In an era of reforms in the health sector and with the role of government in health provision diminishing, emphasis is shifting to making the sector efficient. This article analyses the performance of the rural public health systems of 16 major States in India, using stochastic production...

Discussions on mortality in the context of developed countries often centre on the causes and places of death. However, inadequate health care systems coupled with economic and socio-cultural factors add another dimension to the issues of mortality and morbidity in developing countries: that of...

While primary education has received significant attention from researchers and policymakers, education of adolescents has been a somewhat overlooked area, especially in India. This paper uses new evidence from a primary survey done in Delhi and the 52 nd round of data collected by the National...

The challenge of development work in the social sector in India today is one of bridging huge disparities across regions of the country, gender and social groups. Unless national and state policies specifically target resources to address these disparities, achieving higher level outcomes in an...

This paper examines the various issues surrounding tobacco use in India, using National Sample Survey and other data. The study points to the increase in the prevalence rates of tobacco use in both rural and urban areas as well as in both sexes in all age groups. The tentative conclusion of the...

With prices of antiretroviral drugs falling, especially in countries like India, there has been an increasing awareness that anti- retroviral therapy (ART) can be made available and accessible to a large number of individuals who are HIV positive. However, the prices still remain high enough to...

Evidence from cross-country studies suggests that the sustainability of India's rapid economic growth will be conditioned by the quality of its education. This paper analyzed a 2005 World Bank-sponsored survey of Grade Nine students in the states of Rajasthan and Orissa. The survey used...

Empirical studies on total factor productivity growth (TFPG) in developing countries highlight trade openness, research and development and market structure as being the most important determinants of TFPG. The role of institutions remains overlooked in the literature on the determinants of...