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  • Characterizing food prices in India 
    Rahman, Andaleeb (2012-09)
    This paper seeks to improve our understanding of the behavior of wholesale price index (WPI) of 24 selected food products in India over a long period of time. The hypothesis of declining trend in prices is not found for ...
  • Revival of rural PDS: Expansion and outreach 
    Rahman, Andaleeb (2014-04)
    Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS ...
  • Universal food security program and nutritional intake: Evidence from the hunger prone KBK districts in Odisha 
    Rahman, Andaleeb (2015-06)
    This article provides evidence on the role of consumer food subsidies in improving nutritional intake and diet quality by evaluating the expansion of the government food assistance program coverage in the hunger prone state ...