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Tobacco Control in Schools in India (India Global Youth Tobacco Survey & Global School Personnel Survey, 2006)

SInha, Dhirendra Narain - eSocialSciences - 2008

India Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) 2006 and Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) 2006 were undertaken region …-wise, namely, North, South, East, West, Central and North East, covering 99.7% of the total population of India. Altogether, 12 … the first half of 2006. Data from India GYTS 2003 and GYTS 2006 was analyzed to examine the change in different variables …

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Declining Child Sex Ratio: Addressing the Imperatives

Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2011

A discussion about the declining sex ratio in India is given. The various reasons for declining sex ratio are outlined. …

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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City

Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011

The study explores different aspects of employment and labour market prevalent in large in UAs, in particular global cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of economic activities, the paper present a case study of...

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Secondary Education in India: Determinants of Development and Performance

P, Geetha Rani - eSocialSciences - 2007

A review of development of school education in India reflects an expansionary phase of number of institutions and …

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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India

Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009

Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the …

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Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India

eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2011

The study looks at the relationship between indigenous people and their forest homes using a novel field field experiments approach. [Policy Brief No. 48-10]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/906_PUB_Policy_Brief_48_Rucha.pdf].

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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges

Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013

This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and …

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Fertility Decline and Missing Women

Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014

This paper empirically measures the relationship between desired fertility and the sex ratio. Standard survey questions on fertility preferences ask the respondent her desired number of children of each sex, but people who want larger families have systematically stronger son preference, which...

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Gender Quotas and Female Leadership: A Review

Pande, Rohini; Ford, Deanna - eSocialSciences - 2014

randomized allocation of political quotas in India and the unanticipated introduction of board quotas in Norway have allowed …

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Remittance Needs and Opportunities in India

Thorat, Y S P; Jones, Howard - eSocialSciences - 2013

This report synthesises a national study on domestic migration and remittance flows, four migration corridor studies, and an analysis of the Indian payment system with respect to small money transfers. Their findings add knowledge about the needs of migrants and their relatives back home as well...

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