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The Effect of IMF and World Bank Programmes on Poverty
Easterly, William - eSocialSciences - 2010
Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the growth elasticity of poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but the author find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment on growth. Instead, the poor benefit less...
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Rising Inequality With High Growth Isn't This Trend Worrisome? Analysis of Kerala Experience
Subrahmanian, KK; Prasad, Syam - eSocialSciences - 2008
The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution in a way that retards the progress in poverty-reduction. The empirical...
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Policy, Economic Federalism & Product Market Entry: The Indian Experience
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - eSocialSciences - 2007
Productivity growth has long been associated with, among others, contestability of markets which, in turn, is dependent on the ease with which potential competitors to the incumbent firms can enter the product market. There is a growing consensus that in emerging markets regulatory and...
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Informal Values and Formal Policies:A study of Japanese Technology Policy and Significance for India
Bhaduri, Saradindu; Chandra, Janashruti - eSocialSciences - 2008
understand how the various informal institutions (shared mental models) have influenced key dimensions of technology strategy …
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Dynamics of Irrigation Institutions: Case Study of a Village Panchayat in Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2006
working of irrigation institutions, the present study reveals that successful management of irrigation is contingent upon the … level of participation of the water users in the management. By comparing irrigation institutions under different property … institutions. It is found that albeit the physical characteristics of irrigation systems and the heterogeneities of the members of …
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Livelihood Risks and Coping Strategies: A Case Study in the Agrarian Village Of Cherumad, Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The various dimensions of livelihood risk as informed by a in-depth case study of an agrarian village namely, Cherumad in Kerala is examined. [WP no. 394].
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Emerging Contours of Financial Regulation: Challenges and Dynamics
Mohan, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper attempts to analyse the emerging contours of regulation of financial institutions with an emphasis on the …
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‘The Education Question’ from the Perspective of Adivasis: Conditions, Policies and Structures
Veerbhadranaika, P; Kumaran, Revathi Sampath; Tukdeo, … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Drawing on secondary data, insights and ideas from an all-India consultation meet at NIAS, four regional / zonal consultations, data from a project in Chamarajanagar district (Karnataka), and select reviews of educational programmes, this report presents a broad perspective of Adivasi education...
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Analyzing Institutions in Resource and Development Econometrics: Recognizing Institutions, Exploring Levels and Querying Causes
Dayal, Vikram - eSocialSciences - 2012
Three strategies are discussed to integrate institutional analysis into resource and development econometrics: (1) recognition of institutional variables; (2) use of multilevel thinking and estimation; and (3) the adoption of causal graphs. [SANDEE Working Paper, No 70–12]....
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The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2014
through processes provided, and institutions established, under this enactment and for matters connected therewith or …
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