K. Subbarao's Books

Autobiography of Kakarla Subbarao, b. 1925, Vice-chancellor of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.

This paper on the social gains from female education is part of a series, prepared by the World Bank, on the benefits of improving opportunities for women. The paper suggests that expanding women's opportunities enhances their productivity and earning potential and thus contributes to better economic performance and poverty alleviation. Education raises the productivity and earnings of both men and women. Over time female education also contributes to slower population growth and healthier families. The Bank believes that in efforts to expand women's opportunities, priority should be given to education through the secondary level, reproductive health, agriculture, private entrepreneurship, and the wage labor force. This paper is concerned with the estimation of these social gains from female education at the secondary level. The paper examines the role of female education, measured by gross enrollment rates at the secondary level, relative to, and or in combination with, some health and family planning services that influence fertility and infant mortality. It uses reduced form estimation of the total fertility rate and infant mortality rate. The paper presents cross country regressions based on data drawn from 72 developing countries. The analysis in this paper generally shows that female secondary education, family planning, and health programs all affect fertility and mortality, and the effect of female secondary education appears to be very strong. Results suggest that family planning will reduce fertility more when combined with female education, especially in countries that now have low female secondary enrollment levels. (DK).

This title makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the many risks and vulnerability faced by orphans and the ameliorating role played by the actions of governments and donors.

A review of the conceptual underpinnings and operational elements of public works programs around the world., drawing from a rich evidence base and analyzing previously unassimilated data, to fill a gap in knowledge related to public works programs, now so popular.

World Bank Discussion Paper 244. Although many studies have analyzed the gender gap in primary and secondary education in developing countries, this study is one of the few that analyzes the gap at the tertiary, or university level. The authors tra

World Bank Technical Paper No. 382. This technical paper compares and contrasts the governance and regulation of new style power pools in Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These trading markets in electricity commodities and services are explored in various ways. The authors review the basic governance models, compare decisionmakers in the industry, examine market surveillance methods used, and explore the role of government and the regulator. The paper emphasizes the lessons that can be learned from international experiences.

Annotation World Bank Technical Paper 254. The inability to coordinate diverging interests and to promote policies that represent the public interest is one of many non-economic obstacles to economic reform. This paper examines the relationship between governance capacity and economic reform. The author suggests conditions under which capacity can be increased to make reform programs politically feasible. Examples include empowering all social sectors and making economic interests less dependent on state revenues for their survival.

This paper is written for a volume titled Poverty Policy in Developing Countries as a part of a series sponsored by the American Policy Association and published by Greenwood Press and by JAI Press".

Book's by K. Subbarao

A Doctors Story of Life and Death

A Doctors Story of Life and Death

Social Gains from Female Education

Social Gains from Female Education

Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans

Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans

Public Works as a Safety Net

Public Works as a Safety Net

Women in Higher Education

Women in Higher Education

India's Public Distribution System

India's Public Distribution System

Women in Higher Education: Progress, Constraints, and Promising Initiatives

Women in Higher Education: Progress, Constraints, and Promising Initiatives

Women in Higher Education

Women in Higher Education

Global Development

Global Development

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