Documents & Reports
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Sowing the Seeds of Equity and Prosperity : Agricultural Competitiveness in India (English)
This note discusses agricultural competitiveness in India in recent years, while highlighting path-breaking innovations, interventions, and challenges on the road ahead. While India has evolved as a leader...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 191884 Document Date: October 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Manivannan Pathy,Shantanu Kumar,Deepti Kakkar
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Gender-Focused Financial Inclusion in Rural India : Past, Present and the Road Ahead (English)
Access to safe, affordable, and timely credit, insurance, savings and other financial services is a critical tool for poverty reduction and the welfare of the rural poor. Its pivotal role as a buffer against...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 191883 Document Date: October 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amit Arora,Alreena Renita Pinto,Shreya Ramnath
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Carbon Neutral Farming : Securing Robust Food Systems and Climate-Resilient Livelihoods (English)
Intimately linked to each other, and deeply intertwined with the world’s economies, cultures, health and environment, agriculture and food systems find themselves at the heart of the global call for transformative...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 191880 Document Date: October 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alreena Renita Pinto,Shantanu Kumar,Shreya Ramnath
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Community Institutions Count : Building on Federated Institutions’ COVID-19 Response for a Stronger Future (English)
By early 2021, it became evident that the second wave of COVID-19 in India would adversely impact public health, economic growth, and food security. Even the countryside, mostly unscathed by the first...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 191881 Document Date: October 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shantanu Kumar,Alreena Renita Pinto,Shreya Ramnath
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Promising State Initiatives to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Agricultural Services (English)
This discussion note presents the summary learnings from seven case studies of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support land-poor farmers especially the landless, tenants...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167076 Document Date: April 5, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes,Choudhury, Pranab Ranjan,Das,Samik Sundar
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Informally Register Farmers’ Customary Land Rights in Tribal Areas (English)
This discussion note describes an intervention to informally register customary land rights in the Manipur Hills.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167077 Document Date: April 5, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gupta,Arshia
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Build Farmers’ Land Rights Awareness and Last-Mile Access to Legal Aid (English)
This discussion note profiles approaches for building poor farmers’ legal awareness and access to legal support to resolve land disputes.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167080 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Madhavan Kutty,Balakrishnan
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Agricultural Land Leasing Reform in India (English)
This discussion note summarizes India’s efforts to strengthen the land rights of poor and vulnerable farmers through land leasing reform and provides recommendations to ensure that tenant, women, and Dalit...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167083 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes,Choudhury,Pranab Ranjan
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Increase Land Access for Land-Poor Women Farmers (English)
This discussion note highlights cross-state experiences with subsidizing land purchases by poor women and facilitating women’s group land leasing to increase their productivity and income.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167078 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Help Vulnerable Farmers Access Formal Land Records (English)
This discussion note profiles approaches for supporting farmers to obtain legal recognition of their informal land rights through government land allocation programs and joint titling.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167079 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Youssefi-Vash,Farbod
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Promising State Initiatives to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Agricultural Services (English)
This discussion note presents the summary learnings from seven case studies of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support land-poor farmers - especially the landless, tenants...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167076 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes,Choudhury,Pranab Ranjan,Das,Samik Sundar
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Informally Register Farmers’ Customary Land Rights in Tribal Areas (English)
This discussion note describes an intervention to informally register customary land rights in the Manipur Hills.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167077 Document Date: June 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gupta,Arshia
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Help Vulnerable Farmers Access Formal Land Records (English)
This discussion note profiles approaches for supporting farmers to obtain legal recognition of their informal land rights through government land allocation programs and joint titling.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167079 Document Date: May 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Youssefi-Vash,Farbod
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Increase Land Access for Land-Poor Women Farmers (English)
This discussion note highlights cross-state experiences with subsidizing land purchases by poor women and facilitating women’s group land leasing to increase their productivity and income.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167078 Document Date: May 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Agricultural Land Leasing Reform in India (English)
This discussion note summarizes India’s efforts to strengthen the land rights of poor and vulnerable farmers through land leasing reform and provides recommendations to ensure that tenant, women, and Dalit...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167083 Document Date: May 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes,Choudhury, Pranab Ranjan
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Promising State Initiatives to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Agricultural Services (English)
This discussion note presents the summary learnings from seven case studies of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support land-poor farmers - especially the landless, tenants...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167076 Document Date: May 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Stickler,Meredith Mercedes,Choudhury, Pranab Ranjan,Das,Samik Sundar
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Strategies to Increase Poor Farmers’ Access to Land and Related Benefits in India : Informally Register Farmers’ Customary Land Rights in Tribal Areas (English)
This discussion note describes an intervention to informally register customary land rights in the Manipur Hills.
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 167077 Document Date: May 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gupta,Arshia
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The North East Rural Livelihood Project : The Last Mile - Enhancing Livelihoods in the North East Region (English)
The North Eastern Region (NER) of India comprises eight states. The majority of the region’s population lives in rural areas, and agriculture and allied activities form the backbone of people’s livelihoods...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 165779 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakkar,Deepti
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For the People, By the People : Women’s Empowerment and Social Inclusion in the North East Region (English)
To respond to the extant social, cultural, and economic diversity and inequities across project areas, the North East Rural Livelihoods Project (NERLP) adopted social inclusion and empowerment as a core...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 165785 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Seth, Prerna,Kakkar,Deepti,Srivastava, Aparna
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The North East Rural Livelihood Project : Empowering Rural Youth - The Benefits and Challenges of Skill Development in the North East Region (English)
The North Eastern Region (NER) of India comprises eight states. The majority of the region’s population lives in rural areas, and agriculture and allied activities form the backbone of people’s livelihoods...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 165774 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakkar,Deepti