Social Protection for a Changing India: World Bank Publication Abstract India’s surge in growth and rapid expansion in public spending in the past decade has created new possibilities for its social protection system. The growing importance of social protection...
Health care for urban poor falls through the gap Priya Shetty The Lancet, Volume 377, Issue 9766, Pages 627 – 628, 19 February 2011 While governments and donors focus on health care for those living in rural poverty in developing countries, the residents of the...
Human Development in India, 2010 : Report from NCAER Abstract India’s rapid economic growth since the 1980s has stimulated further global interest in understanding its complex society. The story about contemporary India is deeper than a story of simple economic...
Abstract Launched in 2008, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana provides financial protection from health shocks for poor households. This paper discusses findings from an experimental information and education campaign and household survey carried out in the first year...
Programme Evaluation of the Janani Suraksha Yojana The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is one of the flagship components of the National Rural Health Mission, and the key strategy to enable women to access institutional deliveries and thereby effect reductions in...
