Most cited papers in Social and Economic Development in India
What are the most cited papers in Social and Economic Development in India?
The most cited paper in Social and Economic Development in India is "Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment" (Naila Kabeer, 1999), with 4,863 citations. Next come "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." (4,044) and "The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector" (1,876).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 221 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment Naila Kabeer · Development and Change | Jul 1999 | 4,863 |
| 2 | The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life. Samuel H. Preston, Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles A. Murray · Population and Development Review | Sep 1995 | 4,044 |
| 3 | The Digital Provide: Information (Technology), Market Performance, and Welfare in the South Indian Fisheries Sector Robert T. Jensen · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | 30 Jul 2007 | 1,876 |
| 4 | Rural credit programs and women's empowerment in Bangladesh Syed Hashemi, Sidney Ruth Schuler, Ann P. Riley · World Development | Apr 1996 | 1,349 |
| 5 | The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty Françoìs Bourguignon, Satya Ranjan Chakravarty · The Journal of Economic Inequality | Apr 2003 | 1,287 |
| 6 | Building Inclusive Markets in Rural Bangladesh: How Intermediaries Work Institutional Voids Johanna Mair, Ignasi Lanuza Martí, Marc J. Ventresca · Academy of Management Journal | 26 Jul 2012 | 1,197 |
| 7 | Conflicts Over Credit: Re-Evaluating the Empowerment Potential of Loans to Women in Rural Bangladesh Naila Kabeer · World Development | 2001 | 1,111 |
| 8 | The Economics of Caste and of the Rat Race and Other Woeful Tales George A. Akerlof · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1976 | 1,017 |
| 9 | Dimensions of Human Development Sabina Alkire · World Development | Feb 2002 | 976 |
| 10 | Growth and redistribution components of changes in poverty measures : a decomposition with applications to Brazil and India in the 1980s Gaurav Datt, Martin Ravallion · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics | Jun 1991 | 847 |
| 11 | Attitudes Toward Risk: Theoretical Implications of an Experiment in Rural India Hans P. Binswanger · The Economic Journal | Dec 1981 | 767 |
| 12 | PRESSURE: The PoliTechnics of Water Supply in Mumbai Nikhil Anand · Cultural Anthropology | 13 Oct 2011 | 725 |
| 13 | Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence on Poverty from India Petia B. Topalova · American Economic Journal Applied Economics | Oct 2010 | 674 |
| 14 | is homo hierarchicus? Arjun Appadurai · American Ethnologist | Nov 1986 | 672 |
| 15 | Why has economic growth been more pro-poor in some states of India than others? Martin Ravallion, Gaurav Datt · Journal of Development Economics | Aug 2002 | 667 |
| 16 | Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster · Journal of Public Economics | 3 Dec 2010 | 650 |
| 17 | Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World: Caste, Gender, and Schooling Choice in a Globalizing Economy Kaivan D. Munshi, Mark Richard Rosenzweig · American Economic Review | Sep 2006 | 623 |
| 18 | Government Spending, Growth and Poverty in Rural India Shenggen Fan, Peter Hazell, Sukhadeo Thorat · American Journal of Agricultural Economics | Nov 2000 | 598 |
| 19 | Utilization of maternal health care services in Southern India Kannan Navaneetham, A Dharmalingam · Social Science & Medicine | 7 Oct 2002 | 597 |
| 20 | Rural Roads and Local Economic Development Sam Asher, Paul Michael Novosad · American Economic Review | 28 Feb 2020 | 587 |
| 21 | THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM: OPERATIONALIZING SEN'S IDEAS ON CAPABILITIES Sakiko Fukuda‐Parr · Feminist Economics | 2003 | 554 |
| 22 | Beyond panaceas in water institutions Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 19 Sep 2007 | 554 |
| 23 | Assessing women's empowerment: towards a conceptual framework Sarah Mosedale · Journal of International Development | 2005 | 534 |
| 24 | Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India Aradhana Sharma · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) | 22 Oct 2008 | 496 |
| 25 | Caste and development: Contemporary perspectives on a structure of discrimination and advantage David Mosse · World Development | 21 Jun 2018 | 475 |
| 26 | Demonstrated Benefits from Social Capital: The Productivity of Farmer Organizations in Gal Oya, Sri Lanka Norman T. Uphoff, C. M. Wijayaratna · World Development | Nov 2000 | 468 |
| 27 | Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India Subrata Κ. Mitra · Perspectives on Politics | Mar 2005 | 460 |
| 28 | INTRAHOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION OF NUTRIENTS IN RURAL INDIA: ARE BOYS FAVORED? DO PARENTS EXHIBIT INEQUALITY AVERSION? Jere Richard Behrman · Oxford Economic Papers | Mar 1988 | 458 |
| 29 | Putting a Band-Aid on a Corpse: Incentives for Nurses in the Indian Public Health Care System Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster · Journal of the European Economic Association | Apr 2008 | 434 |
| 30 | On multidimensional indices of poverty Martin Ravallion · The Journal of Economic Inequality | 21 Mar 2011 | 426 |
| 31 | Irrigation and poverty alleviation: review of the empirical evidence Intizar Hussain, Munir A. Hanjra · Irrigation and Drainage | 29 Jan 2004 | 426 |
| 32 | The Developing World’s Bulging (but Vulnerable) Middle Class Martin Ravallion · World Development | 7 Dec 2009 | 414 |
| 33 | The Idea of India Devendra Nath Panigrahi | 14 Apr 2016 | 412 |
| 34 | Creating mutual value: Lessons learned from ventures serving base of the pyramid producers Ted London, Ravi Anupindi, Sateen Sheth · Journal of Business Research | 20 Jul 2009 | 409 |
| 35 | Farm productivity and rural poverty in India Gaurav Datt, Martin Ravallion · The Journal of Development Studies | Apr 1998 | 401 |
| 36 | Contracting Out Solutions: Political Economy of Contract Farming in the Indian Punjab Sukhpal Singh · World Development | 30 Aug 2002 | 395 |
| 37 | Development Alternatives in an Open Economy: The Case of Israel Hollis B. Chenery, Michael Bruno · The Economic Journal | Mar 1962 | 391 |
| 38 | Unpacking the Strength of the State: The Utility of State Infrastructural Power Hillel David Soifer, Matthias vom Hau · Studies in Comparative International Development | 27 Aug 2008 | 391 |
| 39 | A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY—A REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR AMARTYA SEN Peter David Townsend · Oxford Economic Papers | Dec 1985 | 381 |
| 40 | Nirvana concepts, narratives and policy models : insights from the water sector François Molle · Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) | 2008 | 379 |
| 41 | Counting the World's Poor: Problems and Possible Solutions Angus Deaton · The World Bank Research Observer | Sep 2001 | 366 |
| 42 | Migration, Money and Masculinity in Kerala Filippo Osella, Caroline Osella · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Mar 2000 | 365 |
| 43 | Measurement of Women’s Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh Simeen Mahmud, Nirali M. Shah, Stan Becker · World Development | 26 Sep 2011 | 363 |
| 44 | The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads: Evidence from Bangladesh Shahidur R. Khandker, Zaid Bakht, Gayatri Koolwal · Economic Development and Cultural Change | 13 May 2009 | 362 |
| 45 | Decolonising global health: if not now, when? Ali Murad Büyüm, Cordelia Kenney, Andrea Koris et al. · BMJ Global Health | Aug 2020 | 361 |
| 46 | Do rural roads create pathways out of poverty? Evidence from India Shilpa Aggarwal · Journal of Development Economics | 22 Mar 2018 | 355 |
| 47 | Serving the world's poor: innovation at the base of the economic pyramid Jamie Anderson, Niels Billou · Journal of Business Strategy | 28 Feb 2007 | 348 |
| 48 | In Vindication of the Ghosh Model: A Reinterpretation as a Price Model Erik Dietzenbacher · Journal of Regional Science | Nov 1997 | 342 |
| 49 | Between Affiliation and Autonomy: Navigating Pathways of Women's Empowerment and Gender Justice in Rural Bangladesh Naila Kabeer · Development and Change | Mar 2011 | 341 |
| 50 | Electricity provision and industrial development: Evidence from India Juan Pablo Rud · Journal of Development Economics | 5 Jul 2011 | 326 |
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