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Singh, Krishna M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Meena, M.S.; Kumar, Abhay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

constraining development efforts in many countries including India. As populations expand and economies grow, the competition for … Resources, Government of India, in January 2012, released a draft National Water Policy for the consideration and opinion of … of water use across India – both personal and industrial use. This includes the imperatives of providing both clean …

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Sustainable Practices in Watershed Management: Global Experiences

Menon, Sudha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Watershed management is considered by scholars as well as practitioners across the world as the most appropriate approach to ensure the preservation, conservation and sustainability of all land based resources and for improving the living conditions of the people in uplands and low lands. More...

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An economic inquiry into collective action and household behaviour in watershed management

Devarajulu, Suresh Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The present paper analysed the people’s participation, collective action and farm household behaviour in micro watersheds. Peoples participation in different stages of watershed implementation indicate that farm households show inclination towards participation in planning and project...

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Considerazioni sui recenti censimenti dell'agricolutra, dell'industria e dei servizi in Mozambico

Cappiello, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The paper, after a short overview of the institutional framework of the National Statistical System and of the political and economic features of Mozambique, analyses the recent censuses of agriculture and of the enterprises which can represent an interesting case for Developing Countries with...

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The Marshall Plan: Searching for Creative Peace, Then and Now

Spahn, Paul Bernd - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997

The article reviews the elements of the Marshall Plan after World War II, and relates its positive features to economic challenges of the end of the 20th century.

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Democratisation via elections in an African 'narco state'? The case of Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focussing on good governance, state-building and conflict prevention …

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E-participation: social capital and the Internet

Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We add to the literature by conducting the first empirical assessment of how online networking affects two economically relevant aspects of social capital, i.e. trust and sociability, in a large and representative sample. We address endogeneity in online networking by exploiting technological...

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Online networks and subjective well-being

Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Does Facebook make people lonely and unhappy? Empirical studies have produced conflicting results about the effect of social networking sites (SNS) use on individual welfare. We use a representative sample of the Italian population to investigate how actual and virtual networks of social...

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Online networks and subjective well-being

Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

We argue that the use of online networks may threaten subjective well-being in several ways, due to the inherent attributes of Internet-mediated interaction and through its effects on social trust and sociability. We test our hypotheses on a representative sample of the Italian population. We...

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Gender Differences in Life Satisfaction and Social Participation

Humpert, Stephan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, I present gender specific differences for several social activities, such as club memberships of political, welfare, health or more leisure time...

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