Journals / Documents

Publications in Refereed Journals / Documents

• ‘Growth and Equity in India: Does Governance Matter?’ Published in Denouement, January -February 2005.
• ‘Rural Non-farm Employment in India: Access Incomes and Impact on Poverty’, jointly with Peter Lanjouw, Economic and Political Weekly, 39(40): 4429-4446, October 2, 2004.
• ‘Some Thoughts on Nature and Persistent of Poverty in India’, Working Paper, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, Oxford, (forthcoming); also presented in a seminar on ‘Alternative Concepts of Poverty in India’, jointly organized by NCAER and Oxford University, The UK, 1-2 April, 2002 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
• ‘Participatory Development Process and Poverty Analysis in India: A Review’, jointly with V.S. Saravanan and Poushali Majumdar, Working Paper, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, Oxford, (forthcoming); also presented in a seminar on ‘Alternative Concepts of Poverty in India’, jointly organized by NCAER and Oxford University, The UK, held on 1-2 April, 2002 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
• ‘Indian Public Expenditures on Social Sector and Poverty Alleviation Programs during the 1990s’, jointly with Prabir Ghosh and S.K. Mondal, Working Paper 169: September 2002, Oversees Development Institute, London, The UK.
• ‘Emerging Global Markets: Implications for South Asia’, Denouement, June 2002.
• ‘State Adjusted Public Expenditures on Social Sector and Poverty Alleviation Programs’, jointly with Prabir Ghosh and S.K.Mondal, Economic and Political Weekly, 37(8):767-787, February23-March, 2002.
• ‘State of Life of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India’, jointly with Tarujyoti Buragohain and P. K. Ghosh, Artha Vijnana, Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, Vol. XLIII, Nos. 1-2, March-June 2001.
• ‘The Millennium Budget: Social Sector and Poverty Alleviation Allocations’, Margin, 31 (3), April - June, 2000.
• ‘Indian Education Scene and the Public Expenditure Gap’, Economic and Political Weekly, 35(15):1396-1406, April 15, 2000.
• ‘Employment and Wages in India: Pre and Post Reform Scenario’, The Indian Journal of Labour Economic, 42 (2):195 – 216; April - June, 1999.
• ‘Health Care Financing and Insurance: Perspectives for the India's Ninth Plan, 1997-2002’, jointly with Anil Gumber, Ravi Duggal and Moneer Alam, Margin 31(2):38-68 A refereed journal published by the NCAER, January - March, 1999.
• ‘Dynamics of Food Intake and Nutrition according to Expenditure Classes in India since 1973’, jointly with A. C. Malick, Economic and Political Weekly, 34(27):1790-1800, July 3-9, 1999.
• ‘An Integrated View of Development’, Yojana [a journal published by the Government of India] 42(8):95-99.
• ‘National Expenditures on Poverty Alleviation and Social Sectors: An Evaluation in the light of 1997-98 Budget’, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 40(1):307-326; 1997.
• ‘Contributions of the Informal Rural Sector: Structure and Share of State's Rural Household Sector in the States’ Indian Association of Social Science Institutions Quarterly, 15(3): 89-110, 1997.
• ‘Mother's Education Effect on Child Health: An Econometric Analysis of Child Anthropometry in Uganda’, jointly with Namkee Ahn, The Indian Economic Review, 30(2):203-222, 1995.
• ‘Morbidity and Health Expenditure in India’, Christian Medical Journal of India, 11(1):20-22, January-March 1996.
• ‘Determinants of Child Heights in Uganda: A consideration of the selection bias caused by child mortality’, jointly with Namkee Ahn, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 16(1);49-59, 1995. [Published from Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development, The United Nations University, Boston, USA.]
• ‘A Comparative Study of Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinant of Fertility in Togo and Uganda’, Jointly with Namkee Ahn, International Family Planning Perspectives, 20(1): 14-17,22; 1994.
• ‘A Comparative Study of Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinant of Fertility in Togo and Uganda’, Jointly with Namkee Ahn, (French Translated version) International Family Planning Perspectives, 21(4), 1995.
• ‘Socio-Economic and Demographic Differentials between the Hindus and Muslims in India’, Economic and Political Weekly, 30(46):2947-2954, 1995; also published as ‘Some Socio-Economic and Demographic Aspects of Population According to Religion in India’, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism: Bombay, October 1993.
• ‘Role of Focus Group Interviews in Assessing the Primary Health Care and Family Planning Practice in India’, Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) Notes, (17):34-39, London: International Institute for Environment and Development, March 1993.
• ‘Women Workers: Gender Equality and Female Autonomy’, Social Change, 20(2):44-51, Special Issue on Women's Status and Employment, 1990.
• ‘Breastfeeding Practices, Beliefs and Taboos in Karnataka’, jointly with Chaman Farzana, Indian Journal of Social Work, 50(1):141-48, 1990.
• ‘Societal Determinants of the Regional Differentials in India’s Family Planning Programme Performance’, Demography India, 18(1&2):1-20, 1989.
• ‘Woman’s Status and Human Fertility in South India’, Demography India, 17(2), 1988.
• ‘Child Survival: A Village-Level Investigation of Some Cultural Factors Associated with Morbidity and Mortality in South India’, Human Organization, 46 (4):348 – 355, Winter 1987.

Mimeographs/Working Papers

• ‘Food Security for Sustained Poverty Alleviation in the Asia–Pacific Region: The Forgotten Gender Dimension’, (mimeo) a report written at the instance of the FAO and Association of Food Marketing for the Asia–Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailand.
• ‘Rural Non farm Employment in India: Access, Incomes and Poverty Impact’, Jointly with Peter Lanjouw, Working Paper No. 84, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India, 2002.
• ‘Determinants of Reproductive Healthcare Utilization in India: Evidence from a recent Micro-household Data’, Jointly with Geeta Singh, Working Paper No. 85, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India, 2002.
• ‘Economic Reforms and the Poor’, Mimeograph, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, August 1998, a project report reviewing the poverty over the last four decades and its association with the structural adjustment reforms. The focus of this research was on impact of reforms on intermediary mechanisms such as employment, real wages, food supply and food security for the poor.
• ‘Poverty, Deprivation and Levels of Living in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal’, a comprehensive report (three volumes) written at the instance of DFID, British Development Cooperation, New Delhi, August 1998.
• ‘Health Care Financing and Insurance: Perspectives for the Indian Ninth Plan, 1997-2002’, (mimeo), A policy document prepared by a committee of which I was the convener and writer of the report, Submitted to Ministry of Health, Govt. of India, May 1996.
• ‘Programme / Project Sensitivity Analysis of the UNDP Funded Interventions to promote Sustainable Human Development: A Methodology’, (mimeo), A report written at the instance of UNDP: New Delhi, December 1995.
• ‘Health Transition in India’, Working Paper No. 57, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India, September, 1995.
• ‘Employees' State Insurance Scheme in Gujarat: Key Results of a Survey’, (mimeo), The Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India, March 1994. pp. 117.
• ‘Determinants of Child Health: Search for maternal Education effects in Gujarat’, Working Paper No. 47, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India, June, 1993.
• ‘Family Planning Program In Gujarat: A Qualitative Assessment of Inputs and Impact’, (Mimeo), jointly with Praveen Visaria. The Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India, November 1991. pp. 160.
  

Published Conference Proceedings & Monograph Chapters

• ‘User fees in public health care Institutions’ jointly with Subrata K. Mondal in Prasad, Sujata and C. Sathyamal (edits), Securing Health for All: Dimensions and Challenges, New Delhi: Institute for Human Development, 2006. pp 491 – 505.
• ‘Communal Relations and Social Integration’, in India: Social Development Report, jointly with Azra Razzak, published by Oxford University Press: New Delhi in 2006.
• ‘Some thoughts an nature and persistence of poverty in India’, in Diwakar, D. M and G. P. Mishra (edit), Deprivation and Inclusive Development, published by Manak Publications: New Delhi in 2006, PP 295-335.
• ‘Food and Nutritional Status of the Poor in India: A State Level Analysis’, jointly with Prabir K. Ghosh and Abhilasha Sharma, in M. S Swaminathan and Pedro Medrano (eds.), Towards Hunger Free India: From Vision to Action, Chennai: East West Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd.
• ‘The Impact of Privatization on Competition: A case Study of India’ jointly with Dr. Kanhaiya Singh in a two day conference organised by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Organisation Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Centre for Cooperation with Non-Members (CCNM), Paris on Privatization and Corporate Governance of State Owned Assets in ICSSR Campus, New Delhi; November 27-28.
• ‘Rural Non farm Employment in India: Access, Incomes and Poverty Impact’, Jointly with Peter Lanjouw, in Abusaleh Shariff and Maithreyi Krishnaraj (eds) State and Markets in Human Development in India, Orient Longman Press (forthcoming).
• ‘Household Food and Nutrition Security in India’, in S. Babu and A. Gulati (eds) Economic Reforms and Food Security in South Asia, Oxford University Press (forthcoming); also presented in a workshop on ‘Welfare, Demography and Development’ organized by Cambridge University, Cambridge, 11-12 September, 2001.
• ‘Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilization in India: Evidence from a National Survey’, jointly with Geeta Singh, in Abusaleh Shariff and Maithreyi Krishnaraj (eds.) State and Markets in Human Development in India, Orient Longman Press (forthcoming).
  ‘Indexing Human Development in India: indicators, scaling and composition’, jointly with Amitabh Kundu and Prabir Ghosh, in Abusaleh Shariff and Maithreyi Krishnaraj (eds) State and Markets in Human Development in India, Orient Longman Press (forthcoming).
• ‘Human Development Profile of Rural India’, in Raja J. Chelliah and R. Sudarshan (eds) Income Poverty and Beyond: Human Development in India, pp. 53-71, 1999, New Delhi: Social Science Press.
• ‘An Integrated view of Development: Income Distribution, Employment and Social Security during the Structural Reforms’ in UNDP- EDAP Joint Policy Studies Series 9, Social Reform and Development in the Asia Pacific, Seoul: Korea Development Institute, 1999. Earlier presented in a regional conference on Social Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis, organized jointly by the Korea Development Institute, UNDP and Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, July 29-31, 1998, Seoul, Korea.
  ‘Economic and Human Development in India: Linkages and Issues’, in UNDP – EDAP Joint Policy Studies, Social Reform and Development in the Asia Pacific, Seoul: Korea Development Institute, 1998.
• ‘Economic and Policy Reforms and Employment in Manufacturing Sector’, in Concept and Measurement of Labour Flexibility with Special Reverence to Organized Sector in India, Seminar proceedings jointly published by Institute of Applied Manpower Research and Department of Statistics, Government of India, New Delhi, November 1997, pp 39-53.
• ‘Women’s Status and Child Health’, in Krishnaraj, Maithreyi, Ratna M Sudarshan and Abusaleh Shariff (eds), Gender Population and Development, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998: pp 185-219.
• ‘Gender Disparities in Literacy, Schooling and Cost of Education in Rural India’, jointly with Tarujyoti Buragohain and K.K. Tripathy, (Hindi translated version) in a monograph published by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi; presented in a National seminar on `Cost of Education', Organized by National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, 31 December, 1996 - 2 January 1997.
• ‘Education and Health Transition in India’, proceedings of a conference of Structural Adjustment and Gender in India, published jointly by Federic Ebert Foundation and UNDP, pp. 45-117, New Delhi, India, 1996.
• ‘Prospects of Trade in Health’, in Prasad, H.A.C. and Rajendar Kapoor (eds) Trade in Invisibles: An Indian Perspective,: pp. 111-120, New Delhi: Commonwealth publishes, 1996.
• ‘Widowhood in India’, in J.P.Singh (ed), Indian Woman, New Delhi: Gyan Publishers, 1996.
• ‘A comparative Study of Fertility Determinants in Togo and Uganda: A Hazard Model Analysis’, Proceedings of the International Congress of the IUSSP, held at Montreal, Canada, August 1993.
• ‘A few cultural concepts and socio-behavioral aspects of human health in India’, in Caldwell, J Etal (eds) What we know about Health Transition: the cultural, social and behavioral determinants of health, the proceedings of an International Workshop, pp. 788-805, 1990, Canberra: The Australian National University.
  

Seminars, Workshops and Cofereneces Attended

• Key note address to the Aligarh Muslim University (Alumni) Association, February 5, 2007, Washington DC
• Key note address to the Indian Muslims Association of America, February 3, 2007, Holiday Inn, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  Inaugural address ‘The Economics of Artisans, Craftsmen and Traders in India’ in a national seminar organized by Centre for Promotion of Educational and Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India (CEPECAMI), Aligarh Muslim University, UP on February 21, 2005.
• Discussant on the background paper on ‘Labor Market Policy in Low-income Countries’ organized by World Bank as a pre- Global Development Network Annual Meeting, Dakar, Senegal, January 23, 2005.
• Key Note Address on ‘Socio-Economic conditions of Muslims in Bihar’ September 23, 2004 Proceeded by the Railway Minister Sri Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar Chamber of Commerce, Patna.
• Chaired a Session ‘Gender and Patriarchy in India and Bangladesh in Population Association of America 2004 Annual Meeting Program, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1-3, 2004.
• Presided as a discussant during the ‘Technical Session Economic Access to Food – Some Issues’ under the theme ‘New Deal for the Self-Employed: Pathways to Economic Access to Food’ at National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi during a National Food Security Summit from 3-5 February 2004 organised by M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and the United Nations World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and International Fund for Agricultural Development on February 4, 2004.
• Participated Signing in the ‘Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding’ between the five partners-NCAER, ICMR and HIS at the Oberoi Hotel, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi; September 16, 2003.
• Participated in the selection committee meeting in which I was nominated as a member for the post of Professor, Centre of West Asian Studies Faculty of Social Sciences of the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, Uttar Pradesh; September 6, 2003.
• Participated in a book release function Readings in Human Development organised by Oxford University Press India and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the IIC Annexe, New Delhi; August 1, 2003.
• Participated in a consultation meeting to review of Asian Development Bank Poverty Reduction Strategy at Asian Development Bank Office, Chankyapuri; July 24, 2003.
• Participated in a Website review session organised by CII-UNDP India Partnership Forum on CSR and development in India at UNDP; July 23, 2003.
• Participated in the ‘Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, jointly organized by the World Bank and NCAER, May 21-23, 2003, Taj West End, Bangalore, India.
• Participated in the ‘India Policy Forum’ meeting at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, May 30, 2002.
• Chaired a session in an international seminar on 'Alternative Realities: Different Concepts of Poverty’ organized by International Development Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, The UK, 14th May 2002, held at Save the Children Fund Office, London.
  Participated in National Bureau of Economic Research, USA and -NCAER, India Conference on Reforms in India, held at Neemrana fort, Delhi- Jaipur road, December 13-15, 1999.
• Participated in a Planning Commission sponsored discussion on ‘Findings of Evaluation Study on Functioning of Community Health Centres (CHCs)’, at Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India, December 17, 1999.
• Participated in a WTO 2000: South Asia Workshop, World Bank - NCAER Seminar on World Trade Organization, held at La Merridian, New Delhi, December 21, 1999.
• Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population, 14-16 February, 2000; PHD Chambers, New Delhi, India.
• Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population, April 1999, Kalyani University, West Bengal, India.
  The NGO and Academics Consultation on the World Development Report-2000, sponsored by Oxfam-India, India Habitat Centre, February 10, 1999.
• INFRANET a seminar on Infrastructure Development in India, organized by Chamber of Indian Industry and held at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, November 1998.
• India Poverty Consultation Workshop, jointly organized by the World Bank and UNDP, India Habitat Centre, February 5-6, 1999.
• Social Dimensions of Urban Poverty in India, jointly organized by the National Institute of Urban Affairs and the World Bank, India Habitat Centre, March 3-5, 1999.
• Seminar on Development Economics jointly organised by IRIS, University of Maryland and NIPFP, India December 1995.
• Seminar on Institutional Economics jointly organised by IRIS, University of Maryland and NIPFP, India February 1996.
• Second Development Economics Seminar, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India, 6-10 January 1996.
• All India Meeting on State Urban Development Strategy, Housing and Urban Development Programs, organized by the Planning Commission and Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, 15-16 July 1994, New Delhi, India.
• Conference on Data Base of Development Analysis, Yale University, USA, May `15-16, 1992, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.
• Population Association of America, annual conference 29 April - 3 May 1992, Denver, USA.
• International Population conference of the IUSSP, 19-27 September 1989, New Delhi, India.
• Workshop on Maternal Education and Child Survival, organized by the Ford foundation and the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, 16-18, January 1989, Ahmedabad, India.
• Workshop on Evaluation of Family Planning Program at the District, sponsored by the International Institute for Population Sciences, 1-9 September, 1988, health at the CFTRI, Mysore, India.
• International Population Conference of the IUSSP, 5-12, June 1985, Florence, Italy.
• XI World Congress of Sociology (ISA), 18-22, August 1986, New Delhi.
• Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population, 19-22 December, 1993, Annamali University, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population, 21-24 May, 1985, Bangalore.
• Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population, March 1986, Varanasi.
• Workshop on Consequences of International Migration, sponsored by the committee on the Economic and Social Aspects of International Migration of the IUSSP, 16-19 July 1984, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
• Workshop on Women In Asia, 22-24 July 1983, Monash University Melbourne, Australia.
  

Social Groups Analysis

Status Report on Social, Economic and Educational Conditions of the Indian Muslims

Just completed directing a major research programme on behalf of the Indian Prime Minister to assess and prepare a status report on Social, Economic and Educational Conditions of the Indian Muslims. The report is based on data analysis of many sources including the NSSO, the Census, data supplied by the state governments, public sector industries, reserve bank of India and the private sector. Qualitative data collected through state visits has an added dimension to the report. The report was formally handed over to the Prime Minister of India on November 17, 2006; and the report is now in print.


Related Publications

• ‘Communal Relations and Social Integration’, in India: Social Development Report, jointly with Azra Razzak, published by Oxford University Press: New Delhi in 2006.
• ‘Economic Empowerment of Muslims in India’, jointly with Mehtab Azam, published by the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi under a series on Empowerment of Muslims in India.
• ‘Socio-Economic and Demographic Differentials between the Hindus and Muslims in India’, Economic and Political Weekly, 30(46):2947-2954, 1995; also published as ‘Some Socio-Economic and Demographic Aspects of Population According to Religion in India’, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism: Bombay, October 1993.

Health Care

Aspects of Health Care Financing and Insurance for India

• Due to a tremendous demand both from the public institutions within India, and the private domestic and international insurance market the NCAER is set to develop this important area of research. I am working closely involved in building up this stream of research.

Health Care Reform Needs in the context of National 10th Plan

• The study commissioned by the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is undertaken in 8 major states of India. This is a comprehensive evaluation of the need for reforms in India’s public health care in the areas of – workforce management, training needs and infrastructure rationalizations. Besides the efficacy of the introduction of user charges in a number of states at the secondary and tertiary level is also being studied.
  

International Workshop on `Gender, Population and Health', December 1995

• The proceedings of which I am one of the editors have been published by the Oxford University Press, New Delhi, January, 1998.

`Morbidity Profile for India'

An empirical study which presents the morbidity rates, health care utilization and health expenditures for India and major states. September 1995. (Being published in a volume edited by Praveen Visaria and A. Vaidyanathan)

`Maternal Education and Child Health in Gujarat State, India'

• A research funded by the Ford Foundation, 1989-1993. This research documents the cultural practices regulating dietetics, maternal and child nutrition. Key findings are found in GIDR Working Paper No 47. June 1993.

`Measurement of Inputs and the Impact of the FPP and Maternal and Child Health Program in Gujarat, India'

• A research funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, 1990-2. A report co-authored with Praveen Visaria is published by the GIDR, Ahmedabad, and also available with the Rockefeller foundation, New York, November 1991.

`Problems of Breast Feeding Among Gainfully Employed Women in Organized Sector', 1986-87

• A research funded by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi and key findings are found in GIDR Working paper No. 27. June 1989.

`Evaluation of FPP and Maternal and Child Health Program in Coorg District - 1986-87'

• A research sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Government of India. A report available from the sponsor and the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. June 1988.

`Causes and Mechanisms of Fertility Decline in Karnataka', 1980-85

• A research fellowship awarded by the Australian National University. This research is published as a book entitled Fertility Transition in South India, New Delhi: Gyan Publishers, 1989.
  

Poverty and Human Development

Poverty

International Gender Poverty Summit held at New Delhi on 9-11 November, 2003

• This conference has scheduled some of top world leaders from political, multilateral agencies, civil society and academic domains to discuss global gender poverty. The Prime Minister of India, Sri Atal Behari Vajpayee inaugurated the Summit and the valedictory address was delivered by Sri. I.K Gujral, Ex Prime Minister of India. Academics, political thinker and civil society representatives from 30 countries participated. The proceedings of the Summit are being published by the Social Science Press.

Alternative Definitions of Poverty in India

• Theoretical research efforts entirely based on evidence based empirical methods to find out overlaps in four types of poverty concepts. The work is undertaken in association with the Department of Applied Economics, Oxford University and supported by DFID, London.

Poverty Round Table Discussion once a month during 2001-02.

• `Monitoring Human Development by UN Agencies', A consultancy project funded by the UN System in India: New Delhi, December 1996. A monograph entitled INDIA: Population and Development Goals, jointly with K. Srinivasan was published by the Oxford University Press, New Delhi, September 1997.

Poverty Profile of the Indian States: Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal

• This empirical research was aimed to document the variation in poverty estimates over time and at the disaggrigated district level. This consultancy project funded by the DFID, British Development Cooperation, New Delhi has also reviewed state policies on poverty alleviation and food security.
  

Human Development

Program of Studies on Human Development and Analytical Plan for 1998-2003

In this programme, collaborative research has been launched by networking 14 national level consultants / institutions and 7 international academics / institutions on a number of issues pertaining to human deprivation in India. The focus of this research has been to empirically establish the importance of analytical research in setting the poverty alleviation strategies including conceptualizing and designing the social and economic safety net programs. Noteworthy national institutions networked are the Institute of Economic Growth, Jawaharlal Nehru University, National Institute of Nutrition, Allahabad University, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and so on. A few international institutions with whom joint research was pursued were the Harvard Institute of International Development of the Harvard University, Economics, Departments of Stanford University, USA and Oxford University, Oxford, The UK, Cambridge University, The UK and many others. An international seminar on Human Development was organized in New Delhi in which 21 commissioned and collaborative papers were discussed. Dr. Nicholas Stern, the Chief Economist and Vice President of the World Bank inaugurated the seminar and Dr. Bimal Jalan,. Governor, Reserve Bank of India graced the occasion. The others who spoke ware Ms Brenda Mc Sweeney, Resident representative of the United Nations and Dr. N. Saxena, Secretary of the National Planning Commission. The proceedings of this seminar are now in press by Orient Longman Publishers.

Human Development Indicators for India and major States

A large project funded by UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and IDRC and executed by NCAER on behalf of the Planning Commission, Government of India. A report based on the primary data from 33,000 households across all parts of India has been finalized. The Oxford University Press has now published this report entitled INDIA Human Development Report.

Sixteen State level reports based on both the review of secondary and the HDI primary data and are in the process of finalization for publications a series of State Human Development Reports.

Twenty-six village studies are being edited for publication.
Human Development Indicators for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India.

Book_Social Report of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee

Status Report on Social, Economic and Educational Conditions of the Indian Muslims

• I am currently directing a major research programme on behalf of the Indian Prime Minister to assess and prepare a status report on Social, Economic and Educational Conditions of the Indian Muslims. As the member-secretary of the High Level Committee I am both the chief of administration and research. The report is based on data analysis of many sources including the NSSO, the Census, data supplied by the state governments, public sector industries, reserve bank of India and the private sector. Besides qualitative data collected through state visits will be meshed into the report. The report will be handed over to the Prime Minister in July 2006.

Book_India Human Development Report

India Human Development Report

A Profile of Indian States in the 1990s

"The India: Human Development Report is the first study to take stock of the major indicators of human development in the Indian context and link data with people belonging to different population groups within the country. The report provides:
A comprehensive compilation of economic and social development data: Based on a primary survey of 33,000 households located in fifteen major Indian states, and the north-eastern region, the report covers:
Levels of living, employment and wages; Literacy and education; Morbidity, disability and nutrition; Effectiveness of public services and health; Demographic characteristics; and Village-level infrastructure and development.

Estimates of over 100 indicators: A number of indicators have been generated such that each can provide a complete information set for targeting and programme implementation.

Human development profile of key indicators: Key human development parameters, according to the level of poverty classification are listed.

State profiles and qualitative village studies: 28 village studies are summarized to validate the date collected.

A detailed statistical appendix: The database will be instrumental in generating investigative and analytical writing on development in India."

Book_West & Central India_State Report

Sixteen State level reports based on both the review of secondary and the HDI primary data and are in the process of finalization for publications a series of State Human Development Reports.

West and Central India:

Human Development Report

This volume focusing on west and central India comes as a sequel to the India HDR and the South India HDR. It is a comprehensive and authoritative source of micro-level information on economic and social development in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over the last quarter of a century. This includes disaggregated data collected from the newly-created state of Chhattisgarh.

Based on qualitative survey of 11,188 households spread over 562 villages from 63 districts across these states, the report provides:

• socio-economic profiles and detailed secondary data focusing on:
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  Literacy and education
  Health
  Demographic characteristics
  
• detailed data on human development indicators with special focus on gender disparity, including:
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  Levels of living, employment and wages
  Morbidity, disability and nutrition
  Effectiveness of public services and health
• information on village-level infrastructure and development

This volume will facilities effective region-specific and group-specific policy formulation at the grassroots. Rich in statistical analyses of various facets of devdlopment, it is a valuable resource for government, policy-makers, academia, and those in the development sector.

Book_East India_State Report

• East India: Human Development Report, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2004, pp. i - xvii and 1 - 335. (published on behalf of NCAER)

Book_North India_State Report

• North India: Human Development Report, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, June, 2003, pp. i - vx and 1 - 347. (published on behalf of NCAER)

Book_South India_State Report

South India:

Human Development Report

The South India: Human Development Report is a comprehensive and authoritative source of micro-level information on economic and social development in the four state of south India - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Based on qualitative survey of 8036 households spread over 399 villages from 43 districts across these states, the report provides:

• socio-economic profiles and detailed secondary data focusing on:
  Literacy and education; Health; Demographic characteristics
• detailed data on human development indicators with special focus on gender disparity, including:
  Levels of living, employment and wages; Morbidity, disability and nutrition; Effectiveness of public services and health
• information on village-level infrastructure and development
  

This volume will facilities effective region-specific and group-specific policy formulation at the grassroots. Rich in statistical analyses of various facets of devdlopment, it is a valuable resource for government, policy-makers, academia, and those in the development sector.

India Programme of Research in human Development

India Programme of Research in Human Development

• ‘India Program of Research in Human Development 2003-07’ is a four years long program having four components. Each of the components has separate stream of funding. However, the execution of research will be integrated around the re-survey of households and a sample survey of 40,000 rural and urban households. The NCAER and University of Maryland, USA are jointly executing this research program. The resources amounting to about USD 1.2 million for this integrated project are forthcoming through – 1. National Institute of Health and Human Development, Maryland, USA and the World Bank, Washington DC, USA under four different topical sub-projects leading to a comprehensive human development, poverty and equity research. The key direction of this integrated research is to assess and estimated the impact of structural adjustments and economic reforms on various sectors relating to human development including employment and levels of income.

Book_Gender Povery

Gender Poverty

• 'International Gender Poverty Summit' conference has scheduled on 9-11 November, 2003 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Some of top world leaders from political, multilateral agencies, civil society and academic domains to discuss global gender poverty. The Prime Minister of India, Sri Atal Behari Vajpayee inaugurated the Summit and the valedictory address was delivered by Sri. I.K Gujral, Ex Prime Minister of India. Academics, political thinker and civil society representatives from 30 countries participated. The proceedings of the Summit are being published by the Social Science Press.

Book_Health Care

A Fine Balance:
Some Options for Private and Public Health Care in Urban India
jointly with David C. Naylor, Prabhat Jha and John Woods, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1999, pp I – ix and 1-38.

Health systems around the world are currently confronted with question of how public policy can engage the private sector to promote efficient and health care delivery. In India, the private sector
absorbs 80 percent of total health care expenditures. The share of private health care spending far exceeds that in most Western countries, and is also well above the worldwide average for low-income countries. Most of this private expenditure currently occurs on an out-of-pocket basis, suggesting a substantial opportunity to reshape the configuration of Indian health care through innovations in prepayment of services. At the same time, India's urban population is steadily increasing and faces both communicable and chronic diseases. This dual disease burden has created a need for both the private and public sectors to better organize health services in India's rapidly grow ing cities.
In this report, the authors examine India's policy options for improving the private-public mix for urban sustainable health care. Its timing is propitious. The Government of India (GOI) has begun to consider new policies in health care finance, in light of ongoing concern about the organization of health services in India's burgeoning urban areas. This paper was designed as a statement by the authors, rather than a formal Government of India-World Bank report, a deliberate approach that fully enables the authors to provoke a thoughtful debate. The GOI has requested the World Bank to further assist it in examining options for developing private-public part nerships for health service delivery This report should help to inform that process and catalyze more definitive assessments of some policy options. More generally, this report is also an important contribution to the ongoing debate over how to optimize the quality efficiency, and equity of India's urban health care services.

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HIV/AIDS

Background papers and maps for a National Consultation on Nutritional Security and the Prevention, Treatment and Mitigation of TB and HIV/AIDS in India, organized by World Food Programme, New Delhi, December 2-3, 2004.

• ‘The Dreadful Trilogy: Linkages among HIV/AIDS, TB and hunger in India’, and
• ‘Geographical overlap of HIV/AIDS, TB, malnutrition and food insecurity in India’ (a set of 14 district level maps and paper titled ‘Technical Note on Data Sources and District Level Maps on the geographic interlinkages of HIV/AIDS, TB and Food Security’)

Papers presented in Seminars and Conferences

Other Papers Presented in Conferences and Seminars

• 'Growth and Equity Concerns in Indian Economy and Society',
  National Consultation on Prime Minister’s High Level Committee’s report on "Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community of India", Organized by Haji Gulam Mohd. Azam Education Trust Hall, K.B.Hidayatullah Road, Pune at 18th April, 2007.
• 'Poverty and Equity at the Turn of the 20th Century in India', presented in a seminar "Poverty, Unemployment and Rural Development Programmes", organized by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Dehradun-Uttarakhand (India), April 6, 2007
• 'Equity Concerns in Indian Education System', seminar presented in a National Consultation on "Prime Minister’s High Level Committee (Sachar Committee Report) on Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim community of India"at IIM Ahmedabad. Organized by Sanchetan, 24-25th March, 2007.
• ‘Growth and Equity in the Indian Economy and Society: The Case of Indian Muslims’, Seminar Presented at Duke University, Durham, USA. Organized jointly by Center for International Studies, February 7, 2007, Islamic Studies Center and Center for South Asian Studies
• ‘Health Status, Financing and Equity in India’ – Presented in Health Financing Task Force, January 26, 2007, Global Economy and Development Programme of the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA.
• ‘Present and Future of Micro Credit Market in India’ Presented at Sa-Dhan Annual conference titled ‘Greater Inclusion-Possibilities and Prospects, January 17, 2007, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
• ‘Growth and Equity Concerns in Indian Economy and Society’, presented at National Seminar on "Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Muslims" Organized by Andhra Pradesh United Muslims Action Committee, Hyderabad on January 13, 2007, at Jubilee Hall, Public Garden, Hyderabad.
• ‘Is Population in India an Advantage or a Dividend? Have We Earned It Already?Is It in Our Kitty?’ presented in 25th Anniversary of Julian L Simon's Masterpiece "The Ultimate Resource" (1981), January 5, 2006, Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
• ‘Growth and Human Development in the Emerging Governance Paradigm’, Presented in the 2005 Convention of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) held at Dallas, Texas, USA; 17-18 September, 2005.
• 'The Economics of the Craftsmen, Artisans and Traders in India’, presented in Inaugural address: Craftsmen, Artisan and Traders in India held at AMU, Aligarh, held on February 21-22, 2005.
• ‘Role of Migration in Nation Building’ presented in Julian L. Simon Memorial Lecture delivered by Ken School and on at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road on January 10, 2005.
• ‘Linkages among HIV/AIDS, TB and food security in India in a National Consultation on Nutritional Security and the Prevention, Treatment and Mitigation of TB and HIV/AIDS in India at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi organised by World Food Programme on December 3, 2004.
• ‘Geographical overlap of HIV/AIDS, TB, malnutrition and food insecurity in India’ presented in a National Consultation on Nutritional Security and the Prevention, Treatment and Mitigation of TB and HIV/AIDS in India at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi organised by World Food Programme on December 2, 2004.
• ‘Local Governance of Service Delivery in India’ presented at Social Protection, Human Development Sector, South Asia Region.
• ‘Poverty and Health Equity: an Indian case study’ presented in annual meeting of Global Forum for Health Research, 16-20 November 2004 at Mexico City.
• ‘How Much Do We Invest on Our Children? Assessment of Resource Gaps in Education and Health’ presented in a Conference on Reaching out of the Child-An Integrated Approach to Development and Early Education of Children hosted by the World Bank at the Imperial Hotel. New Delhi on September 22, 2004.
• ‘Strategic Approach to Economic and Social Empowerment of Indian Muslims’ presented in my book Economic Empowerment of Muslims in India release function organised by Institute of Objective Studies at Constitution Club, New Delhi. The book was released by Former Prime Minister of India Shri V. P. Singh on September 14, 2004.
• ‘Human Health a Catalyst for Economic Growth’, presented a discussion on ‘Economic Growth and Employment’ organized by The Observer Research Foundation - Institute of Economy and Development, New Delhi on August 17, 2004.
• ‘Gender Gaps in Human Development Indicators in India: Temporal Dimensions’ Presented in Annual Conference of International Association for Feminist Economist, held at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, 5-7 August 2004.
• ‘Understanding Human Development: A salute to the Indian Census’, an invited presentation in the Census Data Users Conference, held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, July 10, 2004.
• ‘Why are we so weak – Economically’ presented in a training and developing Islamic Youth Camp organised by Students Islamic Organisation of India at Hamdard Public School, New Delhi on June 6, 2004.
• ‘Programme of Research in Human Development’ in UNDP’s State HDRs Workshop in Goa organised by UNDP; December 12-14, 2003
• ‘Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS: Methodological Issues’ in a Study Design Workshop on Burden of Disease and Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS, Institute of Health Systems, Hyderabad; December 1-3, 2003.
• ‘Links between Macro Economics and Health: Relevance to the Southeast Asian Region (SEAR)’ in World Health Organisation, Geneva; October 28-30.
• ‘Links Between Macro Economics and Health in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Region - A Framework’ during a seminar organized by World Health Organisation, I. P. Estate, New Delhi; August 18, 2003.
• ‘Regional Disparities in Food and Nutrition Status – a causal analysis’ during the two-day Consultation Towards Hunger-Free India – Countdown from 2007 organised by World Food Program at India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi; April 4 –5,2003
• ‘Some Thoughts on Nature and Persistence of Poverty in India’ presented at the International Development Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, The UK; May 13, 2002.
• ‘State Adjusted Public Expenditures on Social Sector and Poverty Alleviation Programs in the light of Budget 2001’, jointly with Prabir Ghosh and S.K.Mondal, under review by Economic and Political Weekly, presented in an Indo-Russia Economic Cooperation Seminar, Moscow 10-13 October, 2001.
• ‘Household Food and Nutrition Security in India’, Presented for a workshop on ‘Welfare, Demography and Development’ organized by Cambridge University, Cambridge, 11-12 September, 2001.
• ‘Program of Research in Human Development’ presented at twenty-one papers on three major themes in the areas of Human Development: Education; Health and Demography; Structure of Income and Poverty, written by some of the best known academics both in India and abroad were presented and discussed in the International Seminar on Human Development which was held from 27 to 29 November, 2000 at New Delhi.
• ‘Household Level Food and Nutrition Security in India’, presented at Department of Economics and Management, University of Ulster, Belfast, The UK on Monday, October 30, 2000.
• 'Household Level Food and Nutrition Security in India', presented at Queen Elizabeth House, International Development Centre of University of Oxford, The UK on Monday, July 24, 2000.
• 'Destination India: Business Opportunities at the turn of the Century', Presented to the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas, USA, Tuesday, June 11, 2000.
• ‘Emerging Global Markets: Implications to South Asia’, a keynote address given at an international conference on Human Security in South Asia, organize by Vishwa Yuvak Kendra and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, New Delhi, 17-20 February 2000.
• ‘Role of Family Planning Programs (FPP) in Economic Development of India in the 21st Century’, jointly with Vibha Singh in a seminar on Family Planning Programs in the 21st Century, Organized by the IUSSP Committee and ICDDR, Bangladesh, Dhaka, January 17-20, 2000.
• 'Enabling Development: Role Food Assistance Programs in India', in a workshop organized by the World Food Program, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 26-29, 2000.
• ‘Human Development and Prospects of Economic Growth in Bihar’, a key note address in the 4th annual conference of Bihar Economic Association, Department of Economics, Patna University, Patna, February 6-8, 2000.
• 'Enabling Development: Role Food Assistance Programs in India', in a workshop organized by the World Food Program, Nepal, Katmandu, Nepal, March 6-8, 2000.
• Delivered a key note address in an international round table on Human Development and Human Rights, organized by the Indira Gandhi Open University, and held at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, March 14, 2000
• ‘Emerging Global Markets: Implications to South Asia’, a keynote address given at an international conference on Human Security in South Asia, organize by Vishwa Yuvak Kendra and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, New Delhi, 17-20 February 2000.
• ‘Drug Market and Price in India: Post-WTO Scenario’, a keynote address delivered in a workshop organized by India, WHO Program for Essential Drugs held at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, September 27, 1999
• ‘Education as a Human Development Indicator: Implications to South Asia’, presented in an international Conference on ‘Education in the South Asian context: Issues and Challenges’, Department of Education, University of Delhi, to be presented during November 14-18, 1999.
• ‘National and State Level Public Expenditures in India’, presented in a national seminar on ‘Costs and Wastage in Primary Education’ held at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, 11-13 August, 1999.
• ‘Measuring and Alleviating Poverty in India: Implications for Group Equity’, presented at the United Nations Development Programme, New York headquarters, on April 25, 1999; the Harvard Institute of International Development, the Harvard University, Cambridge, USA on March 8, 1999 and at the World Bank headquarters at Washington DC on March 12, 1999.
• ‘Household Expenditure on Education in India: Implications for cost recovery strategies in India’, Presented in a seminar at the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, January 1999, New Delhi.
• ‘Poverty and Human Development Profile for India’, in a seminar on Poverty in India: Programme for Action, jointly organized by Royal Netherlands Embassy, UNDP and the World Bank, New Delhi, 7 April 1998.
• ‘Relative Economic and Social Deprivation of Indian Muslims’, presented in a seminar on Muslims in India since the Independence, organized to celebrate the Golden Jubliee of the Indian Independence, Institute of Objective Studies, new Delhi, 28-29 March, 1998.
• ‘Health care Utilization in India: Implications for reproductive health’, presented in a Symposium on Social Sector Reforms, organized by Department of Economic, University of Mumbai and sponsored by the UNDP, India, April 16-17, 1998.
• ‘Application of Inter-Disciplinary Approaches to Study Population, Health and Development’, presented in a Symposium in 85th Session of Indian Science Congress, held at Osmania University, Hyderabad, 3-7 January, 1998.
• ‘Son Preference, Household Choice and Child Survival’, invited paper presented in a seminar on Gender Bias in India, China and Korea, held at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 8-9 February 1997.
• ‘Family Systems, Economic Structure and Sex Selection in India: A comparison of Punjab and Karnataka’, invited paper presented in a seminar on Gender Bias in India, China and Korea, held at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 8-9 February 1997.
• ‘Fertility Transition, Human Development and Technological Change: A State level analysis for India’, IUSSP seminar on Demographic Transition, Seminar held at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 1996.
• ‘The Effect of Macro-Economic Restructuring on Households: Implications for the Labour of women’, joint Presented in a National seminar only with Joy Ranadevi. `Gender and Employment in India: Recent Trends, Patterns and Policy Options', Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, December 18-20, 1996.
• ‘Social Security and Women Workers: Some contemporary issues’, jointly with Ratna Sudarshan. Presented in a National seminar on `Gender and Employment in India: Recent Trends, Patterns and Policy Options', Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, December 18-20, 1996.
• ‘Human Development Profile for Indian and major States’, Indian Council for Social Science Research and Indo-Dutch Programme, seminar, Hyderabad, 6-8 February, 1996.
• ‘Health Scenario and Public Policy in India’, presented in a Session on `Can Health Transition Research Drive Health Improvement?' in a seminar on `The Continuing Demographic Transition' organised in honour of Professor John C. Caldwell to be held 14-17 October 1995, at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
• ‘Reproductive Health and Child Survival in rural Gujarat: Impact of Female Education’, presented in a workshop on Qualitative Research on Women's Reproductive Health, cosponsored by the Ford foundation and the Johns Hopkins University, 22-26 April, 1991. Baroda, India.
• ‘Societal Constrains to the Primary Health Care Use in India’, presented in Session 2, Research Committee on Sociology of Population, XII World Congress of the International Sociological Association, 9-13 July, 1990, Madrid, Spain.
• ‘Female Oriented Family Planning Programme: Inconsistencies in Social Policy In India’, presented in Research Committee on Sociology of Population, XII World Congress of the International Sociological Association, 9-13 July, 1990, Madrid, Spain.
• ‘Focus Group Interviews: A methodological model to assess the primary health care and FPP efforts and performance in Gujarat, India’, presented in Formal Session 25 of the International Population Conference, 15-19 May 1989, New Delhi, India.
• ‘Women workers: Issues relating to working time, gender equality and female autonomy’, contributed to an International Workshop on the Redesign of Working Time, sponsored by the International Sociological Association, 21-25 March, 1988, Frankfurt, West Germany.
• ‘A Review of the District Level Fertility and Contraceptive Rates in Karnataka’, presented in a workshop on the District Level Estimates of Couple Protection Rates in India, sponsored by GIDR and the Population Council, New York, 11-12 December 1987, Ahmedabad, India.
• ‘Alternative Health Care Financing in India: A case for the rural health insurance’, presented in a workshop on Alternative Strategies for the Implementation of Health and Family Welfare Program', Government of Karnataka, Population Centre, February 1986, Bangalore, India.

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