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15 July 2022, Friday (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)

Session 4B: Poverty and Inequality

Moderator:  Joseph E. Zveglich Jr., ADB

Assessing the Effects of Vulnerability, MGNREGS, and Governance on Poverty

  • Swarna Parameswaran (Indian Institute of Management),  Hari K. Nagarajan (Indian Institute of Management), Abhiman Das (Indian Institute of Management),  and Vivek Pandey (Institute of Rural Management Anand)

Is Growth Pro-Poor among the States of India? A Poverty Decomposition Exercise during the 2000s  

  • Priyabrata Sahoo (Banaras Hindu University),  Debolina Biswas (Gurudas College), and Saswata Guha Thakurata (Kanchrapara College)

Multiple Risks and Poverty: Evidence from Afghanistan

  • Nasib Jan (National Statistics and Information Authority) and Zaneta Kubik (University of Bonn)