Poverty, under-nutrition and vulnerability in rural India: Role of rural public works and food for work programmes

Type	Working Paper - Manchester Economics Discussion Paper Series
Title	Poverty, under-nutrition and vulnerability in rural India: Role of rural public works and food for work programmes
Author(s)	Katsushi S Imai
Publication (Day/Month/Year)	2009
URL	http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531729
Abstract	This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) or Food for Work programme (FFW) on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India using the large household data sets constructed by National Sample Survey for 1993 and 2004. Treatment-effects model is used to take account of sample selection bias in evaluating the effects of RPW in 1993 or FFW in 2004 on poverty. We have found significant and negative effects of participation in RPW and Food for Work Programme on poverty, undernutrition (e.g. protein) and vulnerability in 1993 and 2004. However, state-wise results show considerable geographical diversity in poverty and vulnerability estimates as well as policy effects of RPW.

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