Research Profile

ECON60552 The Applied Development Economics Project (Lectures & Tutorials) 
ECON60282 Economic Analysis for Developing Countries (see ECON20332 for details)
ECON60022 Development Microeconomics (Lectures & Tutorials)

Undergraduate: 
ECON20332 Developing Countries in the International Economy (Lectures)

•    Development Economics
•    Applied Econometrics, Panel Data Analysis
•    Microeconomics
•    Savings and Investment under Risk. Application of Real-options Theory
•    Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability
•    Evaluation of Public Policy and Anti-poverty Interventions in Developing Countries

The Research Grant from AUSAID and Australian Social Science Research Council for the project entitled, ‘Nutrition Poverty Traps, Workfare and PDS (Public Distribution System)’(with Raghbendra Jha (Australian National University) and Raghav Gaiha (University of Delhi), April 2007- March 2010, £320,800; AUD 800,000.  

Research Grant from Chronic Research Poverty Centre in the UK, entitled ‘Vulnerability and Poverty Dynamics in India, Vietnam and Bangladesh’ (the main investigator) with Raghbendra Jha (Australian National University) and Raghav Gaiha (Harvard University & University of Delhi), April 2008- March 2010, (£10,000).

DFID Project 'Poverty Traps, Nutrition, Health Status and Anti-Poverty Interventions in Rural India' (Serves as a Lead Researcher, with Prof. Raghbendra Jha (Australian National University) and Prof. Raghav Gaiha (University of Delhi), April 2002- March 2006,DFID grant R8121,£51,000).

The Project to investigate the determinants of fertility in India using NSS and NFHS data (with Dr Takahiro Sato, RIEB, Kobe University).  

•    Project on poverty, vulnerability and survival strategy of rural households in India (with Raghav Gaiha and Pasquale Scandizzo)
•    Project on Malnutrition and Community Support in Nepal and Papua New Guinea (with Per Eklund and Fabrizio Felloni)
•    Project on the Assessment of Millennium Development Goals (with Raghav Gaiha)
Recent Consultancies: 
•    The determinants of non-farm activities and poverty in Asian Countries (the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, the UN)
•    Evaluations of Determinants of Agricultural Growth, Employment and Wages in Developing Countries (the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, the UN)
•    Evaluations of Vulnerability and Poverty in Developing Countries (the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, the UN)
•    Evaluations of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India (DFID)
•    Evaluations of Rural Public Works in India (the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, the UN)
•    Economic consultant for the UN projects on community ownership of household food and nutrition security interventions in Nepal (the IFAD)
•    Assessment of the Feasibility of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (the IFAD)
•    Role of Institutional Development in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (the IFAD)

•    D.Phil. in Economics, University of Oxford (Economics Dept.)
•    MSc in Economics for Development, University of Oxford,
•    MSc in Development Studies (Economics), London School of Economics,

Authored Book:

[1] Savings, Risk-coping and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries: Evidence from India and Kenya, Saarbrücken, VDM Publishing House, 2009 (ISBN:978-3-639-15990-5, 228 pages, Abstract). 

Refereed Articles (published and forthcoming): 

[2]  National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India, (with R. Gaiha, V. S. Kulkarni, M. Pandey) forthcoming in the Journal of Asian and African Studies (earlier versions: Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0908, 2010,  Australia South Asia Research Centre (ANU) Working Paper 2009-3). 

[3] ‘Testing Real Option Theory using Data on Capital Adequacy’ forthcoming in Applied Economics Letters, (with C. Driver) (Discussion Paper, London, Royal Holloway Discussion Paper Series 2003, 3).

[4] Finance, growth, inequality and hunger in Asia: Evidence from country panel data in 1960-2006  (with R. Gaiha and F. Thapa)  forthcoming in The Journal of World Economic Review   (the previous version: Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0813, 2008).

[5] ‘Does the Employment Guarantee Scheme Stabilise Household Incomes in Rural India? , Applied Economics Letters, 16(12), August 2009, pp.1221-1225 (with P. Scandizzo and R. Gaiha),   (discussion paper version)

[6] ‘Option Values, Switches and Wages - An Analysis of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India’, Review of Development Economics, 13(2),  May 2009, pp. 248-263 (with P. Scandizzo and R. Gaiha) (the link to the working paper version).

[7] ‘Millennium Development Goal of Halving Poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region: Progress, Prospects and Priorities, (with R. Gaiha and M A Nandhi), the Journal of Asian and African Studies, 44(2) 2009, pp.215-237.

[8] ‘Measuring Vulnerability and Poverty in Rural India’ (with R. Gaiha) in W. Naudé, A. Santos-Paulino and M. McGillivray (Eds.), Vulnerability in Developing Countries, 2009 (NB: the refereed UN-WIDER conference special volume, ISBN 978-92-808-1171-1), United Nations University press, (the earlier version: UN-WIDER Research Paper 2008-40).

[9] ‘Women’s Organisations and Social Capital to Reduce Prevalence of Stunted Children -Evidence from Papua New Guinea (with P. Eklund), Oxford Development Studies, June 2008, 36(2), pp.209-233.

[10]  'Has Anything Changed? Disparity, Deprivation and Discrimination in Rural India' in the Brown Journal of World Affairs, 14(2) the Spring/Summer 2008 pp.113-125 (with R. Gaiha, G. Thapa, and V. Kulkarni) (the earlier working paper version is available as BWPI working paper:,13/2007)  (the link is here) . 

[11] ‘Agricultural growth, employment and wage rates in developing countries’ (with R. Gaiha), in G. Kochendorfer-Lucius and B. Pleskovic (Eds.) Berlin Workshop Series 2008: Agriculture and Development, July 2008, pp. 97-130, (the conference special proceeding of the Berlin Workshop for World Development Report 2008), the World Bank Publications, Washington D.C.(the earlier version: Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester 0621, 2006).

[12] ‘Women’s Organisations, Maternal Knowledge, and Social Capital to Reduce Prevalence of Stunted Children- Evidence from Rural Nepal’ (with P. Eklund and F. Felloni), Journal of Development Studies, April 2007, 43 (3), pp.456-489.  (The abstract was featured by 'ID21-Rural Development' web communication set by IDS, University of Sussex.)  

[13] ‘Targeting versus Universalism: Is the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra an Effective Way of Poverty Alleviation? Evidence for Rural India’, Journal of Policy Modelling January-February 2007, 29 (1), pp. 99-113.  
 
[14] ‘Do Institutions Matter in Poverty Reduction? Prospects of Achieving the MDG of Poverty Reduction in Asia’ (with R. Gaiha) , Statistica & Applicazioni, IV(2), 2006, pp. 129-160 (published in 2008, the special volume for the International Conference to Honour Two Eminent Social Scientists, Gini and Lorenz, Siena, Italy, May 2005).   

[15] ‘Vulnerability, Persistence of Poverty and Shocks-Estimates for Semi-Arid Rural India’ (with R. Gaiha), Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 32(2), June, 2004, pp.261-281.

[16]  ‘The effect of uncertainty on U.K. Investment Authorisation: Homogenous vs. Heterogenous Estimators’ (with C. Driver, P. Temple and G. Urga), Empirical Economics, Vol. 29(1), January 2004, pp.115-128.

[17] ‘Is Livestock Important for Risk Behaviour of Rural Households? Evidence from Kenya’, Journal of African Economies, Vol.12 (2), June 2003, pp.271-295.

[18] ‘Rural Public Works and Poverty Alleviation - The Case of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra’, (with R. Gaiha), The International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2002, pp.131-151. 

[19]  ‘On the Targeting and Cost-effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India’, (with R. Gaiha and P. D. Kaushik), Development and Change, Vol.32, March 2001, pp. 309-342.
  
Working Papers/ Journal Submissions:
[20] Fiscal Stimulus, Agricultural Growth and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region: Evidence from Panel Data (with R. Gaiha, G. Thapa, W. Kang)  Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, EDP-0919, 2009.

[21] Poverty, undernutrition and vulnerability in rural India: Role of rural public works and food for work programmes, Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, EDP-0914, 2009. 

[22] Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural China: Effects of Taxation (with X. Wang and W. Kang), Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper 156, 2009 (ISBN: 978-1-906433-59-8) (earlier version  Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, EDP-0913, 2009).

[23] On Insect Infestation and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries (with R. Gaiha, K. Hill, and S. Mathur) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, EDP-0910, 2009 .

[24] On hunger and child mortality in India, (with R. Gaiha, V. S. Kulkarni, M. Pandey) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0907, 2009 (the edited version is available as Australia South Asia Research Centre (ANU) Working Paper 2009-4). 

[25] Vulnerability and Poverty in Bangladesh, (with Md. Azam) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0905, 2009 (the edited version is available as CPRC working paper no. 141 2009 and Australia South Asia Research Centre (ANU) Working Paper 2009-2) .

[26] 'Has Poverty Reduction Slowed Down in the Developing World? Evidence Based on New Poverty Estimates' (R. Gaiha and G. Thapa) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, EDP-0902 (9 February 2009).

[27] 'Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works versus Food Subsidy'  (with R. Jha and R. Gaiha) Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Working Paper No. 135, 2009 ( (the edited version is available as Australia South Asia Research Centre (ANU) Working Paper 2008-8). 

[28] 'Soaring Food Prices: A Threat or Opportunity in Asia? '(with G Thapa, R. Gaiha, and V.Kulkarni),  BWPI working paper 69/2009. 

[29]  'Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty in India?'  (with T. Arun) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0814, 2008 (An old version - Does the Microfinance Reduce Poverty in India? -Propensity Score Matching based on a National-level Household Data’,).  It was published in'ID21-Rural Development' web communication set by IDS, University of Sussex.

[30] 'Fertility, Parental Education and Development in India: Evidence from NSS and NFHS in 1992-2006' (with T. Sato), BWPI working paper 63/2008, University of Manchester.  
 
[31] 'Financial crisis in Asia and the Pacific Region: Its genesis, severity and impact on poverty and hunger' (with R. Gaiha and G. Thapa) Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0810, 2008.

[32] 'Foodgrain Stocks, Prices and Speculation' (with R. Gaiha and G. Thapa), Draft, BWPI working paper 64/2008.

[33] ‘Supply Response to Changes in Agricultural Commodity Prices in Asian Countries’, Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester, 0808, 2008.
   
[34] `Transmission of World Commodity Prices to Domestic Commodity Prices in India and China` (with Raghav Gaiha and Ganesh Thapa) BWPI working paper 45/2008. 

[35] ‘Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability in Vietnam’  (with R. Gaiha and W. Kang) (the earlier version: Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0708, 2007) ( a link to the paper) presented at VDF 3rd conference on the Development of Vietnam in Tokyo, June 2007 (the link to the confernce procedeeing).

[36] 'Wages, Prices and Anti-Poverty Interventions in Rural India', Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0723, 2007) (with R. Gaiha, G. Thapa, and V. Kulkarni).

[37]‘Endowments, Discrimination and Deprivation among Ethnic Groups in Rural India’, Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0722, 2007) (with R. Gaiha, G. Thapa, and V. Kulkarni).

[38] ‘Poverty, Inequality and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam’ (with R. Gaiha), Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0719, 2007) (a revised version appered as BWPI working paper: 10/2007 the link is here)  Revised version was presented at the VDF conference in August 2008 (the link to the paper).      

[39] 'Food and oil prices'  (with R. Gaiha and G. Thapa) , Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0801, 2007) (accepted by The 2008 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society in Wellington, New Zealand, July 2008). 

[40] ‘Non agricultural employment and poverty in India: An analysis based on the 60th Round of NSS’, Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0705, 2007, with R. Gaiha).

[41] ‘A Review of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India’ Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0513, 2005, with R. Gaiha)

[42]  ‘Employment Guarantee Scheme as a Social Safety Net-Poverty Dynamics and Poverty Alleviation’ 2003, Department of Economics Working Paper, Ref. 149, Mar 2003, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (presented at the International Conference of Chronic Poverty in Manchester, April 2003).

[43] ‘Millennium Development Goals, Agricultural Growth and Openness’ (with R. Gaiha), Department of Economics Working Paper, Ref 161, May. 2003, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, presented at a Plenary Session by IARIW (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN INCOME AND WEALTH) 28th General Conference, August 2004, Cork, Ireland.   

[44] ‘How well do Households Cope with Risk through Savings and Portfolio Adjustment? Evidence from Rural India’, Draft, University of Oxford. (2003) - It has been published as Chapter 3 of Savings, Risk-coping and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries: Evidence from India and Kenya, Saarbrücken, VDM Publishing House, 2009 (ISBN:978-3-639-15990-5.

[45] 'The Spatial Distribution of Protein Deficiency in Rural India in the Last Three Quinquennial Rounds of NSS', 2003, (with R. Jha).

[46] 'The Spatial Distribution of Calorie Deficiency in Rural India in the Last Three Quinquennial Rounds of NSS', 2003, (with R. Jha).

[47] ‘Contrasts between classes of assets in fixed investment panel equations as a way of testing real option theory’, (with C. Driver, P. Temple and G. Urga) (10th International Conference on Panel Data, Berlin, July 5-6, 2002 B3-3, International Conferences on Panel Data.

[48] ‘Risk Benefits of Public and Market Employment in Rural India: How do Households Respond to Anticipated and Unanticipated Shocks? 2002 (presented at the European Association of Labour Economists in August, 2002 in Paris).

[49] ‘Are Rural Public Works Efficient in Alleviating Poverty in the Long Run? Review, Evidence, and Lessons from India’, Rome, Asia and the Pacific Division, IFAD, August 1999 (presented at XXIVth IAAE, International Conference of Agricultural Economics in Berlin, August 2000).  

Contributions to Books and Reports:

[50] ‘Labour Markets and Employment A Review of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in India’,(with R. Gaiha) a chapter in the book, Migration in India- Issues and Preventive Measures (R. Sthanumoorthy (Ed.)), HICFAI University Press (ICFAI Business School (IBS)), Hyderabad, India, 2008.

[51] ‘Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme’,(with R. Gaiha) a chapter in the book, Maharashtra Economy: Performance and Challenges (R. Sthanumoorthy (Ed.) ), HICFAI University Press (ICFAI Business School (IBS)), Hyderabad, India, 2007.

[52] ‘Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme’ (with R. Gaiha), Policy Brief  6,  November 2005, London, ODI and DFID.

[53] ‘The effect of uncertainty on U.K. Investment Authorisation: Homogenous vs. Heterogenous Estimators’ (with C. Driver, P. Temple, and G. Urga) , in B. Raj  and B.H. Baltagi (eds), Panel Data: Theory and Applications, New York, Physica-Verlag,  Feb. 2004. 

[54] 'Assessment of Rural Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific Division, Project Management Department', IFAD, Rome, Jan. 2002 (published by IFAD with P. Bardhan, R. Gaiha, J. Huang, G. Koirala, G. Morgan, K. Otsuka, P. Roy, B. Singh, and G. Thapa, ISBN 92-9072-020-4).

[55] Rural Poverty Report 2001, The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty, 2001, IFAD, New York, Oxford University Press (Have contributed the papers on regional assessments of Asia and Pacific Region, IFAD, the UN).  (2001)

[56] ‘Improving Child Growth and Nutrition through Induced Institutional Innovation at Community-level’, Chapter 7, in Community Ownership in Interventions to Reduce Malnutrition and Stunting in Nepal, Rome, Office of Evaluation Studies, IFAD, 2001.  

NB: The above papers will be sent by e-mail on request (e-mail address: katsushi.imai@manchester.ac.uk)

[57]  'Savings, risk-coping, and poverty dynamics of rural households in developing countries' , PhD dissertation at University of Oxford- Department of Economics, Division of Social Sciences -Supervisor: Prof. Christopher Bliss, 2000.  

PhD Supervision:
Mr Woojin Kang, Topic: ‘A Microeconometric Analysis of Household’s Vulnerability in Vietnam 2002/2004’ (a main supervisor since 9/2005- present, with Prof. Chris Orme) 

Ms. Shireen Mahdi (at IDPM), ‘Fostering rural market institutional arrangements for pro-poor growth: the case of Tanzania’ (a second supervisor since 9/2006- present, with Prof. Kunal Sen at IDPM)

Mr. MD. Shafiul Azam ‘Poverty and Vulnerability in LDCs’ (a main supervisor since 9/2007- present)

Mr. Samuel Kobina Annim 'Positing a relationship between microfinance and poverty and financial intermediation'  (a main supervisor since 1/2008- present, with Dr. Thankom Arun, Lancashire Business School)

Mr Abdilahi Gurhan `Financial development and liberalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the dynamics of capital flows` (a second supervisor since 9/2009-, with Dr. Bernard Walters)

Ms. Purnima Purohit 'Institutional Design and Operations of Agricultural Markets and its impact on State Economy: A Comparative Study of three States of India' (a second supervisor since 9/2009- present, with Prof. Kunal Sen at IDPM)

-Served as an external examiner for a DPhil Dissertation at IDS, University of Sussex (November 2005)

-Referee for The Economic Journal, Oxford Economic Papers, Environment and Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies (4 times), Journal of African Economies (5 times), Manchester School, World Development (4 times) , European Journal of Development Review, Development Policy Review, Economic Change and Restructuring, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of South Asian Development, Natural Resources Forum.

-Served as a referee for the research grant application for the ESRC (May 2009)   
-Served as a referee for the end-of-the report for the Joint DFID-ESRC Research Grant on Poverty in Developing Countries (Aug 2008)   
-Served as a referee for the Joint DFID-ESRC Research Grant on Poverty in Developing Countries (Jan 2006)                         
-Served as a referee for the WIDER Jubilee special publication (Nov 2005)                        
-Served as a referee for the End of the Award Report of the ESRC project (Aug 2003)

2009
-Presented a paper at New Directions in Welfare at St Catherine’s College, Oxford University, 29 June - 1 July 2009.

-Presented a paper at the First International Symposium of Comparative Research on Major Regional Powers in Eurasia: The Elusive Balance: Regional Powers and the Search for Sustainable Development,, Hokkaido University., July 9-10, 2009,.
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2008
- Presented a paper at the VDF 4th Conference on the Development of Vietnam, Aug 2008, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).

- Presented a paper at the 2008 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society in Wellington, New Zealand, 9-11 July, 2008.
 'Food and oil prices'  (with R. Gaiha and G. Thapa) , Economics Discussion Paper, University of Manchester (0801, 2007) (under revision) will be presented.

2007
-Presented a paper at the UNU-WIDER conference on ‘Fragile States - Fragile Groups’, in Helsinki 15-16 June 2007

2006
-Presented a paper at 13th International Panel Data Conference, Cambridge University July 2006.

2005
-Presented a paper at WIDER Jubilee conference on ‘Future of Development Economics’, in Helsinki 17-18 June 

-Presented a paper at the International Conference on ‘Social Protection for Chronic Poverty- Risk, Needs, and Rights, Protecting What? How?’ by Institute for Development Policy and Management and the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, held at the University of Manchester, 23-24 February 2005.

2004
-Presented a paper at Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2004 (5th-7th April), University of Swansea (the link to the paper)

-Presented a paper for the plenary session at IARIW (International Association for Research in Income and Wealth) 28th General Conference, (22 to 28 August, 2004), Cork, Ireland.
-Presented a paper at the Econ-Mod International Conference "Input-Output and General Equilibrium: Data, Modelling and Policy Analysis" in Brussels, September 2-4, 2004.  

2003
-Presented a paper at Royal Economic Society Meeting (9th April),

-Presented 3 papers (incl. two joint papers) at the International Conference of Chronic Poverty in Manchester in (7th-9th April). - A grant covering costs for flight and accommodation was awarded.        

-Presented a paper at WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research) Conference on ‘Sharing Global Prosperity’ in Helsinki, 5th-7th September.- A grant covering costs for flight and accommodation was awarded.     

2002
-EALE (European Association of Labour Economics) 14th Annual Conference, 15-18
 September 2002 in Paris, Presented the paper, Presented the paper, ‘Risk Benefits of
 Public and Market Employment in Rural India: How do Households Respond to
Anticipated and Unanticipated Shocks?’

-International Conference on Finance and Development in Manchester, 10-12 April
2002, Presented the paper, ‘Risk Benefits of Public and Market Employment in Rural India: How do Households Respond to Anticipated and Unanticipated Shocks?’

2001
-56th European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 25-29, 2001, Lausanne, 
Presented the paper, ‘How well do Households Cope with Risk through Savings and Portfolio Adjustment? Evidence from Rural India’

-EALE (European Association of Labour Economics) 13th Annual Conference, 13-16 September 2001 in Finland, Presented the paper, ‘Rural Public Works and Poverty      Alleviation – The Case of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in (the Indian State of) Maharashtra, (with R.Gaiha)

-International Conference on Malnutrition in Developing Countries, organised by the      UN, IFAD, Fiuggi in Italy, 18-20 September, Presented the paper, ‘Improving Child      Growth and Nutrition through Induced Institutional Innovation at Community-level,      Evidence from Nepal and Papua New Guinea’ (with Per Eklund and F. Felloni)

-Conference organised under the sponsorship of the ESRC project “an exploration of the problem of UK investment using long-run survey data”: New Perspective on Fixed Investment, at City University Business School, April 2001, Presented the paper ‘Pooled vs. heterogeneous estimators: an application to the effect of uncertainty in the U.K.  Investment at industry level’

2000
-XXIVth  IAAE (International Association of Agricultural Economics), International Conference of Agricultural Economics in Berlin, August 2000.  Presented the following two papers.
 a) Contributed paper: ‘On the Targeting and Cost-effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India’,
 b) Paper for the panel session: ‘Are Rural Public Works Efficient in Alleviating Poverty in the Long Run? Review, Evidence, and Lessons from India’

-Young Economist Conference in Oxford, March 2000
 ‘How well do Households Cope with Risk through Savings and Portfolio Adjustment?  Evidence from Rural India’ (Contributed paper).      

Applied Microeconomics Seminar, University College London, October 2000; Research Seminar on Poverty, IDS, University of Sussex, September 2000; Research Seminars at Centre for Studies of African Economies and Department of Economics, University of Oxford ((March 2000, November, December 2002, May 2003);  Organised Seminars on Child Malnutrition and Community Organisation with Dr Per Eklund at Centre for Studies of African Economies, Queen Elizabeth House, and Asian Studies Centre at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford in November 2002 and in January 2003;  Seminar presentation at Department of Economics, Royal Holloway in December 2003;  Seminar Presentations at Manchester (Economics and IDPM) in February and November 2005, February, March and October 2006; Seminar Presentations/ Lectures at University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and University of Rome “La Sapienza”, December 2006 and at Osaka University, Doshisha University, and Osaka City University in October and November 2007.  Seminar presentations at Kobe University (RIEB) and Doshisha University in July 2008. Joint IDPM-Manchester Development Economics Seminar at Manchester and CMPO Seminar at University of Bristol in February 2009.  Seminar presentation at Kobe University (RIEB) in July 2009. 

 

INVITED LECTURES: 

-Gave a lecture on Poverty and Vulnerability in India and China for the BWPI Advanced Graduate Workshop in June 2009. 

-Gave lectures on Poverty and Vulnerability in LDCs at University of Rome 'Tor Vergata' and University of Rome 'La Sapienza'  in December 2006.

OTHER INFORMATION- Useful links for downloading the data sets on LDCs (if you are a student of the University of Manchester, try the library link first)

World Bank Data (World Development Indicators or Millennium Development Goals Data etc.)

Access to World Development Indicators Series

The link to PovcalNet (from which the new World Bank's international poverty data based on US$ 1.25, 2005 PPP can be downloaded)  

The ILO database

FAO STAT (data on agriculture etc.)
 
Data collections at WebEc (very useful links are available)

Data collections at RFE
 
International data on migration etc.
 
Finance data (available only for students at Man. Univ.- password protected)
 
Data on Foreign Direct Investment (UNCTAD)

Some household data sets on developing countries
   IFPRI data
   World Bank LSMS survery data

Data on economic growth

Data on external debt
 
Governance Indicators (by World Bank Institute) 

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