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  • Agriculture-nutrition linkages and policies in India 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2012-06-06)
    This paper looks at some key entry points for agriculture to influence nutrition and suggests policies for nutrition-sensitive agricultural development, within the current policy framework. In addition, it reviews three ...
  • Climate change, rural livelihoods and agriculture (focus on food security) in Asia-Pacific region 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2012-06-04)
    Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods for billions of people including the poor in the Asia-Pacific region. Agriculture is the sector most vulnerable to climate change ...
  • Counting the poor: Measurement and other issues 
    Rangarajan, C; Mahendra Dev, S (2014-12)
    In June 2012, the Government of India appointed an Expert Group (C. Rangarajan as Chairman) to take a fresh look at the methodology for the measurement of poverty. The Committee submitted its report towards the end of June ...
  • Creating youth employment in Asia 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2014-10)
    Several countries in the Asia-Pacific region are experiencing demographic changes. Over 60 per cent of the world's youth live in Asia and the Pacific, which translates into more than 750 million young women and men aged ...
  • Economic reforms, poverty and inequality 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2016-03)
    It is going to be 25 years since India embarked on big-bang economic reforms in 1991. What are the achievements in terms of growth and inclusive growth in the post-reform period? What are the issues in poverty measurement? ...
  • NREGS and child well being 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2012-06-04)
    There have been many evaluation studies on the impact of NREGS but there are hardly any systematic studies relating to impact of the scheme on children. This paper tries to fill this gap. There is a huge literature on ...
  • Rising food crisis and financial crisis in India: Impact on women and children and ways of tackling the problem 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2012-06-04)
    The objective of the study is to examine the impact of rising food prices and financial crisis on the impact of women and children in India. It identifies the pathways for dealing with the effects of these two crisis on ...
  • Small farmers in India: Challenges and opportunities 
    Mahendra Dev, S (2014-05-20)
    This paper examines the roles and challenges of small holding agriculture in India. It covers trends in agricultural growth, cultivation patterns, participation of small holding agriculture, productivity performance of ...
  • Youth employment and unemployment in India 
    Mahendra Dev, S; Venkatanarayana, M (2012-06-04)
    Increase in the share of youth population due to demographic ‘dividend’ or the ‘youth bulge’ seems to be one of the sources of future economic growth in India. Although with increase in school and college enrolment rates, ...