NCAER IHDS team attended the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in San Diego from 30 April to 2 May, 2015. The Population Association of America (PAA) is a nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population. PAA members include demographers, sociologists, economists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in research and education in the population field. It conducts its annual meetings/conference where researchers around the globe present their work related to population science, sociology and applied economics.
This year’s s PAA 2015 Annual Meeting hosted a wide range of diverse and numerous seminars by experts and industry leaders and was attended by almost 2,300 professionals. NCAER’s IHDS representatives attended professional development sessions in this conference spread over 3 days, which included a wide range of topics, Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions, Children and Youth, Health and Mortality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, Migration and Urbanization, Economy, Labor Force, Education, and Inequality, Population, Development, and the Environment and many more.
The team from NCAER and University of Maryland presented two papers and participated in five poster presentations at PAA meet. A poster by Omkar Joshi, Sonalde Desai and Reeve Vanneman titled ” Rebalancing the Gender Scales: A Case of MGNREGA” was selected as one of the Best Posters. The poster discuss changes in women’s empowerment in the context of MGNREGA.
The team, when back home, presented the posters and shared their experiences at the PAA meet with colleagues at NCAER.
IHDS is India Human Development Surveys I (2004-5) and II (2011-12) (IHDS-I and II) form part of a collaborative research program between researchers from the National Council of Applied Economic Research and the University of Maryland. Building on NCAER’s prior work in the 1990s, these surveys provide a rich empirical data base that will be available free of charge to a wide range of researchers in India and abroad, allowing for informed policy debates. The IHDS-I data are available free of charge to researchers worldwide and are being used by about 7,000 users. Public release of IHDS-II data is scheduled for June 2015.
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NCAER IHDS team attended the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America in San Diego from 30 April to 2 May, 2015. The Population Association of America (PAA) is a nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human race through research of problems related to human population. PAA members include demographers, sociologists, economists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in research and education in the population field. It conducts its annual meetings/conference where researchers around the globe present their work related to population science, sociology and applied economics.
This year’s s PAA 2015 Annual Meeting hosted a wide range of diverse and numerous seminars by experts and industry leaders and was attended by almost 2,300 professionals. NCAER’s IHDS representatives attended professional development sessions in this conference spread over 3 days, which included a wide range of topics, Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions, Children and Youth, Health and Mortality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, Migration and Urbanization, Economy, Labor Force, Education, and Inequality, Population, Development, and the Environment and many more.
The team from NCAER and University of Maryland presented two papers and participated in five poster presentations at PAA meet. A poster by Omkar Joshi, Sonalde Desai and Reeve Vanneman titled ” Rebalancing the Gender Scales: A Case of MGNREGA” was selected as one of the Best Posters. The poster discuss changes in women’s empowerment in the context of MGNREGA.
The team, when back home, presented the posters and shared their experiences at the PAA meet with colleagues at NCAER.
IHDS is India Human Development Surveys I (2004-5) and II (2011-12) (IHDS-I and II) form part of a collaborative research program between researchers from the National Council of Applied Economic Research and the University of Maryland. Building on NCAER’s prior work in the 1990s, these surveys provide a rich empirical data base that will be available free of charge to a wide range of researchers in India and abroad, allowing for informed policy debates. The IHDS-I data are available free of charge to researchers worldwide and are being used by about 7,000 users. Public release of IHDS-II data is scheduled for June 2015.
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Dr Poonam Gupta, Senior Economist, World Bank, presented an update on the Indian Economy, at this seminar held at NCAER. World Bank’s India Development Update notes that aided by reform measures and a supportive external environment, the Indian economy seems to have turned the corner with significant improvement in economic outlook. Most indicators point toward improved macroeconomic conditions–growth has accelerated, inflation has declined, current account deficit has narrowed, and external reserves have increased. Following robust growth last year, GDP growth at market prices is expected to accelerate to 7.5 percent in 2015-2016, 7.9 percent in 2016-17 and reaching 8.0 percent in 2017-2018. Economic growth however remains lopsided, with consumption being the largest contributors. Additional drivers, such as exports and investment, need to make more significant contributions for the growth momentum to be sustainable. Spurring exports and investment will require deeper structural reforms, stepping up infrastructure investment, and decisive measures to unlock private investment.
Poonam Gupta is a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC working in the office of the Banks’ Chief Economist. She was previously the RBI Chair Professor at NIPFP. She has also worked at the International Monetary Fund and taught at the Delhi School of Economics. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of International Economics, and has been featured in The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and in leading Indian dailies. She has a Ph.D in International Economics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Please join us for a seminar on the World Bank’s latest India Development Update “Towards a Higher Growth Path”, by Dr Poonam Gupta, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
The Bank’s latest biennial India Development Update notes that aided by reform measures and a supportive external environment, the Indian economy seems to have turned the corner with significant improvement in economic outlook. Most indicators point toward improved macroeconomic conditions–growth has accelerated, inflation has declined, current account deficit has narrowed, and external reserves have increased. Following robust growth last year, GDP growth at market prices is expected to accelerate to 7.5 percent in 2015-2016, 7.9 percent in 2016-17 and reaching 8.0 percent in 2017-2018. Economic growth however remains lopsided, with consumption being the largest contributors. Additional drivers, such as exports and investment, need to make more significant contributions for the growth momentum to be sustainable. Spurring exports and investment will require deeper structural reforms, stepping up infrastructure investment, and decisive measures to unlock private investment.
Poonam Gupta is a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC working in the office of the Banks’ Chief Economist. She was previously the RBI Chair Professor at NIPFP. She has also worked at the International Monetary Fund and taught at the Delhi School of Economics. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of International Economics, and has been featured in The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and in leading Indian dailies. She has a Ph.D in International Economics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Please join us for high tea after the lecture. For queries, please contact Ms Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org, or on 91-11-2345-2669.
Please join us for a seminar on the World Bank’s latest India Development Update “Towards a Higher Growth Path”, by Dr Poonam Gupta, Senior Economist at the World Bank.
The Bank’s latest biennial India Development Update notes that aided by reform measures and a supportive external environment, the Indian economy seems to have turned the corner with significant improvement in economic outlook. Most indicators point toward improved macroeconomic conditions–growth has accelerated, inflation has declined, current account deficit has narrowed, and external reserves have increased. Following robust growth last year, GDP growth at market prices is expected to accelerate to 7.5 percent in 2015-2016, 7.9 percent in 2016-17 and reaching 8.0 percent in 2017-2018. Economic growth however remains lopsided, with consumption being the largest contributors. Additional drivers, such as exports and investment, need to make more significant contributions for the growth momentum to be sustainable. Spurring exports and investment will require deeper structural reforms, stepping up infrastructure investment, and decisive measures to unlock private investment.
Poonam Gupta is a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC working in the office of the Banks’ Chief Economist. She was previously the RBI Chair Professor at NIPFP. She has also worked at the International Monetary Fund and taught at the Delhi School of Economics. Her research has been published in leading academic journals including in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of International Economics, and has been featured in The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and in leading Indian dailies. She has a Ph.D in International Economics from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Please join us for high tea after the lecture. For queries, please contact Ms Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org, or on 91-11-2345-2669.
