This study looked at the sustainability of the growth and development of business process outsourcing (BPO) in the … transcription, animation, and software development. Doubts about the sustainability of this hypergrowth situation are increasingly …

significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …

significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …

Fertility trends in India exhibit much spatial variation, with some regions reaching total fertility rates below 2 … that have promoted or retarded declines in fertility. There is, however, a tendency to regard development and diffusion as … and social development and treat diffusion as an inherent process. This paper is an attempt to enlarge the focus to look …

Service standards in the provision of health and education in the states in India are low on average and also … is important not only to improve the average levels of provisions of health and education services, but also to reduce … disparities across states, the Twelfth Finance Commission has recommended special grants for health and education to selected …

set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by … inquiry that reveals that education plays a major role in accessing more remunerative nonfarm employment. Other household …

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services levels remain stubbornly low in rural India despite high levels of public … expenditure during recent decades. In many areas, this is a result of service levels slipping back for reasons that include … inadequate protection of water sources (both quantity and quality) and relatively more attention being given to capital …

in reducing deficits. In the last year of the UPA the deadline effect helped meet expenditure targets, but at the cost of … of government finances to improve commensurate with this, suggests further improvement in expenditure management is …

This Report puts forward recommendations emerging from the Conference on Development with Equity and Justice …