Publications:

• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, and U S Mishra (2016) Elderly Inpatient Care Utilization and Financing in India: Is There a Gender Difference? T Samanta (Ed): Cross-Cultural and Cross Disciplinary Perspectives in Social Gerontology, Springer. pp. 245-70.


• Shalini Rudra, Aakshi Kalra, Abhishek Kumar, and William Joe (2017). Utilization of alternative systems of medicine as health care services in India: Evidence on AYUSH care from NSS 2014. PloS one, 12(5), e0176916.


• Sunil Rajpal, Abhishek Kumar, & William Joe (2018). Economic burden of cancer in India: Evidence from cross-sectional nationally representative household survey, 2014, PloS One, 13(2): e0193320.


• Abhishek Kumar & William Joe (2018) The Multiplier Effect of Developmental and Non-developmental Expenditure in India, in R. P. Kanungo (ed) Changing the Indian Economy, Elsevier.


• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, and Sunil Rajpal (2018). Swimming against the Tide: Economic Growth and Demographic Dividend in India, Asian Population Studies, 14(2): 211-27.


• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, and S V Subramanian (2018) Analysis of nutrition interventions within India’s policy framework: Benefit-Cost Analysis, Rajasthan Priorities, Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2018.


• Abhishek Kumar and Arup Mitra (2019) Growth, health and gender imbalance: evidence from India, Area Development and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2019.1589385.


• Lathan Liou, William Joe, Abhishek Kumar and SV Subramanian (2020). Inequalities in life expectancy: An analysis of 201 countries, 1950–2015. Social Science & Medicine.


• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, Sunil Rajpal, Uday Mishra and SV Subramanian (2020). Equal risk, unequal burden? Gender differentials in COVID-19 mortality in India. Journal of Global Health Sciences. Jun; 2(1):e17. (2020)


• R. Venkataramanan, Abhishek Kumar, Sreekar Mantena, and SV Subramanian (2021). Geographical variation in mobile phone ownership and SMS literacy among women (age 15–49) in India: A cross-sectional analysis based on National Family Health Survey-4. Technology in Society, 64, 101482.


• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, Sunil Rajpal, Archa Misra, Ruby Alambusha, Smriti Sharma and S. V. Subramanian (2021). Infrastructure for Delivery of ICDS and Uptake of Pre-School Education Services: Insights from Palghar, India, Journal of Development Policy and Practice, 6(1)


• Sunil Rajpal, Abhishek Kumar, Ruby Alambusha, Smriti Sharma and William Joe (2021). Maternal dietary diversity during lactation and associated factors in Palghar district, Maharashtra, India. PloS one, 16(12), p.e0261700.


• Abhishek Kumar, Sunil Rajpal, Ruby Alambusha, Smriti Sharma, and William Joe. "Can Anganwadi services strengthening improve the association between maternal and child dietary diversity? Evidence from Project Spotlight implemented in tribal dominated Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra, India." PloS one 17, no. 3 (2022): e0264567.


• Sudipta Mondal, William Joe, Santosh Akhauri, Putul Thakur, Abhishek Kumar, Narottam Pradhan, Prasann Thatte, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Apolenarius Purty, Indrajit Chaudhuri (2023). Association of BCC Module Roll-Out in SHG meetings with changes in complementary feeding and dietary diversity among children (6-23 months)? Evidence from JEEViKA in Rural Bihar, India. PloS one, 18(1), e0279724.


• Vani Sethi, Archana Mishra, K S Ahirwar, A P Singh, Sameer Pawar, Pushpa Awasthy, Ankita Tiwari, Avi Saini, Narendra Patel, Abhishek Kumar, Tashi Choedan, Mansi Shekhar, William Joe (2023). Integrating an algorithmic and health systems thinking approach to improve the uptake of government antenatal nutrition services in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh (India), 2018 to 2021. Health policy and planning, 38(4), 454–463.


• William Joe, Ruby Alambusha, Bevin Vijayan, M. Sabarisakthi, Sandip Surwade, Abhishek Kumar, Sujoy Mojumdar, Koushiki Banerjee; Functioning of community sanitary complexes in rural India: Insights into selected states. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 1 June 2023; 13 (6): 474–485.


• Sudipta Mondal, William Joe , Santosh Akhauri, Irina Sinha, Putul Thakur, Vikas Kumar, Tushar Kumar, Narottam Pradhan, Abhishek Kumar, 2023. Delivering PACE++ curriculum in community settings: Impact of TARA intervention on gender attitudes and dietary practices among adolescent girls in Bihar, India. Plos one, 18(11), p.e0293941.


• Abhishek Kumar, Vani Sethi, Arjan de Wagt, Rabi N. Parhi, Sourav Bhattacharjee, Sayeed Unisa, Reshmi R. S., Abhishek Saraswat, Nita Kejrewal, Monica Shrivastava, Lopamudra Tripathy, Zivai Murira, Sheila Vir,  2023. Evaluation of impact of engaging federations of women groups to improve women’s nutrition interventions-before, during and after pregnancy in social and economically backward geographies: Evidence from three eastern Indian States. Plos one, 18(10), p.e0291866.

Working Papers:

• Manoj Panda, Abhishek Kumar, and William Joe (2021) Growth Matters? Revisiting the Enigma of Child Undernutrition in India, IEG Working Paper No.418, February 2021, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.


• Saroj Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Rakesh Kumar and William Joe (2021) Social Demographics and Health Achievements: An Ecological Analysis of Institutional Delivery and Immunization Coverage in India, IEG Working Paper No.427, April 2021, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.


• William Joe, Abhishek Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Sunil Rajpal and S V Subramanian (2020) COVID-19 in India: Epidemic growth and impact on maternal and child health, IEG Insights 2020 - Fighting COVID-19: Assessments and Reflections, May 2020