In India, progress against undernutrition has been slow. Given its importance for income
generation, improving diets, care practices, and maternal health, the agriculture sector is …

The purpose of this study is to clarify the linkages between irrigation and poverty by offering
an objective review of recent research on the subject. The key questions addressed herein …

Despite a significant growth in profitability and efficiency, MENA's well developed banking
system seems to be unable to reach vast segments of the population, especially the …

As an effort to achieve sustainable development and increase people's welfare, financial
inclusion has become the policy agenda of many countries. Therefore, the effect of financial …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

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 objective of this paper is to examine whether bank and stock market development
contributes to reducing income inequality and poverty in emerging countries. Using dynamic …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial distribution of
economic activity within subnational regions across a large number of developing countries …

The available evidence suggests that the poor in developing countries typically do share in
the gains from rising aggregate affluence, and in the losses from aggregate contraction. But …

We analyze the colonial land revenue institutions set up by the British in India, and show that
differences in historical property rights institutions lead to sustained differences in economic …