistically rejected, it is still a good approximation of the labor supply behavior of boat owners in southern India …
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influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment …
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as investment in Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highways, trade liberalization and domestic reforms that India undertook since …
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aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. The study finds that girls' self-efficacy and mental health are …
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