Agriculture

Impact of agricultural related technology adoption on poverty: a study of select households in rural India

This paper applies a program evaluation technique to assess the causal effect of adoption of agricultural related technologies on consumption expenditure and poverty measured by different indices. The paper is based on a cross-sectional household level data collected during 2014 from a sample of 270 households in rural India.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2015
Santosh K. Sahu, Sukanya Das
Madras School of Economics
Tags:
Agriculture, Poverty, Orissa (Odisha), India, Technology, Farmers, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Land Ownership
Environment

Valuing the environment in Developing Countries

In this paper, employ the choice experiment method to estimate local citizens

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Environment, India, Ganga, Water Quality, West Bengal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Basin, Developing Countries
Water Pollution

Estimating the value of improved wastewater treatment: the case of river Ganga, India

This paper employs a stated preference environmental valuation method, namely the choice experiment method, to estimate local public

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol, Rabindra N. Bhattacharya
University of Cambridge
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Water Quality, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater Treatment Cost, India, West Bengal, Cambridge, River Basin, Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol, Rabindra N. Bhattacharya, University of Cambridge, Water Pollution
Solid Waste

Informing efficient and effective solid waste management to improve local environmental quality and public health

This paper employ the choice experiment method to estimate residents

Publication Date: 
01/02/2008
Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol, Rabindra N. Bhattacharya
University of Cambridge
Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, West Bengal, Pollution