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Handbook on the South Asian economies
Chowdhury, Anis (contributor);  … - 2008
1. India / S. Mahendra Dev -- 2. Pakistan / Parvez Hasan -- 3. Bangladesh / Wahiduddin Mahmud -- 4. Sri Lanka / Saman … Kelegama -- 5. Nepal / S.R. Osmani and B.B. Bajracharya -- 6. Bhutan / S.R. Osmani, S. Tenzing and T. Wangyal -- 7. The …
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New Frontiers, New Struggles: Press Freedom in South Asia 2011-12
eSocialSciences; International Federation of Journalists IFJ - 2013
Journalism in South Asia is facing many challenges with physical security being a major issue in most of the region. Several countries may have improved relatively due to decisions to reduce the risks involved in reporting highly sensitive stories. Though all countries in South Asia have formal...
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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This report investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this region will contribute nearly 40 percent of the growth in the world’s working-age (15–64) population over the next several decades. It is important to determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493951
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Trans-boundary River Basins in South Asia: Options for Conflict Resolution
Chintan, Gopal Siwakoti - eSocialSciences - 2012
India's trans-boundary riparian policies affect four countries - Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh - on three … south - Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam - on five river systems - the … river systems - the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra-Mehgna. China's riparian policies affect nine countries to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010543504
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Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries
World Bank - 2012
This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553003
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Socioeconomic Impacts of Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure Development in South Asia
Gilbert, John; Banik, Nilanjan - eSocialSciences - 2010
describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates … infrastructure projects in the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) region, connecting Nepal, eastern India …, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. This paper uses computable general equilibrium (CGE) methods to address how these infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682009
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Opening India’s Garments Sector to South Asia
Ray, Saon; Taneja, Nisha; Kaushal, Neetika - eSocialSciences - 2011
Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Under the SAFTA agreement, many of the garment items were on India’s sensitive lists and did …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321516
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Archiving the Nation –State in Feminist Praxis: A South Asian Perspective
Chakravarti, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
scholarship in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. She also examines the feminist engagement in terms of political â …
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Groundwater irrigation and the rural poor : options for development in the Gangetic Basin
Kahnert, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526205
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Investments in the Electric Power Sector : The Experience of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh - Final Report
World Bank - 2012
The three large South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), which are the focus of this report, have drawn …
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