Nathan, Dev

Dev Nathan, an economist by training, is, Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. He is also a columnist and a regular contributor to the "Economic and Political Weekly". Dr Nathan has previously co-authored "Gender and Tribe: Women, Land and Forests "(1991), "Assessment of Rural Poverty in Asia and the Pacific "(2002), edited "From Tribe to Caste "(1997), and co-edited "Gender Relations in Forest Societies in Asia: Patriarchy at Odds "(2003). Dr Nathan frequently serves as a consultant to IFAD, Rome, several UN organizations and ICIMOD, Kathmandu, on issues of rura...