Professor Raghbendra Jha
Areas of expertise
- Macroeconomic Theory 140102
- Public Economics Taxation And Revenue 140215
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- Economic Models And Forecasting 140303
- International Relations 160607
- Financial Economics 140207
- Environmental Rehabilitation (Excl. Bioremediation) 050207
- Comparative Economic Systems 149901
- Transport Economics 140217
- International Economics And International Finance 140210
- Macroeconomics (Incl. Monetary And Fiscal Theory) 140212
- Welfare Economics 140219
- Industry Economics And Industrial Organisation 140209
- Economic Development And Growth 140202
- History Of Economic Thought 140101
- Labour Economics 140211
- Agricultural Economics 140201
- Other Economics 1499
Research interests
Macroeconomic problems of developing countries, optimal tax and price policy, fiscal federalism, Indian economic problems - in particular, poverty, undernutrition, functioning of agricultural markets and financial sector reforms. Teaching Areas: Public Economics, Macroeconomics.
Biography
My current areas of research interest include food security, economic and social history of India and fiscal federalism in India. My recent/forthcoming book publications include Handbook on Food: Demand, Supply, Sustainability and Security, Edward Elgar 2014; Diets, Malnutrition and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, 2014; The Economics of Food Security, (in two volumes) Edward Elgar, 2016; Facets of India’s Economy, its Society and their place in the World, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018; Hunger and Malnutrition as Major Challenges of the Twenty First Century, World Scientific Publishers, 2018. I have published dozens of books with leading publishers and more than 150 papers in journals and other refereed outlets in key areas of economics.
My areas of specialization include development economics, macro economics, and public economics. I am on the editorial boards of major economics journals and have consulted widely for national and international organizations I am a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (FWIF). My research has been funded by several organizations including the MacArthur Foundation, DFID, IFAD, Australian Research Council and AusAID, among several others.
Career highlights
Member Golden Key International Honour Society, 2009-; Biographed in Marquis Who's Who in the World. Elected Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation, 2001; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University, NY (1979); Assistant Professor, Williams College, Williamstown, MA (1979–83); Reader, Delhi School of Economics (1983–92); Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1989, 1990, 1993–94); Professor Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1994–95), Visiting Faculty, University of Warwick (1996); Professor, IGIDR, Mumbai (1995–99), Senior Professor, IGIDR, Mumbai (2000); Rajiv Gandhi Chair and Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre, ANU (since January 2001). Head, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, 2014-2017. Associate Editor, International Tax and Public Finance (since January 1999), Member Editorial Board, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies (since January 2007). Consultant to WIDER, UNDP, UNRISD, ADB, the World Bank, Government of India, Reserve Bank of India and IFAD
Researcher's projects
1. Social Safety Nets in India: Effectiveness, Nutritional Impact and Political Economy
2. IDRC-NCAER funded project on Decentralization and the Provision of Public Goods in Rural India
3. DFID Project on Food Security
4. South Asian and East Asian economic integration and Australia: strategies for Asian regional cooperation
Publications
- Jha, R, Nagarajan, H & Tagat, A 2019, 'Restricted and Unrestricted Fiscal Grants and Tax Effort of Panchayats in India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 54, no. 32, pp. 68-75.
- Jha, R 2019, 'A Review of the Indian Economy During Narendra Modi's First Term as Prime Minister, 2014-19', in Europa Publications (ed.), South Asia 2020 17th Edition, Routledge, London, pp. 206-210.
- Jha, R, Nagarajan, H & Tagat, A 2019, 'Jati, Local Public Goods and Village Governance: Private Actions and Public Outcomes', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 54, no. 49, pp. 43-49.
- Jha, R, Nagarajan, H & Tagat, A 2019, 'Jati, local public goods and village governance private actions and public outcomes', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 54, no. 49, pp. 43-50.
- Jha, R, Nagarajan, H & Tagat, A 2019, Restricted and Unrestricted Fiscal Grants and Tax Effort of Panchayats in India. Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 54, no.32, pp. 68-75, 2019
- Jha, R 2018, 'Social Welfare Functions and Development: Measurement and Policy Applications', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 146-148.
- Jha, R 2018, Facets of India's Economy and Her Society Volume I, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, United Kingdom.
- Jha, R 2018, Facets of India's Economy and Her Society Volume II, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, United Kingdom.
- Jha, R 2018, 'Book Review; India's Long Road: The Search for Prosperity', Economic Record, vol. 94, no. 305, pp. 207-209.
- Jha, R, Kang, W, Nagarajan, H et al 2018, 'Vulnerability as Expected Poverty in Rural India', South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 97-126.
- Jha, R 2018, 'Modinomics: Design, Implementation, Outcomes, and Prospects', Asian Economic Policy Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 24-41.
- Jha, R 2018, 'India: Economy', in Christopher Matthews (ed.), South Asia 2019, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN, pp. 227-232.
- Jha, R 2018, 'Introduction: Hunger and Malnutrition as Major Challenges in the 21st Century', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Hunger and Malnutrition as Major Challenges of the 21st Century (World Scientific Series in Grand Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century), World Scientific Publishing Company, Australia, pp. 3-33.
- Jha, R 2017, 'Decentralization, indirect tax reform and fiscal federalism in India', in Supriyo De (ed.), India's Fiscal Policy Prescriptions, Pragmatics and Practice, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 35-86pp.
- Jha, R 2017, 'Indian federalism beyond the financial crisis', in Richard Eccleston and Richard Krever (ed.), The Future of Federalism: Intergovernmental Financial Relations in an Age of Austerity, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK; Northhampton, MA, USA, pp. 271-290.
- Cornish, S & Jha, R 2017, 'Trevor Swan and Indian planning: the lessons of 1958/59', History of Economics Review, vol. 2017, pp. 1-24pp.
- Jha, R & Afrin, S., T 2017, 'Pattern and determinants of structural transformation in Africa', in Carlos Lopes, Abdalla Hamdok & Adam Elhiraika (ed.), Macroeconomic Policy Framework for Africa's Structural Transformation, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 63-96.
- Jha, R 2017, 'India: Economy', in (ed.), South Asia 2018, Routledge, UK.
- Jha, R 2016, 'Macroeconomic indicators--accelerating growth despite shocks', in Europa Publications (ed.), The Europa Regional Surveys of the World - South Asia 2017, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 240-247.
- Jha, R & Gaiha, R, eds, 2016, The economics of food security Volume 1, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R, Pandey, M et al 2015, 'Determinants and persistence of benefits from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme - panel data analysis for Rajasthan, India', European Journal of Development Research, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 308-329.
- Jha, R & Nguyen, K 2015, 'Estimates of trade mis-invoicing and their macroeconomic outcomes for the Indian Economy', Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 19-34.
- Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2015, 'Inflation, its volatility and the inflation-growth tradeoff in India', International Journal of Emerging Markets, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 350-361.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R, Kulkarni, V et al 2015, 'Diets, Nutrition and Poverty: Lessons from India', in Ronald J Herring (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Food, Politics, and Society, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 327-361.
- Jha, R 2014, 'Welfare schemes and social protection in India', International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 34, no. 3-4, pp. 214-231.
- Jha, R & Sharma, A 2014, 'Poverty and inequality: Redesigning intervention', in Ashima Goyal (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of The Indian Economy in the 21st Century: Understanding the Inherent Dynamism, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 249-273.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'Affluence, obesity, and non-communicable diseases in India', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 166-189.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'Policies, implementation, and impact', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 236-257.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R, Pandey, M et al. 2014, 'Food subsidy, income transfer, and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 190-235.
- Jha, R, Kaur, S, Gaiha, R et al 2014, 'National rural employment guarantee scheme and targeted public distribution scheme in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh: Complements or substitutes?', Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 164-186.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Deolalikar, A, eds, 2014, Handbook on food: demand, supply, sustainability and security, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Deolalikar, A 2014, 'Overview: Handbook on food: demand, supply, sustainability and security', in Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha & Anil B. Deolalikar (ed.), Handbook on food: demand, supply, sustainability and security, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, pp. 1-21.
- Jha, R, Imai, K & Gaiha, R 2014, 'Poverty nutrition traps', in Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha & Anil B. Deolalikar (ed.), Handbook on food: demand, supply, sustainability and security, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, pp. 246-259.
- Jha, R, Chatterjee, S, Mukherjee, A et al 2014, 'Ending hunger in Asia and the Pacific', in Shiladitya Chatterjee (ed.), Ending Asian Deprivations: Compulsions for a fair, prosperous, and equitable Asia, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, UK and New York, USA, pp. 86-107.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'Diets, malnutrition, and disease in India: An Overview', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 1-21.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Sharma, A 2014, 'Poverty nutrition traps in rural India', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 123-141.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'How pervasive is eating out in India?', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 81-99.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'Child undernutrition in India', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 142-165.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2014, 'Demand for nutrients in India, 1993-2004', in Raghav Gaiha, Raghbendra Jha & Vani S Kulkarni (ed.), Diets, Malnutrition, and Disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India, pp. 22-55.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V, eds, 2014, Diets, malnutrition, and disease: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India.
- Jha, Raghbendra "Welfare Schemes and Social Protection in India" International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 34, issue 3/4, pp.214-231, 2014
- Jha, R & Chaudhri, D 2013, 'India's gender bias in child population, female education and growing prosperity: 1951-2011', International Review of Applied Economics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 23-43.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Pandey, M 2013, 'Body mass index, participation, duration of work and earnings under the national rural employment guarantee scheme: Evidence from Rajasthan', Journal of Asian Economics, vol. 26, no. (2013), pp. 14-30.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Kulkarni, V 2013, 'How Pervasive is Eating Out in India?', Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 370-386.
- Sambit, B & Jha, R 2013, 'Economic Growth, Law, and Corruption: Evidence from India', Comparitive Economic Studies, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 287-313.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R, Pandey, M et al 2013, 'Food subsidy, income transfer and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states', Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 887-908.
- Gaiha, R, Jha, R & Kulkarni, V 2013, 'Demand for nutrients in India: 1993 to 2004', Applied Economics, vol. 45, no. 14, pp. 1869-1886.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R, Shankar, S et al 2013, 'Targeting Accuracy of the NREG: Evidence from Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu', European Journal of Development Research, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 758-777.
- Bhattacharyya,S & Jha, R. (2013) 'Economic Growth, Law, and Corruption: Evidence from India' Comparative Economic Studies, doi:10.1057/ces.2013.4
- Jha, R., Gaiha, R. & Pandey, M. 'Body Mass Index, participation, duration of work and earnings under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Rajasthan' Journal of Asian Economics, vol. 26, no.1, pp. 14-30.
- Chaudhri, D & Jha, R 2012, 'Child poverty and compulsory elementary education in India: Policy insights from household data analysis', Indian Journal of Human Development, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-30.
- Ferrarini, B, Jha, R & Ramayandi, A 2012, 'Conclusions and other country perspectives', in Benno Ferrarini, Raghbendra Jha, and Arief Ramayandi (ed.), Public debt sustainability in developing Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 193-211.
- Ferrarini, B, Jha, R & Ramayandi, A 2012, 'Introduction', in Benno Ferrarini, Raghbendra Jha, and Arief Ramayandi (ed.), Public debt sustainability in developing Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 1-13.
- Jha, R 2012, 'Analytical approaches to assessing public debt sustainability', in Benno Ferrarini, Raghbendra Jha, and Arief Ramayandi (ed.), Public debt sustainability in developing Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 14-46.
- Jha, R 2012, 'Investment and Subsidies in Indian Agriculture: One Variation on a Theme by Dr Raja J Chelliah', in D.K. Srivastava and U. Sankar (ed.), Development and Public Finance: Essays in Honour of Raja J. Chelliah, Sage Publications Inc, New Delhi, pp. 296-303.
- Sharma, A & Jha, R 2012, 'Fiscal deficits, banking crises and policy reversal in a semi-open economy', Economic Modelling, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 271-282.
- Jha, R & Dang, N 2012, 'Education and the Vulnerability to Food Inadequacy in Timor-Leste', Oxford Development Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 341-357.
- Ferrarini, B, Jha, R & Ramayandi, A, eds, 2012, Public debt sustainability in developing Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York.
- Jha, R & Gaiha, R 2012, 'NREGS: Interpreting the official statistics', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 47, no. 40, pp. 18-22.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Pandey, M 2012, 'Net transfer benefits under India's rural employment guarantee scheme', Journal of Policy Modeling, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 296-311.
- Gaiha, R, Shankar, S & Jha, R 2011, 'Information, Access and Targeting: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India', Oxford Development Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 69-95.
- Jha, R 2011, 'Overview of the South Asian economy', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 1-16.
- Jha, R, ed., 2011, Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York.
- Jha, R 2011, 'Fiscal policies and challenges in South Asia', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York, pp. 171-182.
- Chaudhri, D & Jha, R 2011, 'Child poverty, demographic transition and gender bias in education in India: Household data analysis (1993-94 and 2004-05)', Indian Economic Journal, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 1-28.
- Jha, R 2011, 'Inflation, Macroeconomic Policy and Hunger: A Variation on a Theme by C Rangarajan', in Sameer Kochhar (ed.), Growth and Finance: Essays in Honour of C. Rangarajan, Academic Foundation, New Delhi India, pp. 63-77.
- Jha, R & Dang, N 2011, 'Inflation variability and the relationship between inflation and growth', Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, vol. Online 14 Dec 2011, pp. 1-15.
- Jha, R, Bhattacharyya, S & Gaiha, R 2011, 'Temporal variation of capture of anti-poverty programs: Rural public works and food for work programs in rural India', International Review of Applied Economics, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 349-362.
- Jha, R, Bhattacharyya, S & Gaiha, R 2011, 'Social safety nets and nutrient deprivation: An analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program and the Public Distribution System in India', Journal of Asian Economics, vol. 22 no.2 2011 p. 13.
- Jha, R 2006, 'Book Review: The WTO and Sustainable Development, by G Sampson, UNU/WIDER', Development and Change, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1152-54.
- Jha, R 2006, 'Book Review: The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS, by M Haacker (ed.), IMF', Economic Record, vol. 82, no. 259, pp. 497-8.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Book Review: Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and the WTO, by R. Peet et al., Zed Books, 2003', Development and Change, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 184-6.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Book Review: India and the Politics of Developing Countries-Essays in Memory of Myron Weiner', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 574-5.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Book Review: India-ASEAN Partnership in an Era of Globalization, Reflections, by Eminent Persons, RIS', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 399-400.
- Jha, R & Singh, S 2001, 'Small is efficient: A frontier approach to cost inefficiencies in Indian staff road transport undertakings', International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 95-114.
- Jha, R 2000, 'Growth, inequality and poverty in India: Spatial and temporal characteristics', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. March, no. 2000, pp. 921-928.
- Jha, R & Saggar, M 2000, 'Towards a more rational IMF quota structure: Suggestions for the creation of a new international financial architecture', Development and Change, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 579-604.
- Jha, R & Nagarajan, H 2000, 'The structure and price efficiency of an emerging market1', International Journal of Commerce and Management, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 50-59.
- Jha, R, Chitkara, P & Gupta, S 2000, 'Productivity, technical and allocative efficiency and farm size in wheat farming in India: A DEA approach', Applied Economics Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-5.
- Jha, R & Rhodes, M 1999, 'Some imperatives of the green revolution: technical efficiency and ownership of inputs in Indian agriculture', Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, vol. April 1999, pp. 57-64.
- Jha, R, Mohanty, M, Chatterjee, S et al 1999, 'Tax efficiency in selected Indian states', Empirical Economics, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 641-654.
- Jha, R, Murthy, K, Nagarajan, H et al 1999, 'Components of the wholesale bid-ask spread and the structure of grain markets: The case of rice in India', Agricultural Economics, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 173-189.
- Boadway, R, Horiba, I & Jha, R 1999, 'The provision of public services by government funded decentralized agencies', Public Choice, vol. 100, no. 3-4, pp. 157-184.
- Jha, R & Majumdar, S 1999, 'A matter of connections: OECD telecommunications sector productivity and the role of cellular technology diffusion', Information Economics and Policy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 243-269.
- Jha, R, Murthy, K, Nagarajan, H et al 1999, 'Real consumption levels and public distribution system in India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 34, no. 15, pp. 919-927.
- Jha, R & Nagarajan, H 1998, 'Wholesaler stocks and hoarding in rice markets in India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 33, no. 41, pp. 2658-2661.
- Jha, R, Murty, M, Paul, S et al. 1993, 'An Analysis of Technological Change, Factor Substitution and Economies of Scale in Indian Manufacturing Industries in India', Applied Economics, vol. 25, pp. 1337-1343.
- Jha, R, Murty, M, Paul, S et al. 1991, 'Cost structure of India's iron and steel industry: Allocative efficiency, economies of scale and biased technical progress', Resources Policy, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 22-30.
- Jha, R, Murty, M, Sahni, B et al. 1991, 'Allocative Efficiency, Scale Economies and Technical Progress in the Gas and Electricity Industry of India', The Journal of Energy and Development, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 307-320.
- Jha, R, Murty, M & Paul, S 1991, 'Technological Change, Factor Substitution, and Economies of Scale in Selected Manufacturing Industries in India', Journal of Quantitative Economics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 165-178.
- Jha, R, Murty, M & Paul, S 1991, 'On Setting Prices for Public Sector Manufacturing Goods in India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. M2-M6.
- Jha, R, Murty, M, Paul, S et al. 1991, 'Cost Structure of the Indian Cement Industry', Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 59-67.
- Jha, R, Murty, M & Paul, S 1990, Pricing of Postal Services in India, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Shankar, S 2010, 'National rural employment guarantee programme in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan: some recent evidence', Contemporary South Asia, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 205-213.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Sharma, A 2010, 'Mean consumption, Poverty and Inequality in Rural India in the 60th Round of the National Sample Survey', Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 485-503.
- Jha, R & Dang, N 2010, 'Vulnerability to Poverty in Papua New Guinea in 1996', Asian Economic Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 235-251.
- Jha, R, Bhattacharyya, S, Gaiha, R et al 2009, '"Capture" of anti-poverty programs: An analysis of the national rural employment guarantee program in India', Journal of Asian Economics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 456-464.
- Jha, R & Dang, N 2009, 'Vulnerability to poverty in selected Central Asian countries', European Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 17-50.
- Jha, R 2009, 'Inflation targeting and the design of monetary policy in India', in Gerald A Epstein & A Erinc Yeldan (ed.), Beyond Inflation Targeting: Assessing the Impacts and Policy Alternatives, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, pp. 248-270.
- Jha, R, Dang, N & Tashrifov, Y 2009, 'Economic vulnerability and poverty in Tajikistan', Economic Change and Restructuring, vol. 10644 online, no. 21 September 2009, p. 18.
- Jha, R, Dang, N & Sharma, K 2009, 'Vulnerability to poverty in Fiji', International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 51-68.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Sharma, A 2009, 'Calorie and Micronutrient Deprivation and Poverty Nutrition Traps in Rural India', World Development, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 982-991.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Sharma, A 2009, 'Modelling variety in consumption expenditure on food in India', International Review of Applied Economics, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 503-519.
- Jha, R 2009, Modern Public Economics (2nd ed), Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London & New York.
- Jha, R 2008, 'Wachstumsland Indien: Uberwundene Hindernisse und (translation: India, A country of Growth: Overcome obstacles and structural strengths)', in Beatrice Weder di Mauro (ed.), Chancen des Wachstums: Globale Perspektiven fur den Wohlstand von morgen, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, New York, pp. 197-224.
- Jha, R 2008, 'Introduction to the Volume', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK and New York, pp. 1-4.
- Jha, R, ed., 2008, The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK and New York.
- Jha, R, Murthy, K & Sharma, A 2008, 'Market Integration in Indian Agriculture', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK and New York, pp. 233-246.
- Jha, R, Gaiha, R & Shankar, S 2008, 'Reviewing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 44-48.
- Jha, R & Bhati, U 2008, 'Economic Determinants of Newsprint Consumption in India: A Time Series Analysis', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK and New York, pp. 288-298.
- Jha, R & Longjam, I 2008, 'A Divisa Type Saving Aggregate for India', Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 51-66.
- Jha, R 2008, 'The Indian Economy: Current Performance and Short-Term Prospects', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK and New York, pp. 17-38.
- Jha, R 2008, 'Inflation Targeting in India - Issues and Prospects', International Review of Applied Economics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 259-270.
- Jha, R 2008, 'Fiscal Policy', in Amitava Krishna Dutt and Jaime Ros (ed.), International Handbook of Development Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, pp. 305-317.
- Jha, R 2008, 'Economic Reforms and Human Development Indicators in India', Asian Economic Policy Review, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 290-310.
- Jha, R 2007, 'Vulnerability and Natural Disasters in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Kyrgyz Republic', Indian Economic Journal, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 61-75.
- Jha, R 2007, 'Emergence, Severity,and Contours of the Fiscal Deficit in India and South Asia', in Anjum Siddiqui (ed.), India and South Asia: Economic Developments in the Age of Globalization, M E Sharpe Inc, Armonk, New Yord & London, England, pp. 116-138.
- Jha, R 2007, 'The Economic Contributions of Edmund Phelps: An Appreciation', Indian Economic Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 174-178.
- Jha, R 2007, 'Book Review: Federalism and the Market: Intergovernmental Conflict and Economic Reform in the Developing World by Erik Wibbels', Development and Change, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 358-359.
- Jha, R, Biswal, B & Biswal, U 2007, 'An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Public Expenditures on Education and Health on Poverty in Indian States', in Albert Tavidze (ed.), Global Economics - New Research, Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, pp. 129-147.
- Jha, R 2007, 'Book Review: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in India', Pacific Affairs, vol. tba, p. 5.
- Jha, R 2007, 'Vulnerability of Consumption Growth in Rural India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 711-715.
- Bhati, U & Jha, R 2006, 'Emerging opportunities for Australia in India's paper and paperboard market', Australian Forest Growers National Conference 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Australian Forest Growers, Launceston Australia, pp. 66-77.
- Jha, R, ed., 2006, The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy, ANU ePress, ANU, Canberra.
- Jha, R 2006, 'Pro-Poor fiscal policy in the globalized economy', in Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), Pro-Poor Macroeconomics: Potential and Limitations, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, London & New York, pp. 27-48.
- Jha, R & Longjam, I 2006, 'Structure of financial savings during Indian economic reforms', Empirical Economics Letters, The, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 861-869.
- Jha, R 2006, 'IMF quota increase: Indefensible decision', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 39, pp. 4103-4104.
- Jha, R 2006, 'Introduction [to The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy]', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy, ANU ePress, ANU, Canberra, pp. ix-xiv.
- Jha, R & Murthy, K 2006, Environmental Sustainability: A consumption Approach, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Back to Basics: A way forward for World Trade Organisation Negotiations', in T. N. Srinivasan (ed.), South Asian Positions in the WTO Doha Round: In Search of A True Development Agenda, CUTS International, Jaipur, India, pp. 45-61.
- Jha, R, ed., 2005, Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Financial Norms: Complying with Standards', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 912-913.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Alleviating Environmental Degradation in the Asia Pacific Region: International Co-operation and the Role of Issue Linkage', in Richard Blandy (ed.), Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects, OECD, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, pp. 191-234.
- Huh, H, Jha, R & Koo, C 2005, 'Debt Sustainability in East Asia after the Financial Crisis', Journal of the Korean Economy, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 195-214.
- Jha, R, Murthy, K & Sharma, A 2005, 'Fragmentation of Wholesale Rice Markets in India', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 40, no. 53, pp. 5571-5577.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Overview of the Volume: Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia', in R Jha (ed.), Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK, pp. 1-8.
- Jha, R 2005, 'The Political Economy of Recent Economic Growth in India', in R Jha (ed.), Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK, pp. 28-51.
- Jha, R 2005, 'Recent Trends in FDI Flows and Prospects for India', in R Jha (ed.), Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK, pp. 305-322.
- Jha, R & Sharma, A 2004, 'Structural breaks, unit roots, and cointegration: A further test of the sustainibility of the Indian fiscal Deficit', Public Finance Review, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 196-219.
- Jha, R 2004, 'Innovative sources of development finance', The World Economy, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 193-214.
- Jha, R 2004, 'Calorie deficiency in rural India in the last three quinquennial rounds of the NSS', in M Bhattacharya, R Smyth and M Vicziany (ed.), South Asia in the Era of Globalization, Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York, USA, pp. 195-220.
- Anand, A & Jha, R 2004, 'Budgetary subsidies and fiscal deficit: case of Maharashtra', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 39, no. 34, pp. 3827-34.
- Huang, Y & Jha, R 2004, 'China and India: short-term macroeconomic outlook', in Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song (ed.), China: Is rapid growth sustainable?, Asia Pacific Press, ANU, Canberra, pp. 23-38.
- Jha, R 2004, 'Optimistic assumptions', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 39, no. 33, pp. 3665-66.
- Jha, R 2004, 'Reducing poverty and inequality in India: Has liberalization helped?', in Giovanni Andrea Cornia (ed.), Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization, Oxford University Press, New York, United States, pp. 297-326.
- Jha, R 2004, 'The macroeconomics of fiscal policy in developing countries', in Tony Addison and Alan Roe (ed.), Fiscal Policy for Development: Poverty, Reconstruction and Growth, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, US, pp. 24-45.
- Jha, R 2003, 'The challenge of fiscal reform in India', in Parthasarathi Banerjee and Frank-Jurgen Rishter (ed.), Economic Institutions in India: sustainability under liberalization and globalization, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, USA, pp. 15-34.
- Jha, R, ed., 2003, Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States.
- Jha, R, Chand, S & Sharma, A 2003, 'The Fiscal Constraint on India's Economic Growth', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 153-163.
- Jha, R & Murthy, K 2003, 'An Inverse Global Environmental Kuznets Curve', Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 352-368.
- Jha, R 2003, Macroeconomics for Developing Countries, 2nd edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, England.
- Jha, R 2003, 'Rural Poverty in India: Structure, determinants and suggestions for policy reform', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 390-416.
- Jha, R & Rath, D 2003, 'On the Endogeneity of the Money Multiplier in India', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 51-72.
- Jha, R & Sharma, A 2003, 'Spatial distribution of rural property :last three quinquennial rounds of NSS', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XXXVIII, no. 47, pp. 4985-93.
- Jha, R 2003, 'Fiscal Consolidation', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 38, no. 12-13, pp. 1102-1103.
- Jha, R 2003, 'Indian economics reforms: An introduction to the volume', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 3-10.
- Jha, R & Thapa, P 2003, 'India's Infrastructure Sector', in Raghbendra Jha (ed.), Indian Economic Reforms, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, New York, United States, pp. 334-354.
- Jha, R & Nagarajan, H 2002, 'Wholesale spreads and the dynamics of retail price volatility in Indian rice markets', Applied Economics Letters, vol. 9, pp. 387-390.
- Jha, R 2002, 'Downward rigidity of Indian interest rates', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XXXVII, no. 5, pp. 469-74.
- Jha, R, Panda, M & Ranade, A 2002, 'An Asian perspective on a world environmental organisation', The World Economy, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 643-57.
- George, S, Jha, R & Nagarajan, H 2002, 'The evolution and structure of the two-wheeler industry in India', International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. XXIX, no. 1, pp. 64-89.
- Jha, R & Nagarajan, H 2002, 'Noisy vertical markets', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. XXXVII, no. 51, pp. 5135-41.
- Jha, R & Saggar, M 2001, 'The Demand for Money in Select SADC Countries: Structure, Policy and a Comparison with the ASEAN Countries', in Peter Lawrence and Colin Thirtle (ed.), Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. 202-220.
- Jha, R & Donde, K 2001, 'The Real Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Money: A Test of the Barro Proposition in the Indian Context', Indian Economic Journal, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 21-30.
- Jha, R & Whalley, J 2001, 'The Environmental Regime in Developing Countries', in Carlo Carraro and Gilbert E. Metcalf (ed.), Behaviorial and Distribution Effects of Environmental Policy, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 217-242.
- Jha, R & Singh, S 2001, 'Small is Efficient: A Frontier Approach to Cost Inefficiencies in Indian State Road Transport Sector', International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 95-114.
- Jha, R & Saggar, M 2001, 'Determinants of Sovereign Borrowings from IMF', Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 36, pp. 3467-3471.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- ASARC Narayanan Oration 2017 (Primary Investigator)
- ASARC Narayanan Oration (Primary Investigator)
- 2012 K R Narayanan Oration by Dr Kaushik Basu (Primary Investigator)
- 2011 KR Narayanan Oration (Primary Investigator)
- 2010 K R Narayan Oration (Primary Investigator)
- Rural Governance and Inclusive Growth (Primary Investigator)
- South Asian and East Asian economic integration and Australia: strategies for Asian regional cooperation (Secondary Investigator)
- Social Safety Nets in India: Effectiveness, Nutritional Impact and Political Economy (Primary Investigator)