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The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and programmes it has to be anchored in a social context....
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This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the Planning Commission with earlier … estimates of the 1980s and 1990s, focusing on the methodology and database used for estimation. It extensively reviews the … (2003) in this regard. The paper traces the comparable poverty estimates for the 1980s and 1990s in their levels and change …
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Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets … Bangladesh. Maymana and Mofizul’s story confirms much current thinking about persistent poverty in that country. [WP No. 22]. …
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Rising food prices cause considerable policy dilemmas for developing country governments. Letting domestic prices adjust to reflect the full change in international prices generates inflationary pressures and causes severe hardship for poor households lacking access to social safety nets....
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In India, year-on-year percentage changes of price indexes are widely used as the measure of inflation. In terms of monthly data, each observation of a one-year change in inflation is the sum of twelve one-month changes. This suggests that better information about inflationary pressures can be...
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Reliability of audience measurement reports both from the perspective of viewers and competitive relations between …- alia, administering a reliable system of accreditation for broadcast audience measurement services. Ratings agencies are …
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A review and extended discussion is presented of The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice and Lives by Deirdre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak, a work that raises important issues related to the practice of statistics and that has been widely commented...
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the concepts through an interactive methodology. Each life skill has been explained using everyday examples which will …
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Singapore business within a holistic framework using case study methodology. Following the Introduction in Section 1, Section 2 … turn of the millennium. Section 3 provides an outline of the scope, methodology and rationale of this study. Section 4 … of the methodology adopted in the study and possible areas for further research are also outlined. The Appendices contain …
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explains the methodology followed. Second, the firm’s entry strategy is discussed to highlight how the Japanese view business …
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