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Panchayat Jamabandhi in Karnataka: A Case of Transparency and Accountability in Good Governance

Sivanna, N; Bab, M Devendra - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2004

The "Panchayat Jamabandhi" is an innovative administrative mechanism to bring in transparency and accountability in administration at the Grama Panchayat level. Under this new mechanism, citizens are given an opportunity to access documents and files of the grama Panchayats thereby making the...

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Employment Security for the Unorganised Sector Workers in Karnataka

Rajasekhar, D.; Suchitra J. Y. - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2006

four districts in Karnataka, we find that the inter and intra-sectoral heterogeneity among these occupational groups have …

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Demographic Change and Gender Inequality: A Comparative Study of Madhya pradesh and Karnataka

Lakshmana, C M - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2004

understand the demographic changes and gender inequality in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. The analysis is primarily … deprivation (IOD) of CLDI was lower in Karnataka than M.P. Karnataka’s Sex ratio is also distinctly better than that of M ….P. Similarly, men and women in Karnataka have better longevity over that of M.P. …

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Reforms in State Public Enterprises in Karnataka: A Review

Rajeev, Meenakshi - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2004

enterprises (PSEs) in Karnataka. One of the interesting features of this new initiative is to identify enterprises for …/non-commercial etc.).This paper reviews the status of the PSEs in the State of Karnataka, the recent restructuring measures initiated by …

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Land Resources and Policy in Karnataka

Deshpande, R S; Bhende, M J - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2003

Land is certainly a crucial component in the family of all natural resources. Land-use trends therefore can impact the economy and ecology simultaneously and sometimes at cross-purposes. Therefore, a long term policy for land use based on trends and carrying capacity is earnestly needed. But...

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Do children make women more patient? Experimental evidence from Indian villages

Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009

This paper studies gender heterogeneity in preferences. We used experimental methods to elicit the subjective discount rate and attitude toward risk in Indian villages. Results show that women made more patient choices than men and that their discount rate is related to number of children. No...

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