Economic Development in Palanpur, A North Indian Village

• Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
• Dr Ruth Kattumuri
• Dr Himanshu
• Dr Peter Lanjouw

• Gajanand Ahirwal
• Hemendra Ahirwar
• Ishan Bakshi
• Aditi Banerjee
• Florian Bersier
• Tushar Bharati
• Barkha Bhatnagar
• Diya Bhatnagar
• Ruchira Bhattacharya
• Jean Dreze
• Sarthak Gaurav
• Neeraj Goswami
• Sidhharth Gupta
• Bhavna Joshi
• Japneet Kaur
• Sidhharth Kaushal
• Archana Kesarwani
• Chaitanya Khandelwal
• Jitendar Kumar
• Rakesh Kumar
• Manju Kumari
• Bertrand Lefebvre
• Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
• Tom O'Keeffe
• Priyanka Pande
• Shilpi Rani
• M Sangeetha
• Sudipa Sarkar
• Milad Khatib Shahidi
• Naresh Kumar Sharma
• Dipa Sinha
• Gautam Kumar Sinha
• Vaishnavi Surendra
• Rishav Thakur
• Dinesh Kumar Tiwari
• Ashish Tyagi

• Himanshu, Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (2018). How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics. Oxford University Press.
• Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (2018). Economic Development in Palanpur over Five Decades. Oxford University Press.
• Bliss, C. and Stern, N. (2018). Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village. Oxford University Press.
• Sinha, D. (2016). Women, Health and Public Services in India: Why are states different? Routledge, India.
• Himanshu, Jha, P. and Rodgers, G. (eds.) (2016). The Changing Village in India: Insights from Longitudinal Research. Oxford University Press.
• Bhattacharya, R., Kattumuri, R., Sinha, D., and Tiwari, D. (2016). Public services, social relations, politics and gender: Tales from a North Indian village. In: Himanshu, Jha, P. and Rodgers, G. (eds.) The Changing village in India: Insights from Longitudinal Research. Oxford University Press.
• Himanshu and N. Stern. (2016). How Lives Change: Six Decades in a North India Village. In: Himanshu, Jha, P. and Rodgers, G. (eds.) The Changing village in India: Insights from Longitudinal Research. Oxford University Press.
• Himanshu, P. Lanjouw, R Murugai, and N. Stern. (2016). Non-farm Diversification, Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur. In: Himanshu, Jha, P. and Rodgers, G. (eds.) The Changing village in India: Insights from Longitudinal Research. Oxford University Press.
• Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1998). Economic Development in Palanpur over Five Decades. Oxford University Press.
• Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1993). Agricultural Changes and Inequality in Palanpur 1957-1984. In: Hoff, K. and Braverman, A. and Stiglitz, J.E., (eds.) The economics of rural organization: Theory, practice and policy. Oxford University Press for the World Bank, pp. 543-568.
• Bliss, C. and Stern, N. (1982). Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village. Oxford University Press.

• Himanshu, Joshi, B. and Lanjouw, P. (2016). Non-farm Diversification, Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur. Economic & Political Weekly, 51(26-27): 43-51. Published 25/06/2016.
• Himanshu, Lanjouw, P., Murgai, R. and Stern, N. (2013). Non-farm diversification, poverty, economic mobility, and income inequality: A case study in village India. Agricultural Economics, 44(4-5): 461-473.
• Lanjouw, P. and Rao, V. (2011). Revisiting Between-Group Inequality Measurement: An application to the dynamics of Caste inequality in two Indian villages. World Development, 39(2): 174-187.
• Baland, J-M., Drèze, J. and Leruth, L. (1999). Daily Wages and Piece Rates in Agrarian Economies. Journal of Development Economics, 59(2): 445-461
• Lanjouw, J.O. (1999). Information and the Operation of Markets: Tests based on a general equilibrium model of land leasing in India. Journal of Development Economics, 60(2): 497-527.
• Sharma, N. and Drèze, J. (1996). Sharecropping in a North Indian Village. Journal of Development Studies, 33(1): 1-39.
• Mukherjee, A. and Ray, D. (1992). Wages and Involuntary Unemployment in the Slack Season of a Village Economy. Journal of Development Economics, 37: 227-264.
• Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1991). Poverty in Palanpur. World Bank Economic Review, 5: 23-55.
• Graaff, J. (1984). Economic Theory and the Economy of Palanpur. Oxford Economic Papers, 36(3): 327-335.
• Bliss, C. and Stern, N. (1978). Productivity, Wages and Nutrition Part I: The theory. Journal of Development Economics, 5(4): 331-362.
• Bliss, C. and Stern, N. (1978). Productivity, Wages and Nutrition Part II: Some observations. Journal of Development Economics, 5(4): 363-398.

• Sinha, D. (2011). Nutrition Status in Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 51.
• Sinha, D. and Coppoletta, R. (2011). The Invisible Half - Women's Status in Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 50.
• Kattumuri, R. and Tiwari, D.K. (2011). Developments in education in Palanpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 49.
• Himanshu and Tyagi, A. (2011). Change and Continuity: Agriculture in Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 48.
• Himanshu and Tyagi, A. (2011). Tenancy in Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 47.
• Mukhopadhyay, A. (2011). Stepping out of Palanpur: Employment outside Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 46.
• Himanshu, Bakshi, I. and Dufour, C. (2011). Poverty, Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur: Observations from Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 45.
• Himanshu, Lanjouw, P., Mukhopadhyay, A. and Murgai, R. (2011). Non-Farm Diversification and Rural Poverty Decline: A perspective from Indian sample survey and village study data. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 44.
• Himanshu and Stern, N. (2011). India and an Indian village: 50 years of economic development in Palanpur. LSE Asia Research Centre Working Paper 43.
• Lanjouw, P. and Rao, V. (2010). Revisiting Between-Group Inequality Measurement: An application to the dynamics of Caste inequality in two Indian villages. Policy Research Working Paper Series 5337, The World Bank.
• Lanjouw, P. (2000). Economic Development in Palanpur 1957-1993: A sort of growth. William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 330, University of Michigan.
• Dreze, J., Lanjouw, P. and Sharma, N. (1997). Credit in Rural India. STICERD Discussion Paper DEDPS/6, LSE.
• Kynch, J. and Maguire, M. (1994). Food and Human Growth in Palanpur. STICERD Discussion Paper, LSE.
• Sharma, N. and Dreze, J. (1990). Share-cropping in Palanpur. STICERD Discussion Paper, LSE.
• Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1988). Agricultural changes and inequality in Palanpur 1957-1984. STICERD Discussion Paper 24, LSE.

• Report to DfID (2011). India's Economic "Revolution": A perspective from India's economic development in Palanpur, a north Indian village. LSE India Observatory Report.
• Ansari, N. (1964). Palanpur: A study of its economic resources and economic activities. Continuous Village Survey, 41.

• Ruchira Bhattacharya, JNU (2015 - expected)
• Peter Lanjouw, LSE (1992)
• Anindita Mukherjee, ISI Calcutta
• Naresh Kumar Sharma, ISI Calcutta (1994)
• Dipa Sinha, JNU (2014)

A round of Palanpur survey has been conducted for each decade since 1957 making it a unique longitudinal village level study in terms of the continuity and richness of data. The first two studies were conducted by the Agricultural Economics Research Centre of the University of Delhi, during 1957-58 and 1962-63 and were designed to throw light on the relevant policy questions at that time such as co-operative credit and seed supply. Three of the surveys (1974-75, 1983-84 and 2008-10) residency in the village of more than eight months in each by the principal investigators themselves. A seventh round of the survey, to update the data, was conducted during the first half of 2015. There has been continuity of the researchers; Nicholas Stern has been involved with the study of this village since 1974. Thus, there is close acquaintance not only with the household data, but also with the individuals and households themselves, together with the economic, social and political institutions of the village. The time spent in developing in-depth knowledge of the village has allowed high data quality, and a rich narrative of the household histories spanning multiple generations, to be gathered. Data collected in Palanpur provides a unique opportunity to understand development in India through the perspective of one village.

Palanpur survey data is now available for public access. Data is available for the following topics:

1. Basic Demography
2. Cultivation
3. Tenancy
4. Income
5. Education
6. Health
7. Anthropometry
8. Child Labour
9. Migration
10. Maps

Data can be requested by sending an email to india.observatory@lse.ac.uk along with a brief research proposal and the type of data required.

2019

• 15^th April 2019. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speakers: Nicholas Stern and Peter Lanjouw. Disscussants: Anne Case (Princeton University) and Pramila Krishnan (University of Oxford). Chair: Fabien Postel-Vinay (UCL). A Plenary Session at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2019. Held at the University of Warwick.

• 8^th April 2019. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Held at Columbia University, New York.

• 19^th February 2019. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speakers: Nicholas Stern and Himanshu. This event was organised by the IDFC Institute at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai.

• 15^th February 2019. Seven Decades of Palanpur. Speakers: Nicholas Stern, Himanshu and Dipa Sinha. Chair: Kirit Parikh. Discussants: Alakh Sharma, Surinder Jodhka and Mekhala Krishnamurthy. Other participants: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Abhijit Sen, Ajit Ghose and Rinku Murgai. This workshop was hosted at the India International Centre, Delhi. Supported by the British Academy, CSH, DfID, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Oxford University Press.

2018

• 19^th December 2018. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Held at DfID, London.

• 29^th November 2018. How Lives Change: Seven Decades of a North Indian Village, Palanpur. Speaker: Himanshu. Held at the University of Oxford.

• 22^nd November 2018. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speakers: Oriana Bandiera, Himanshu, Peter Lanjouw, Michael Lipton and Nicholas Stern. Chair: Tim Besley. This event marks the LSE launch of How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics.

• 14^th November 2018. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speakers: Nicholas Stern and Himanshu. Held at the University of Manchester.

• 13^th November 2018. How Lives Change: development economics through the eyes of one village over seven decades. Speakers: Nicholas Stern and Himanshu. Held at the University of Cambridge.

• 1^st November 2018. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics. Speakers: Nicholas Stern and Himanshu. Chair: Alasdair Smith. This book launch was hosted by the Institute of Development Studies.

• 31^st October 2018. A Village and a Subject: Palanpur and Development Economics. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Presented at a EDePo-STICERD Away Day at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London.

• 27^th August 2018. How Lives Change. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Chair: Liz Leonard. This event was part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and first launch of the new book How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics.

2017

• 7^th June 2017. A Village, a Country and the Discipline: economic development in Palanpur over seven decades. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Discussant: Amartya Sen. Chair: Naila Kabeer. This event was the Eva Colorni Memorial Lecture, hosted by the International Inequalities Institute, Gender Institute and the Eva Colorni Memorial Trust. Held at LSE. PowerPoint slides.

2016

• 6^th April 2016. A workshop A Village and a Country: Development through Seven Decades of Palanpur and book launch of The Changing Village in India: Insights from Longitudinal Village Surveys. Held at JNU, New Delhi.

2015

• 10^th - 12^th October 2015. Emerging Dynamics of Rural Labour Markets in India. Panellist: Himanshu. At the 57^th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) in Srinagar, India. Organised by the Department of Economics, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, in collaboration with the Division of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir. Palanpur research was referred to by Himanshu in this panel session.

• 17^th - 19^th September 2015. Analysing Poverty and Inequality in Palanpur: Insights and Challenges from a Longitudinal Village Study. Speakers: Peter Lanjouw and Himanshu. This paper was presented at one of the plenary sessions during the 30^th Anniversary Conference, Mapping the Future of Development Economics. Organised by the United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).

• 24^th July 2015. Sustainable Growth and Inclusion: Commonwealth of Nations. Speaker: Ruth Kattumuri. Keynote lecture at the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Commonwealth, held in London. Ruth drew on the Palanpur study in the context of the different levels of development across states in India.

• 13^th July 2015. Consultative Session on the Financing of Sustainable Infrastructure. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. At the Third International Conference on Finance for Development, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nick drew on the Palanpur study in this session organised by the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on Monetary Affairs and Development and the Brookings Institution.

• 15^th - 16^th June 2015. A keynote lecture on Palanpur research. Speaker: Peter Lanjouw. At the Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2015, University of Copenhagen.

• 3^rd June 2015. India's Economic "Revolution": A Perspective From Six Decades of Development in Palanpur. An international conference at LSE to discuss Palanpur research. Participants included Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Michael Lipton, Barbara Harriss-White, Gerry Rogers, Janine Rogers, Jocelyn Kynch, Mike Mcguire and Maitreesh Ghatak.

• 22^nd May 2015. Palanpur Seminar. Papers from Palanpur research were presented for discussion: (i) A Changing Country, A Changing Village: Insights from Six Decades of Palanpur; (ii) Six Decades of Agricultural Development in Palanpur; (iii) Tenancy in Palanpur; (iv) Non-farm Diversification in Palanpur; and (v) Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur. The research team benefitted from feedback from Bruno Dorin, economist based at CSH, and other participants.

• 20^th - 22^nd May 2015. Two dollars-a-day Population and Love's Labour's Gained. Speaker: Ruth Kattumuri. Keynote lecture at the South Asian Studies Network 2015 Conference Structural Transformation of South Asia, Lund University, Sweden. Ruth used Palanpur Research as a case study in her lecture.

• May 2015. Presentation on Palanpur Research. Speaker: Ruchira Bhattacharya. Presented research at a doctoral workshop at Brown University, USA.

• 25^th - 27^th March 2015. The Growth Net 2015. 3^rd Annual Conference, New Delhi. Nicholas Stern moderated a conversation with Suresh Prabhu and was a panellist on two sessions, Activating new sources of growth in Asia, Latin America and Africa to avoid the "middle income trap" and Where is the "Modi magic" leading India and its economy? He drew on knowledge and experience of Palanpur research in his discussions. Ruth Kattumuri also participated in the conference. They met with senior politicians and leaders from public sector and business community including, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Suresh Prabhu, Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot, Piyush Goyal, Ramadorai and Sanjay Kapoor.

• 24^th March 2015. What Can the Countryside Tell Us About the Country? Evidence from Six Decades of Agricultural Development in Palanpur. Speaker: Sarthak Gaurav. CSH-Economics Workshop, Delhi.

• 23^rd March 2015. Social Reciprocity and Choice of Tenancy Contracts in Palanpur. Speaker: Japneet Kaur. CSH-Economics Workshop, Delhi.

• 2^nd March 2015. Credit in Palanpur. Speaker: Aditi Banerjee. CSH-Economics Workshop, Delhi.

• 16^th January 2015. Nutritional & Health Outcomes in Palanpur. Speaker: Ruchira Bhattacharya. CSH-Economics Workshop, Delhi.

2014

• 20^th December 2014. Panel discussion on inequality. Panellist: Himanshu. The Annual Growth and Development Conference of Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Palanpur research was referred to by Himanshu in this panel discussion.

• December 2014. Tenancy in Palanpur. Speaker: Japneet Kaur. Paper presented at the CSH-Economics workshop. This work is jointly with Himanshu and Tushar Bharati.

• 19^th November 2014. Poverty and the Pope. Speaker: Jagdish Bhagwati. Discussant: Nicholas Stern. The Stamp Memorial Lecture at LSE. Nick referred to and gave examples from Palanpur research in his discussion. Palanpur research was further referred to and discussed by Ruth Kattumuri and Nick Stern at the dinner following the lecture with senior academics and practitioners, including Global team editors of Financial Times.

• 16^th - 18^th October 2014. Palanpur Workshop. A workshop at CSH to present, discuss and review work in progress. Nick Stern, Ruth Kattumuri, Himanshu and some external reviewers participated in discussions. Members of the research team presented the ongoing work on all themes.

• 22^nd September 2014. The Bihar Story: Resurrection of the State, Inclusion and Growth. Speaker: Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi. Discussants: Robin Burgess, Shaibal Gupta and Ruth Kattumuri. Lecture by Bihar Chief Minister Manjhi at LSE co-organised by India Observatory and the DfID sponsored International Growth Centre (IGC). Ruth's suggestions for innovative solutions regarding Bihar's land issues were appreciated and taken into consideration by the Chief Minister and it has been reported that Mr Manjhi's cabinet approved the "Bihar Building By-laws" in December 2014 to regulate construction of commercial and residential property in the state.

• 29^th July - 1^st August 2014. Perspectives on Evidence and the Policy Process in Global Social Science. Speaker: Ruth Kattumuri. World Social Science Fellows Seminar organised by the Academy of Social Sciences. Ruth drew on Palanpur research programme for this talk in London.

• 8^th May 2014. Equality and Justice. Speaker: Ruth Kattumuri. Ruth was invited to speak at the House of Lords to mark Ambedkar's Life and Works. She spoke on and presented findings from Palanpur research.

• 16^th April 2014. Growth, Mobility and Inequality: a changing country, a changing village. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. A seminar on the Palanpur study for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officers, which was attended by the Governor and Deputy Governors of RBI. Himanshu and Kattumuri also participated in this seminar.Organised by the RBI's Department of Economics and Policy Research.

• 17^th February 2014. Six decades of Palanpur: Change and continuity in a North Indian village. Speaker: Himanshu. Agrarian Change Seminar organised by Journal of Agrarian Change and Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). At SOAS, London.

• 9^th - 12^th January 2014. Poverty, Inequality and Mobility in Palanpur. Speaker: Himanshu. Paper presented at a conference on agrarian issues organised as part of the 10^th Anniversary Conference of the Foundation for Agrarian Studies, Kochi.

2013

• 16^th - 18^th December 2013. Effect of Non-Market Sources of Consumption on Levels of Nutritional Intake Among Rural Labours in India.Speaker: Ruchira Bhattacharya, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Paper presented at 55^th Annual ISLE Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics. Awarded the Ruddar Datt Memorial Award for the best paper.

• 11^th - 15^th November 2013. Research Councils UK India (RCUKI) Research and Innovation Week. Quotes, photos and publications from Palanpur research were displayed at this event. Ruth Kattumuri provided the materials and participated in this conference in Delhi.

• 25^th October 2013. Growth, Inequality and Prospects in India: Lessons from one village over half a century.Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Distinguished Silver Jubilee Lecture at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.

• 4^th June 2013. Findings from the Palanpur Survey. Speaker: Peter Lanjouw. At World Bank, Washington.

2012

• 18^th - 20^th November 2012. International Conference on Understanding Change in Rural India: Perspectives from longitudinal village studies. Speakers included: Nicholas Stern (LSE), Pronab Sen (formerly Planning Commission, Government of India), Peter Lanjouw (Word Bank), Stefan Dercon (DFID), Sukhdeo Thorat (Indian Council of Social Science Research), Christopher Bliss (University of Oxford), Abhijit Sen (Planning Commission, Government of India) and Jean Dreze. Conference at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• 2^nd October 2012. Six decades of Palanpur: Change and continuity in a North Indian village. Speaker: Himanshu. Lecture organised by University of Manchester and Brooks World Poverty Institute.

2011

• 8^th December 2011. Education in India. Speaker: Ruth Kattumuri. At The Prince's Teaching Institute, London.

• 16^th November 2011. State Bank of India Staff College Golden Jubilee Lecture: India, China and the global economy in a turbulent decade. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. At the University of Hyderabad.

• 23^rd April 2011. Presentation on Palanpur. Speaker: Peter Lanjouw. Washington International School, 3rd Grade Class.

2010

• 25^th October 2010. Distinguished Lecture Series: 50 years of Economic Development in India: Palanpur's experience. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. At the University of Hyderabad.

• 20^th October 2010. Discussion papers presented at Indian Statistical Institute.
  • Palanpur: Markets, tenancy and cultivation by Ashish Tyagi
  • Stepping out of Palanpur: From long term migration to daily commute out of the village by Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
  • 50 Years of Development in Palanpur: Education by Ruth Kattumuri

• 1^st - 2^nd October 2010. World Bank Conference on Non-Farm Transformation Non-Farm Diversification and Rural Poverty Decline: A perspective from the Indian sample survey and village study data. Speaker: Peter Lanjouw. Discussant: Greg Traxler (The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation). Chair: Jean-Jacques Dethier (World Bank). University of California Berkeley.

• Summer 2010. Discussion papers presented at London School of Economics.
  • Agricultural Markets and Institutions in Palanpur by Ashish Tyagi
  • Migration by Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
  • Social Developments in Palanpur by Ruth Kattumuri and Dinesh Tewari

2009

• 6^th November 2009. Institute for Human Development Foundation Lecture: A Village and the Continent - Economic and social change in Palanpur and India. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. Panellists: YK Alagh, Kirit Parikh, Abhijit Sen and VS Vyas. In New Delhi.

• 6^th November 2009. Palanpur Workshop. Participants: Jean Dreze, Ruth Kattumuri, Peter Lanjouw, Nicholas Stern and the India based Palanpur team. At the Centre for Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi.

• 21^st July 2009. Palanpur Workshop. Participants: Himanshu, Ruth Kattumuri, Peter Lanjouw, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Naresh Sharma, Dipa Sinha, Nicholas Stern, Dinesh Tiwari and Ashish Tyagi. At the London School of Economics.

• 15^th July 2009. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture: Climate Change, Internationalism and India in the 21st Century. Speaker: Nicholas Stern. At Chatham House, London.

• 30^th June 2009. Population and Development Asia Workshop: Unmet need for Education and Health in Rural India - Trends from Palanpur and Uttar Pradesh. Speaker: Dipa Sinha. At the London School of Economics.

• 31^st March 2008. Towards a Global Deal on Climate Change. Nicholas Stern made a presentation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his cabinet members including Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia. In New Delhi.