What are the linkages between rural infrastructure investments and household welfare? In the past most of the … improved household welfare from rural infrastructure investment, little evidence was found of studies that provided concrete … linkages between specific investments in rural infrastructure and increased welfare of the rural poor. This is due in part to …

Reviews the working of the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund of the Government of India …

by NGOs and researchers alike. This study investigates the impacts of private forest plantations on local infrastructure … regression model with observations of the size and quality of infrastructure and social services in the villages and with … infrastructure and social services in adjacent villages. The results suggest that large-scale private forest plantations can …

What are linkages between rural infrastructure investments, and household welfare? In the past, most of the evaluations … evidence exists for improved household welfare from rural infrastructure investment, little evidence was found of studies that … provided concrete linkages between specific investments in rural infrastructure, and increased welfare of the rural poor. This …

The present study attempts to assess the growth momentum of the infrastructure and economic growth across the major … states in India during 1972 to 2012 and 1971 to 2011. It explores the causal linkages that exist between the different types … Infrastructure Development (CIID)— Per Capita Net State Domestic Product (PCNSDP) and poverty reduction. The index of both EOC and …

In this study, we investigate the role of infrastructure in economic growth in India for the period 1970-2006 on the … infrastructure development in India has a significant positive contribution toward growth than both private and public investments …, 23 (2), 1989, 177-200). In this context, we develop an index of infrastructure stocks and estimate growth …