Coming to grips with rural child work
By: edited by Mira Ramachandran, Lionel Massün ; foreword by K.C. Pant.
Contributors: Ramachandran, Nira.; Massün, Lionel.; Institute of Human Development (India); World Food Programme.
Publisher: Institute for Human Development & United Nations World Food Programme; Distributed by Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Child labor -- India -- Congresses.; Rural children -- India -- Congresses.; Food supply -- India -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Contributed articles presented at Consultative Workshop on Food Insecurity and Child Work in Rural India jointly organized by Institute of Human Development and the World Food Programme at India International Centre, Delhi.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subtitle on cover: A food security approach.
Includes statistical tables.
Table of contents: title: Food security and child work in rural India / G. Daly, D. Bhattacharyya and B. P. Dash; title: Girl child labour and food insecurity in India / Sudha Deshpande; title: Household food security and activity status of children / Anil Gumber and D. B. Gupta; title: Food insecurity and children in Madhya Pradesh : a need for structural change / Aseem Prakash; title: Educational deprivation and employment status of children in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa : evidences from NFHS-2 / Parveen Nangia and Nizamuddin Khan; title: Investing in poor : a food credit scheme for rural households / Pravesh Sharma, Aoditti Mehtta and Pedro Medrano