Items where Author is "Rao, Nitya"

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Conti, Costanza, Hall, Andy, Moallemi, Enayat A., Laila, Amar, Bene, Christophe, Fanzo, Jessica, Gibson, Matthew Ford, Gordon, Line, Hicks, Christina, Kok, Kristiaan, Rao, Nitya, Laxminarayan, Ramanan and Mason-D'Croz, Daniel (2025) Top-down vs bottom-up processes: A systematic review clarifying roles and patterns of interactions in food system transformation. Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment, 44. ISSN 2211-9124

Raj, Rengalakshmi, Ravula, Padmaja, Kumari, Pratheepa, Bhanjdeo, Arundhita, Sogani, Reetu and Rao, Nitya (2025) Male migration and the transformation of gendered agriculture work: A comparative exploration of heterogeneity across selected Indian states. Gender, Place & Culture. ISSN 0966-369X

Rao, Nitya, Sathe, Reema and Grist, Natasha (2025) Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: A review. PLoS Climate, 4 (2). ISSN 2767-3200

Rao, Nitya, Hooper, Lee, Gray, Heather, Grist, Natasha, Forster, Johanna, Bremner, Julie, Sabir, Ghezal, Heaton, Matthew, Marwaha, Nisha, Thakur, Sudarshan, Wanyama, Abraham and Zhang, Liangzi (2024) A systematic review of the impact of post-harvest aquatic food processing technology on gender equality and social justice. Nature Food, 5 (9). pp. 731-741. ISSN 2662-1355

Harrington, Tomás, Narain, Nivedita, Rao, Nitya, Rengalakshmi, Raj, Sogani, Reetu, Chakraborty, Shuvajit and Upadhyay, Astha (2024) A needs-based approach to promoting gender equity and inclusivity: Insights from participatory research with farmer-producer organisations (FPOs). Journal of Social and Economic Development, 26 (2). 409–434. ISSN 0972-5792

Rao, Nitya, Shankar, Shubhasree and Dutta, Aiswarya (2024) Spatial poverty traps and food security: Unpacking the linkages. Economic and Political Weekly, 59 (16). pp. 51-57. ISSN 0012-9976

Iyer, Soundarya and Rao, Nitya (2024) Inclusion or exclusion? Gendered experiences and strategies of migrants in informal settlements in Bengaluru. Indian Journal of Human Development, 18 (1). pp. 20-41. ISSN 2456-480X

Iyer, Soundarya and Rao, Nitya (2024) Skills to stay: Social processes in agricultural skill acquisition in rural Karnataka. Third World Quarterly, 45 (4). pp. 677-697. ISSN 0143-6597

Rao, Nitya and Djohari, Natalie (2024) Both visible and invisible: Women, risk-taking and the expansion of fisheries technologies in South India. Gender Technology & Development, 28 (1). pp. 29-49. ISSN 0971-8524

Armes, Sarah, Bhanjdeo, Arundhita, Chakraborty, Debashis, Kaur, Harmanpreet, Ray, Sumantra and Rao, Nitya (2024) Aligning Santal tribe menu templates with EAT-Lancet Commission's dietary guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets: A comparative analysis. Nutrients, 16 (3). ISSN 2072-6643

Rao, Nitya and Sophia, J. D. (2023) Identity, sociality and mobility: understanding internal fisher migration along India’s east coast. Maritime Studies (MAST), 22 (4). ISSN 2212-9790

Rao, Nitya, Patil, Sheetal, Singh, Chandni and Roy, Parama (2023) Urban and peri-urban agriculture for sustainability and wellbeing: A response. Sustainable Cities and Society, 92. ISSN 2210-6707

Michalak, Anna M., Xia, Jun, Brdjanovic, Damir, Mbiyozo, Aimée-Noël, Sedlak, David, Pradeep, Thalappil, Lall, Upmanu, Rao, Nitya and Gupta, Joyeeta (2023) Viewpoint: The frontiers of water and sanitation. Nature Water, 1. pp. 10-18. ISSN 2731-6084

Hicks, Christina C., Gephart, Jessica A., Koehn, J. Zachary, Nakayama, Shinnosuke, Payne, Hanna J., Allison, Edward H., Belhbib, Dyhia, Cao, Ling, Cohen, Philippa J., Fanzo, Jessica, Fluet-Chouinard, Etienne, Gelcich, Stefan, Golden, Christopher D., Gorospe, Kelvin D., Isaacs, Moenieba, Kuempel, Caitlin. D., Lee, Kai N., MacNeil, M. Aaron, Maire, Eva, Njuki, Jemimah, Rao, Nitya, Sumaila, U. Rashid, Selig, Elizabeth R., Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Wabnitz, Colette C. C. and Naylor, Rosamond L. (2022) Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems. Nature Food, 3 (10). pp. 851-861. ISSN 2662-1355

Rao, Nitya, Patil, Sheetal, Singh, Chandni, Roy, Parama, Pryor, Charles, Poonacha, Prathigna and Genes, Mariam (2022) Cultivating sustainable and healthy cities: A systematic literature review of the outcomes of urban and peri-urban agriculture. Sustainable Cities and Society, 85. ISSN 2210-6707

Rao, Nitya, Narain, Nivedita and Sabir, Ghezal (2022) Cameras in the hands of indigenous youth: Participation, films, and nutrition in India. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6 (8). ISSN 2475-2991

Prakash, Anjal, McGlade, Katriona, Roxy, Mathew Koll, Roy, Joyashree, Some, Shreya and Rao, Nitya (2022) Climate adaptation interventions in coastal areas: A rapid review of social and gendered dimensions. Frontiers in Climate, 4. ISSN 2624-9553

Bassey, Chizoba, Crooks, Harriet, Paterson, Katherine, Ball, Rachel, Howell, Kristoffer, Humphries-Cuff, Iona, Gaffigan, Kirsty, Rao, Nitya, Whitty, Jennifer A. and Hooper, Lee (2022) Impact of home food production on nutritional blindness, stunting, wasting, underweight and mortality in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 62 (7). pp. 1856-1869. ISSN 1040-8398

Iyer, Soundarya, Srinivasan, Sarayu and Rao, Nitya (2022) Women's work participation in rural Karnataka and Tamil Nadu: A review of the literature. Economic and Political Weekly, 57 (7). pp. 23-27. ISSN 0012-9976

Nandi, Ravi, Pratheepa, C. M., Nedumaran, Swamikannu, Rao, Nitya and Rengalakshmi, Raj (2022) Farm parent and youth aspirations on the generational succession of farming: Evidence from South India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5. ISSN 2571-581X

Singh, Chandni, Solomon, Divya and Rao, Nitya (2021) How does climate change adaptation policy in India consider gender? An analysis of 28 state action plans. Climate Policy, 21 (7). pp. 958-975. ISSN 1469-3062

Ibrahim, Fazeeha, Lund, Ragnhild, Rao, Nitya and Renganathan, Manimohan (2021) Well-being and mobility of female-heads of households in a fishing village in south India. Gender, Place and Culture, 28 (5). pp. 627-648. ISSN 0966-369X

Mitra, Amit and Rao, Nitya (2021) Contract farming, ecological change and the transformations of reciprocal gendered social relations in Eastern India. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 48 (2). pp. 436-457. ISSN 0306-6150

Rao, Nitya, Narain, Nivedita, Chakravarty, Shuvajit, Bhanjdeo, Arundhita and Pattanaik, Ayesha (2020) Destinations matter: Social policy and migrant workers in the times of Covid. European Journal of Development Research, 32 (5). 1639–1661. ISSN 0957-8811

Rao, Nitya and Renganathan, Manimohan (2020) (Re-)Negotiating Gender and Class:New Forms of Cooperation Among Small-Scale Fishers in Tamil Nadu. pp. 1-32.

Rao, Nitya (2020) The achievement of food and nutrition security in South Asia is deeply gendered. Nature Food, 1 (4). pp. 206-209. ISSN 2662-1355

Rao, Nitya, Singh, Chandni, Solomon, Divya, Camfield, Laura, Sidiki, Rahina, Angula, Margaret, Poonacha, Prathigna, Sidibe, Amadou and Lawson, Elaine T. (2020) Managing risk, changing aspirations and household dynamics: implications for wellbeing and adaptation in semi-arid Africa and India. World Development, 125. ISSN 0305-750X

Rao, Nitya and Raju, S. (2020) Gendered time, seasonality and nutrition: Insights from two Indian districts. Feminist Economics, 26 (2). pp. 95-125. ISSN 1354-5701

Rao, Nitya, Mishra, Arabinda, Prakash, Anjal, Singh, Chandni, Qaisrani, Ayesha, Poonacha, Prathigna, Vincent, Katharine and Bedelian, Claire (2019) A qualitative comparative analysis of women’s agency and adaptive capacity in climate change hotspots in Asia and Africa. Nature Climate Change, 9. 964–971. ISSN 1758-678X

Narayanan, Rama and Rao, Nitya (2019) Adult learning for nutrition security: Challenging dominant values through participatory action research in Eastern India. Studies in the Education of Adults, 51 (2). pp. 213-231. ISSN 0266-0830

Rao, Nitya (2019) From abandonment to autonomy: Gendered strategies for coping with climate change, Isiolo County, Kenya. Geoforum, 102. pp. 27-37. ISSN 0016-7185

Mitra, Amit and Rao, Nitya (2019) Gender, water, and nutrition in India: An intersectional perspective. Water Alternatives, 12 (1). pp. 169-191. ISSN 1965-0175

Rao, Nitya, Lawson, Elaine T., Raditloaneng, Wapula N., Solomon, Divya and Angula, Margaret N. (2019) Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. Climate and Development, 11 (1). pp. 14-26. ISSN 1756-5529

Cochrane, Logan and Rao, Nitya (2019) Is the push for gender sensitive research advancing the SDG agenda of leaving no one behind? Forum for Development Studies, 46 (1). pp. 45-65. ISSN 1891-1765

Rao, Nitya, Gazdar, Haris, Chanchani, Devanshi and Ibrahim, Marium (2019) Women’s agricultural work and nutrition in South Asia: From pathways to a cross-disciplinary, grounded analytical framework. Food Policy, 82. pp. 50-62. ISSN 0306-9192

Pradhan, Mamata and Rao, Nitya (2018) Gender justice and food security: The case of public distribution system in India. Progress in Development Studies, 18 (4). pp. 252-266. ISSN 1464-9934

Rao, Nitya and Swaminathan, M. S. (2018) Sustainability criteria for food security. Current Science, 115 (8). pp. 1431-1432. ISSN 0011-3891

Rao, Nitya (2018) Fertility, reproduction and conjugal loyalty: Renegotiating gender relations amongst Dalits in rural Tamil Nadu. South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 19. ISSN 1960-6060

Rao, Nitya (2018) Global agendas, local norms: Mobilising around unpaid care work in Asia. Development and Change, 49 (3). pp. 735-758. ISSN 0012-155X

Rao, Nitya and Cagna, Paola (2018) Feminist mobilization, claims making and policy change: An introduction. Development and Change, 49 (3). pp. 708-713. ISSN 0012-155X

Rao, Nitya and Hans, Asha (2018) Gender and climate change:Emergent issues for research, policy and practice. Economic and Political Weekly, 53 (17). pp. 35-37. ISSN 0012-9976

Solomon, Divya Susan and Rao, Nitya (2018) Wells and well-being in South India: Gender dimensions of groundwater dependence. Economic and Political Weekly, 53 (17). pp. 38-45. ISSN 0012-9976

Rao, Nitya (2017) Assets, agency and legitimacy: Towards a relational understanding of gender equality policy and practice. World Development, 95. 43–54. ISSN 0305-750X

Rao, Nitya and Swaminathan, M. S. (2017) A farmer-led approach to achieving a malnutrition-free India. Agricultural Research, 6 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2249-720X

Rao, Nitya, Pradhan, Mamata and Roy, Devesh (2017) Gender Justice and Food Security in India:A Review.

McCowan, Tristan, Janmaat, Germ and Rao, Nitya (2016) Representation of peoples, place and pedagogy. Compare, 46 (6). pp. 857-860. ISSN 0305-7925

Janmaat, Jan Germen, Rao, Nitya and McCowan, Tristan (2016) Giving voice to participants in education. Compare, 46 (5). pp. 677-680. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Janmaat, Germ and McCowan, Tristan (2016) Choices and contradictions in educational systems. Compare, 46 (4). pp. 509-511. ISSN 0305-7925

McCowan, Tristan, Janmaat, Germ and Rao, Nitya (2016) Community, curriculum and learning. Compare, 46 (3). pp. 341-343. ISSN 0305-7925

Janmaat, Germ, McCowan, Tristan and Rao, Nitya (2016) Different stakeholders in education. Compare, 46 (2). pp. 169-171. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Janmaat, Germ and McCowan, Tristan (2016) Higher education, learning and citizenship. Compare, 46 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0305-7925

Cagna, Paola and Rao, Nitya (2016) Feminist mobilisation for policy change on violence against women: insights from Asia. Gender and Development, 24 (2). pp. 277-290. ISSN 1355-2074

Sayed, Yusuf, Morris, Paul and Rao, Nitya (2015) Education policy borrowing and mediation across and within countries. Compare, 45 (6). pp. 836-839. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Sayed, Yusuf and Morris, Paul (2015) Identities and achievements:recognising difference in school access and learning outcomes. Compare, 45 (4). pp. 497-500. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2015) Marriage, violence, and choice: Understanding Dalit women's agency in rural Tamil Nadu. Gender and Society, 29 (3). pp. 410-433. ISSN 1552-3977

Morris, Paul, Rao, Nitya and Sayed, Yusuf (2015) Comparative education:a diverse and varied field. Compare, 45 (2). pp. 181-183. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2015) Aspirations, differences and inequalities:educational opportunities and transitions. Compare, 45 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Sayed, Yusuf and Morris, Paul (2014) Knowledges, identities and aspirations:implications for learning. Compare, 44 (6). pp. 849-851. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2014) Caste, kinship, and life course: Rethinking women's work and agency in rural South India. Feminist Economics, 20 (3). pp. 78-102. ISSN 1354-5701

Sayed, Yusuf, Morris, Paul and Rao, Nitya (2014) Navigating international education and development partnerships and the importance of teaching, teachers and teacher education in promoting education quality. Compare, 44 (4). pp. 497-500. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2014) Democratisation, rights and accountability in education systems. Compare, 44 (3). pp. 309-313. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya and Sweetman, Caroline (2014) Introduction to Gender and Education. Gender and Development, 22 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1355-2074

Morris, Paul, Rao, Nitya and Sayed, Yusuf (2014) Converging and diverging comparisons. Compare, 44 (5). pp. 685-687. ISSN 0305-7925

Locke, Catherine, Seeley, Janet and Rao, Nitya (2013) Migration and social reproduction at critical junctures in family life course. Third World Quarterly, 34 (10). pp. 1881-1895. ISSN 0143-6597

Locke, Catherine, Seeley, Janet and Rao, Nitya (2013) Migration, reconfigurations of family relations and social (in)security: An introduction. Third World Quarterly, 34 (10). pp. 1872-1880. ISSN 0143-6597

Sayed, Yusuf, Morris, Paul and Rao, Nitya (2013) Equity and education change. Compare, 43 (6). pp. 715-717. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2013) Migration, mobility and changing power relations: aspirations and praxis of Bangladeshi migrants. Gender, Place & Culture, 21 (7). pp. 872-887. ISSN 0966-369X

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2013) Gendered cultures, educational experiences and policy contestation. Compare, 43 (3). pp. 293-294. ISSN 0305-7925

Morris, Paul, Rao, Nitya and Sayed, Yusuf (2013) Comparing, learning and challenging. Compare, 43 (2). pp. 153-154. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2013) Rights, recognition and rape. Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (7). pp. 18-20. ISSN 2349-8846

Rao, Nitya (2013) Cash transfers. Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (4). p. 4. ISSN 0012-9976

Rao, Nitya and Mitra, Amit (2013) Migration, representations and social relations: Experiences of Jharkhand labour to Western Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Development Studies, 49 (6). pp. 846-860. ISSN 0022-0388

Sayed, Yusuf, Morris, Paul and Rao, Nitya (2012) From intention to practice:a long road to travel? Compare, 42 (6). pp. 817-818. ISSN 0305-7925

Aikman, Sheila and Rao, Nitya (2012) Gender equality and girls' education: Investigating frameworks, disjunctures and meanings of quality education. Theory and Research in Education, 10 (3). pp. 211-228. ISSN 1741-3192

Rao, Nitya and Hossain, Munshi Israil (2012) "I want to be respected": Migration, mobility and the construction of alternate educational discourses in rural Bangladesh. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 43 (4). pp. 415-428.

Rao, Nitya (2012) Male ‘providers’ and female ‘housewives: A gendered co-performance in rural North India. Development and Change, 43 (5). pp. 1025-1048. ISSN 1467-7660

Morris, Paul, Rao, Nitya and Sayed, Yusuf (2012) Minorities, multiculturalism and education. Compare, 42 (4). pp. 561-562. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2012) Diversity and its challenge to educational systems. Compare, 42 (3). pp. 369-371. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2012) Breadwinners and homemakers: Migration and changing conjugal expectations in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Development Studies, 48 (1). pp. 26-40. ISSN 1743-9140

Sayed, Yusuf, Rao, Nitya and Morris, Paul (2012) Education policy reforms:problems and prospects. Compare, 42 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2011) Respect, status and domestic work: Female migrants at home and work. European Journal of Development Research, 23 (5). pp. 758-773. ISSN 0957-8811

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2011) The global-local interface: Zones of tension or opportunity? Compare, 41 (6). pp. 719-720. ISSN 0305-7925

Maddox, B., Aikman, Sheila, Rao, N. and Robinson-Pant, A. (2011) Literacy inequalities and social justice. International Journal of Educational Development, 31 (6). pp. 577-579. ISSN 0738-0593

Morris, Paul, Rao, Nitya and Sayed, Yusuf (2011) Comparison, convergence and educational reform. Compare, 41 (5). pp. 557-559. ISSN 0305-7925

Sayed, Yusuf, Morris, Paul and Rao, Nitya (2011) Quality, diversity and lesson learning in international education. Compare, 41 (3). pp. 307-310. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya, Morris, Paul and Sayed, Yusuf (2011) The continuing relevance of context for national and global educational policy and practice. Compare, 41 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2011) Confronting poverty and educational inequalities: Madrasas as a strategy for contesting dominant literacy in rural Bangladesh. International Journal of Educational Development, 31. pp. 623-33. ISSN 0738-0593

Rao, N. (2010) Aspiring for distinction: gendered educational choices in an Indian village. Compare, 40 (2). pp. 167-183. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2010) Migration, education and socio-economic mobility. Compare, 40 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 0305-7925

Rao, Nitya (2009) Structural constraints in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan schools. Economic and Political Weekly, 44 (16). pp. 17-20. ISSN 2349-8846

Rao, Nitya (2007) Custom and the Courts: ensuring women's rights to land, Jharkhand, India. Development and Change, 38 (2). pp. 299-319. ISSN 0012-155X

Rao, Nitya and Robinson-Pant, Anna (2006) Gender equality in adult education. International Journal of Educational Development, 26 (2). pp. 135-139. ISSN 0738-0593

Rao, Nitya (2006) Land rights, gender equality and household food security: exploring the conceptual links in the case of India. Food Policy, 31 (2). pp. 180-193.

Rao, Nitya and Robinson-Pant, Anna (2006) Adult education and indigenous people: Addressing gender in policy and practice. International Journal of Educational Development, 26 (2). pp. 209-223. ISSN 0738-0593

Rao, N. (2005) Questioning women's solidarity: the case of land rights, Santal Parganas, Jharkhand, India. Journal of Development Studies, 41 (3). pp. 353-375. ISSN 0022-0388

Rao, Nitya (2005) Kinship Matters: Women's land claims in the Santal Parganas, Jharkhand. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 11 (4). pp. 725-746. ISSN 1359-0987

Rao, Nitya (2004) Introduction to the British Association for South Asian Studies annual special issue. Contemporary South Asia, 13 (4). pp. 367-372. ISSN 0958-4935

Rao, Nitya (2001) Enhancing Women's Mobility in a Forest Economy:Transport and Gender Relations in the Santal Parganas, Jharkhand. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 8 (2). pp. 271-290. ISSN 0971-5215

Rao, Nitya (1999) Cycling into the future:A report on women's participation in a literacy campaign in Tamil Nadu, India. Gender Technology & Development, 3 (3). pp. 457-474. ISSN 0971-8524

Rao, Nitya (1996) Empowerment through organisation:Women workers in the informal sector. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 3 (2). pp. 171-197. ISSN 0971-5215

Book Section

Rao, Nitya (2023) Agrarian Crisis, Farmers' Protests and Women's Assertion. In: Passionate Politics. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 177-186. ISBN 9781526157720

Rao, Nitya and Patil, Ishita (2022) What Happened to the Fishing School?:Education, Mobility and Perceptions of Well-being in a Traditional Fishing Community in Western India. In: Education, Migration and Development. Bloomsbury, London, pp. 129-146. ISBN 978-1-3502-5754-2

Rao, Nitya, Mitra, Amit and Rengalakshmi, Raj (2021) Equity, Gender and Millets in India:Implications for Policy. In: Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security. Routledge, pp. 387-394. ISBN 9781003044802

Rao, Nitya, Prakash, Anjal, Hans, Asha and Patel, Amrita (2021) Gender Climate Change and the Politics of Vulnerability: An Introduction. In: Engendering Climate Change. Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9780815361657

Hans, Asha, Prakash, Anjal, Rao, Nitya and Patel, Amrita (2021) Shaping gendered responses to climate change in South Asia. In: Engendering Climate Change. Taylor and Francis, pp. 226-235. ISBN 9780815361657

Rao, Nitya (2016) Comparative Education and International Development: Challenges in a Changing Landscape. In: Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2016. International Perspectives on Education and Society, 30 . Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., pp. 45-52. ISBN 978-1-78635-528-7

Rao, Nitya (2016) Mothers, daughters and wellbeing: A Santal perspective. In: Disciplinary Dialogues on Social Change: Gender, Early Childhood and Theatre. Academic Foundation, New Delhi, pp. 277-299. ISBN 978-9332703483

Rao, Nitya (2015) Transnational Remittances and Gendered Status Enhancement through the Life Course in Rural Bangladesh. In: Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and the Changing Family in Asia. Anthropology, Change and Development . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137506856

Rao, Nitya and Mitra, Amit (2015) Families, Farms and Changing Gender Relations in Asia. In: Family Farming: Meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge. Academic Foundation, p. 1.

Rao, Nitya (2012) Displacement for land: Case of Santhal Parganas. In: The Adivasi Question: Issues of land, forest and livelihood. Orient Blackswan, New Delhi, pp. 117-124. ISBN 978 81 250 4716 2

Rao, Nitya (2010) Is the new India bypassing women? Gendered implications of India’s growth. In: A new India?: Critical reflections in the long twentieth century. Anthem Press, London, pp. 99-126. ISBN 9780857286642

Rao, Nitya (2010) Is the new India bypassing women? gendered implications of India's growth. In: A New India? Anthem Press, pp. 99-126. ISBN 0857286641

Mitra, Amit and Rao, Nitya (2009) Displacing gender from displacement: a view from the Santal Parganas, Jharkhand. In: Displaced by Development. Sage Publications, UK, pp. 34-58. ISBN 9788178299006

Rao, Nitya (2009) Conflicts and contradictions: land laws in the Santhal Parganas. In: Legal Grounds: natural resources, identity, and the law in Jharkhand. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pp. 56-81. ISBN 13: 978-019-806206-6

Jackson, Cecile and Rao, Nitya (2008) Gender inequality and agrarian change in liberalizing India. In: The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization. Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development series . Routledge, UK. ISBN 9780415956505

Rao, N. (2006) Power, culture and resources in gendered seasonal migration from Santal Parganas. In: Poverty, Gender and Migration. Women and Migration in Asia series . Sage Publications. ISBN 9780761934592

Rao, N. (2005) Social Justice and Empowerment of the Weaker Sections and Gender Rights. In: Coalition Politics and Hindu nationalism. Routledge, pp. 116-135. ISBN 0-415-35981-3

Monograph

Narayan, S., Rao, N. and Khan, M.L. (2010) Gender, equality and education: a report card on South Asia. Working Paper. United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) and Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), Mumbai, India.

Rao, Nitya, Verschoor, Arjan, Deshpande, Ashwini and Dubey, Amaresh (2010) Gender, caste and growth assessment – India (report to UK Department for International Development). Working Paper. University of East Anglia, UK.

Rao, N., Hossain, M.I. and Bhattacharya, S. (2009) Gender differences in migration opportunities, educational choices and wellbeing outcomes. Working Paper. Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK.

Akanji, B., Rao, N., Ajala, B., Akpokodje, G., Palmer Jones, R. and Papyrakis, E. (2009) Gender and Growth Assessment - Nigeria: Bauchi, Cross River, Kano and Lagos State Reports. Working Paper. Report produced for the Department for International Development (DFID)/Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Palmer Jones, R., Papyrakis, E., Rao, N., Akanji, B., Ajala, B. and Akpokodje, G. (2009) Gender and Growth Assessment - Nigeria: Microeconomic Study. Working Paper. Report produced for the Department for International Development (DFID)/Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Papyrakis, E., Palmer Jones, R., Rao, N., Akanji, B., Ajala, B. and Akpokodje, G. (2009) Gender and Growth Assessment - Nigeria: Macroeconomic Study. Working Paper. Report produced for the Department for International Development (DFID)/Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Rao, N., Palmer Jones, R., Akanji, B., Ajala, B., Akpokodje, G. and Papyrakis, E. (2009) Gender and Growth Assessment - Nigeria: National Overview. Working Paper. Report produced for the Department for International Development (DFID)/Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Book

Rao, Nitya (2021) Engendering climate change Learnings from South Asia:Learnings from South Asia. Routledge, Oxon. ISBN 9780815361657

Robinson-Pant, Anna, Aikman, Sheila, Dyer, Caroline, Rao, Nitya, Rogers, Alan and Themelis, Spyros (2015) BAICE Thematic Forum:Challenging deficit discourses in international education and development. University of East Anglia.

Duvendack, Maren, Palmer-Jones, Richard, Copestake, James G., Hooper, Lee, Loke, Yoon and Rao, Nitya (2011) What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London.

Rao, N. (2008) 'Good women do not inherit land': politics of land and gender in India. Social Science Press, New Delhi. ISBN 978-8-18735-824-4