This paper has a threefold objective. First, it provides a comprehensive review of different
approaches to analysing food security. Second, it highlights the added value provided by the …

Publisher Summary The structure, efficiency, and growth of production affect (and are
affected by) the distribution of consumption. Poverty analysis has three tasks:(1) to define …

The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has successfully lent small sums to poor women for
income generation. This empirical study examines the programme's long-term influence and …

Sex differentials in child mortality in rural Punjab persist unexpectedly despite relative
wealth, socioeconomic development including rapid universalization of female education …

“A camel,” it has been said,“is a horse designed by a committee.” This might sound like a
telling example of the terrible deficiencies of committee decisions, but it is really much too …

Our definition of the subject will be the use of economic analysis to understand the
economies of poor or developing countries. This includes, in particular, how standards of …

Previous research has not always found that boys and girls are treated differently in rural
India. However estimates of the effect of gender on parental investments could be biased if …

Este artículo revisa el estado actual de las teorías del desarrollo teniendo en cuenta la
experiencia histórica y la evolución interna de la teoría desde finales de la Segunda Guerra …

Much of the literature on consumption smoothing and on risk sharing has focused on the
ability of the household as a unit to protect its consumption. Little is known about the ability …

This article examines the determinants of fertility, child mortality, and gender bias in child
survival in India using district-level data from the 1981 census. A common set of explanatory …