There has been a major expansion of social security programs in India during the last 15
years or so, along with wider recognition of economic and social rights. This paper …

Food Policy, in much of Asia, has been slow to transition from its historic focus on staple
grain self-sufficiency to a more integrated approach to nutrition security. Research and …

When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately
adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and …

The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate how gender inequalities in society are perpetuated
and reinforced by market forces in ways that block women's capacity to contribute to more …

Ramachandra Guha's India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles,
humiliations and glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy. A riveting …

Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see
the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book considers the Indian case …

Research on marriage in developing countries has been somewhat narrow in scope due to
both conceptual and data limitations. While the feminist literature recognizes marriage as a …

We study the effect of the world's largest school feeding program on children's learning
outcomes. Staggered implementation across different states of a 2001 Indian Supreme …

This article assesses the effect of transition from monthly distribution of free food grains to
the daily provision of free cooked meals to school children on enrolments and attendance in …

Compiled by the Partnership for Child Development at Imperial College London, the World
Food Programme, the World Bank and the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's …