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Raman, K. Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2007

to these plantations: the abolition of slavery as an end in itself and, second, as a means to an end. In spite of the … fact that slavery had been abolished by the mid-nineteenth century, workers on plantations found themselves no better off …

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Poverty Eradication and Human Rights

Sengupta, Arjun - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper examines the proposition that "poverty is a violation of human rights". The author disuses the possibility of this proposition to be implementable in real case senarios and in polcies,

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Does the System of Rice Intensification Outperform Conventional System? A Case Study of Gujarat

Pathak, Jharna - eSocialSciences - 2011

The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers about the SRI technique as also of agricultural extension services in general. [Working Paper...

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Efficiency Spillovers from FDI in the Indian Machinery Industry: A Firm Level Study Using Panel Data Models

Keshari, Pradeep Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2011

Adopting a micro-level framework of impact of FDI in an industry, this study empirically examines the following three issues in the context of Indian machinery industry (IMI) - division 28 of National Industrial Classification, 2008. First of all, it compares the technical efficiency of foreign...

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Global Crisis, Environment Volatility and Expansion of Tthe Indian Leather Industry

Bhandari, Anup Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010

The present paper attempts to fill in the gap that exists in the Indian Leather industry, and makes some suggestions regarding the expansion of the by examining technical efficiency (TE) of individual leather producing firms for some selected years since the early-1980s. Analyzing the...

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