Aasha Kapur Mehta
Professor
Economics
Indian Institute of Public Administration
India
Biography
She has experience of Thirty nine years of teaching and research experience as a Lecturer, Reader and Professor from 1975 to 2014. Indian Institute of Public Administration: Professor (since 1997); Reader (1986-1997) University of Delhi, Kamala Nehru College: Lecturer in Reader's Grade and Head of Department (1985-1986); Lecturer in Economics (1975-85). Her acheivements are Predoctoral Fulbright Scholar; McNamara Fellow (World Bank); Phi Kappa Phi (overall excellence in academics); Gamma Sigma Delta (excellence in agricultural economics); Recognised as an Associate of the University of Birmingham (2001); Gender Economist, Skoch Development Challenger Award 2012.
Research Interest
Her research interests are Poverty, deprivation, disparities, indicators and issues related to vulnerable groups.
Publications
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur, Das, Suparna and Satpathy, Trishna (2011). Chapter entitled ‘Beyond Micro-credit: Financial Inclusion and Micro-enterprise Development for Poverty Reduction, in a Book entitled Understanding Poverty in India’. Asian Development Bank.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur, Shepherd, Andrew, Bhide, Shashanka, Shah, Amita and Kumar, Anand (2011). ‘India Chronic Poverty Report: Towards Solutions and New Compacts in a Dynamic Context’. CPRC and IIPA.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur, Eapen, Mridul and Mishra, Yamini (2012). ‘A Critique of the Approach to the 12th Plan through a Gender Lens’. UN Women.
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Mehta, Aasha. Kapur, Pratap, Sanjay and Ali, Akhtar (2012). ‘Reviewing Flagship Programmes from a Gender Lens’: ICDS, UN Women.
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Eapen, Mridul and Mehta, Aasha Kapur (2012). ‘Gendering the Twelfth Plan: A Feminist Perspective’. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42, No. 17, April 21-27.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur and Das, Dakshita (2013). Bridging Gender Gaps: Linking Gender Budgeting with the Results Framework Document, Inclusion, Vol. 4 Issue 1, January-March.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur (2013). Poverty: Promises Made and Miles to Go, Yojana, August.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur and Pratap, Sanjay (2014). Policies and Programmes: Analysing ICDS and NRHM to understand what has worked, what has not and why? CPRC-IIPA working paper 48.
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Mehta, Aasha Kapur and Pratap, Sanjay (2014). Addressing Poverty and Malnutrition: Key Issues for Better Outcomes, Yojana, August.
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In addition to a large number of papers in the CPRC-IIPA working paper series available at www.chronicpoverty.org or Chronic Poverty Research Centre - India selected publications are:
