Reports and Documents

India has unacceptable levels of rural poverty, estimated at 42%. In some of the northern and north‐eastern states, there is an even higher level of rural poverty. Government of India has been deeply concerned about rural poverty in India. To eradicate rural poverty, National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) has been established.

Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) including internet, mobile based communications are increasingly becoming pervasive and integral to day‐t‐day functioning of our lives‐ whether personal or official.

This report presents initial findings from Round 3 of the Young Lives survey of children and poverty carried out in Andhra Pradesh in late 2009, supplemented by information from more in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the children in 2008 and 2010.

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation administers the National Rural Drinking Water programme (NRDWP) instituted from 1/4/2009, through which support is extended to the states for implementing rural domestic water supply schemes.

This report documents good practices and lessons learned in addressing energy poverty and expanding energy services for the poor. It draws from the experiences of 17 energy access programmes and projects in the Asia-Pacific region.

Recognizing the changing scope and character of private sector participation in Indian urban water supply services, the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has undertaken a study to review these projects. This study reviews trends and

This paper assesses a strategy proposed for rehabilitating 1200 of the larger tanks in Rajasthan. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems—which lies at the center of the mainstream thinking on rehabilitating surface irrigation systems--is very likely to result in a flawed strategy when applied to tanks.

This report presents initial findings from Round 3 of the Young Lives survey of children and poverty carried out in Andhra Pradesh in late 2009, supplemented by information from more in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the children in 2008 and 2010.

This paper discusses the method and results of a trend assessment of global CO2 emissions up to 2010 and updates the previous assessment of CO2 emissions up to and including 2009 (Olivier and Peters, 2010).

Transport has a powerful impact on health and that influence on health is growing globally along with increased mobility. The transport sector also offers major potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, making transport policies an important area of attention in the climate change field.