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The State of Juvenile Justice in Karnataka
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2012
The situation of juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection across India is precarious. Nothing underlines this more than the situation in Karnataka. While the State Human Rights Commission and State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Karnataka have been...
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Second Universal Periodic Review of India-Draft
Affairs, Ministry of External; MEA, GoI - eSocialSciences - 2012
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process of the Human Rights Council which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years. The reviews are conducted by the UPR Working Group which consists of the 47 members of the Council. For this...
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into … China and employment in the low-wage industries is expanding, wages of Chinese workers are not rising. In fact, China is … study of China's hukou system and how it affectes the wages of migrant workers, the paper shows how the Chinese hukou system …
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Health and Human Rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling
Sollom, Richard; Richard, Adam K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Chin State of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is an isolated ethnic minority area with poor health outcomes and reports of food insecurity and human rights violations. A report on a population-based assessment of health and human rights in Chin State is given. It is sought to quantify reported...
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Understanding Vietnam: A Look Beyond Facts and Figures
Trinh, Tamara - eSocialSciences - 2010
become and Asia tiger. The article looks into the economic, social, political, performance of the country. …
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Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009 -10
Subbarao, D - eSocialSciences - 2009
The repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4.75%. The reverse repo rate left steady at 3.25%. The bank rate has been retained unchanged at 6.0%. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks has been retained unchanged at 5% of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL). Statutory liquidity...
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The Chinese Aid System
Lancaster, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2009
Questions about Chinese aid—how large it is and how fast it is growing; how decisions are made on how much aid is provided each year; which countries receive it and how much they get; how the aid is managed within the Chinese government and how it is evaluated are explored. The Chinese...
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Asia Confronts the Impossible Trinity
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2010
Capital account openness and exchange rate flexibility in 11 Asian countries are examined. Asia has made slow progress …
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India’s Pharmaceutical Industry in the WTO Regime: A SWOT Analysis
Lalitha, N. - eSocialSciences - 2006
a few firms in this sector. IPI faces threats in the form of competition from other Asian giants particularly China …
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Non Deliverable Foreign Exchange Forward Market: An Overview
Misra, Sangita; Behera, Harendra - eSocialSciences - 2007
Recognising the growing activity in the non deliverable forward (NDF) market in the recent years, the paper attempts to present a detailed analysis of the NDF market with special focus on Indian rupee. An attempt is made to study the interlinkages among the spot, forward and NDF markets for...
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