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The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - A grounded theory approach
(2013)
Background: Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been rapid ...
Corporate social responsibility: Practice, theory, and challenges
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012)
On posterior concentration in misspecified models
(International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2015)
We investigate the asymptotic behavior of Bayesian posterior distributions under independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) misspecified models. More specifically, we study the concentration of the posterior distribution ...
Accelerating agricultural development for inclusive growth: Strategic issues and policy options
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012)
Good governance and corruption in the health sector: Lessons from the Karnataka experience
(2011)
Strengthening good governance and preventing corruption in health care are universal challenges. The Karnataka Lokayukta (KLA), a public complaints agency in Karnataka state (India), was created in 1986 but played a prominent ...
The limitations of markets
(Morris, Sebastian (2013) "The limitations of markets "Farmers’ Forum, 13, 4 (2013) , 20 - 36
https://issuu.com/Farmersforum/docs/ff_aug-sep_2013_final_full_low_res, 2013)
Influential multilateral agencies and
economists have for long been urging
laissez-faire in agriculture that has met with
limited success even in the rich countries.
This is despite commitments under the WTO.
Worse, ...
High speed rail in India
(Raghuram, G. (2014) "High speed rail in India" Traffic Infra Tech, Mass Transport, 2014)
The Railways first proposed high speed rail routes during the 2007-08 Railway budget. One route each was proposed in the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern regions of the country. The trains were proposed to run at ...
Hi-tech manufacturing in India: an unleashed potential
(Yojana, 2015-04)
Water wisdom and wars farming matters
(2010-09-07)
Alongside the large-scale floods that fill the news these days, millions of hectares and people around the world are being affected by drought, with large areas suffering from serve brought and fires the current tenor of ...
The effect of Self-Help Groups on access to maternal health services: Evidence from rural India
(2013)
Introduction. The main challenge for achieving universal health coverage in India is ensuring effective coverage of poor and vulnerable communities in the face of high levels of income and gender inequity in access to ...