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Climate‐Smart Agricultural Assets and Household Coping Strategies in Times of Upheaval

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transferring agricultural assets can be welfare‐improving for smallholders. Can agricultural assets also improve smallholders' ability to cope with unprecedented exogenous shocks? We investigate this question using the case of subsidized solar‐powered irrigation pumps (SIP) during the time of upheaval (COVID‐19 pandemic) in Nepal.
Kashi Kafle, Marie‐Charlotte Buisson
wiley   +1 more source

Respectful maternity care and intersectional identities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Adepoju VA, Odueniyi C, Abdulrahim A, Adnani QES.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Iron‐Fortified Drinking Water in Anganwadi Centres in Rural India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To reduce anaemia prevalence among children, we tested the introduction of cast iron ingots to prepare iron‐enriched drinking water in pre‐schools (Anganwadi centres) in Bihar, India. We implemented a randomized controlled trial among 820 Anganwadi centres with one control and two treatment arms, one arm receiving more comprehensive training ...
Lisa Bogler, Ann‐Charline Weber, Abhijeet Kumar, Sebastian Vollmer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

India's national maternity benefit cash transfer program and child anthropometry. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ray S, Nguyen PH, Pal S, Scott S, Menon P, Chakrabarti S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pipe Water, Employment and Health: A Gendered Analysis in India

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of indoor piped drinking water (IPDW) on gender disparities in employment and health in India, using panel data from the India Human Development Survey (2005–2012). Employing a differences‐in‐differences (DID) model with heterogeneous treatment effects, the analysis reveals that IPDW access increases rural women ...
Ashish K. Sedai
wiley   +1 more source

Receipt of healthcare provider advice to quit tobacco use among Indian men. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kodali PB, Vijayaraghavan M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Education and Social Attitudes Toward Internal Migrants: Causal Evidence From China

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the causal impact of educational attainment on natives' attitudes toward internal migrants in China, a question central to understanding the social foundations of integration in rapidly urbanizing societies. Using nationally representative data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS), we find that higher education ...
Wei Huang, Wenquan Liang, Fei Teng, Sajid Anwar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timing and Trajectories: Shifts in Migration and Family Formation Trajectories in Nepal. [PDF]

J Marriage Fam
Labovitz E, Ng KU.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking ‘Hill‐Valley Divide’ in Darjeeling District, India: An Autoethnographic Approach to Highland Identities

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Expression Analysis of Olfactory Receptor Genes Among Individuals With Soldier and Worker Caste Differentiation Fates in Termites. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Hanada T, Hojo MK, Maekawa K.
europepmc   +1 more source