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A latent class analysis of the demand for food diversity in India

Steffen, Christoph; Yu, Xiaohua - 2018

In this paper we study the latent demand structure for food diversity in India using data from the 2012 Consumer …

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Essays on transaction costs and food diversity in developing countries

Steffen, Christoph - 2017

This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay presents a new operational concept of transaction costs that firstly allows assessing the magnitude and secondly recognizing the non homogeneity of food products. This is...

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Diets, Nutrition and Poverty : The Indian Experience

Gaiha, Raghav; Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Vani S. - 2014

This paper focuses on the Indian experience with dietary changes, their nutritional implications, and policy response to alleviate nutritional deprivation. We review the evidence on nutrient intake and dietary changes, particularly the downward shift in calorie, protein and other nutrient intake...

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Family-Type Subsistence Incomes

Koulovatianos, Christos; Schröder, Carsten; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2007

. Conducting a pilot version of our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide …

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Does domestic visitors' tourism expenditure intensify impoverishment in India?

Nayak, Rasmita; Sahoo, Bimal Kishore; Mahalik, Mantu Kumar - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

This study using the micro level data on households’ tourism expenditure, examines the level of impoverishment in India … be underestimated by the policymakers in India while designing the policy for poverty reduction. Moreover, policymakers … India as they are more likely to be dragged into poverty due to their tourism spending. …

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Electrification and Welfare for the Marginalized : Evidence from India

Sedai, Ashish Kumar; Jamasb, Tooraj; Nepal, Rabindra; … - 2021

Uneven electrification can be a source of welfare disparity. Given the recent progress of electrification in India, we …

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Family-type subsistence incomes

Koulovatianos, Christos (contributor); … - 2006

. Conducting our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide evidence that fixed costs …

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Marriage as an argument for energy poverty reduction : the moderating role of financial inclusion

Asongu, Simplice; Ogbonna, Amarachi O.; Mete, Mariette C. N. - 2024

The present research extends the extant literature by investigating the hypothesis on whether marriage can be a substitute for financial inclusion in energy poverty reduction in Ghana. Pooled data and two stage least squares techniques are used in the estimation process and the validity of the...

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Flickering lifelines : electrification and household welfare in India

Sedai, Ashish Kumar; Nepal, Rabindra; Jamasb, Tooraj - 2020

Access to reliable energy is central to improvements in living standards and is a Sustainable Development Goal. This study moves beyond counting the electrified households and examines the effect of the hours of electricity households receives on their welfare. We hypothesize that additional...

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Price Trends in India and Their Implications for Measuring Poverty

Deaton, Angus - 2008

Agricultural Labourers (CPIAL) for rural India, and the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPIIW) for urban India. Over … official poverty counts for rural India in 2004-5 are too low; the official headcount ratio of 28.3 percent should be closer to …, something that could be straightforwardly done using India's regular system of household expenditure surveys …

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