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Consequences of Unequal Urbanization on Development
Bhagat, Ram - eSocialSciences - 2014
Historically, urbanization has been a great force of economic transformation, modernization and social change in the developed world. On the flip side, migration has been blamed for the woes of modern cities overlooking the fact that urban planning and governance are equally responsible. Indian...
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Women’s Economic Empowerment as the “Magic Potion†of Development?
Blumberg, Rae Lesser - eSocialSciences - 2008
enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696027
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On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Qian, Nancy - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a twenty-period of rapid income growth. It addresses the problem of the endogenous placement of networks by exploiting the fact that these networks tend to connect historical...
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Proportion of Births Attended by a Skilled Health Worker 2008 Updates
eSocialSciences; World Health Organisation WHO - 2008
In our analysis, attempts have been made to quantify the proportion of births attended by health workers other than doctors, nurses and midwives in order to show the proportion of births conducted by such groups of providers. [Factsheet Department of Reproductive Health and Research].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699070
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World Development Report 2007 Development and the Next Generation
eSocialSciences; World Bank - 2008
The Report examines five pivotal phases of life that can help unleash the development of young people’s potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699344
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Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching
Benson, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2007
One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699174
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Withering Valli: Alienation, Degradation and Enslavement Of Tribal Women In Attappady
Kalathil, Mariamma J. - eSocialSciences - 2006
people. The main objective of the study was to investigate the adverse impact of development programmes on tribesfolk and to … propose alternative forms of eco-friendly, sustainable, and indigenous development programmes. The study formulates an account … Tribal Development Programmes (ITDP) implemented during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period along with the land policy followed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528118
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Change in Karnataka over the Last Generation: Villages and the Wider Context
Manor, James - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper examines changes that have (and have not) occurred – at the village level in Karnataka where most or the state’s residents live, and at higher levels when they impinge upon villages – since 1972. Substantial changes have occurred on many (though certainly not all)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528135
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Agriculture In The North-Eastern Region
Mishra, S.K. - eSocialSciences - 2007
Varities. It also says about the paddy cultivation, yield rate, level of agriculture development. In the NER Manipur is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528261
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by … InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305