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Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...
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This paper investigates the effects of the size of private land holdings and access to forest commons on the labour allocation to livelihood activities. The statistical analysis indicates that land and forests are complementary assets in the rural production process. Differential access to...
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This paper conducts an econometric analysis of data for a sample of over 4000 children in India, between the ages of 1 …-2 years of age, with a view to studying two aspects of the neglect of children: their likelihood of being immunised against … on whether or not their mothers were literate: there was no gender discrimination between children of literate mothers …
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Child labour is in focus for last two decades as it robs children of the chance to enhance human capital. This paper … children in 2003-04, about 13 percent of total, are ‘Nowhere Children’. Incidence of Domestic Duties and Nowhere Children are … drive the children to the labour market. Lack of Educational infrastructure is found to be very important in this respect …
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This paper combines a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning. In 57 schools in India, randomly chosen out of 113, a teacher’s daily attendance was verified through photographs with time...
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by the children remained the same. In some of the African and Asian countries children are exposed to vulnerable … problems of children in many developing countries. An attempt is also made to highlight what may be termed as tentative … children issues and lessons emerging from Africa and India. …
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school of Errabelly village of Karimnager district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The study revealed that children dropped out of …
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tamper-proof date and time function, along with instructions to have one of the children photograph the teacher and other … schools and children were 40% more likely to be admitted into regular schools. …
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What are the effects of childhood immunization program (UIP) on women's fertility and birth spacing? I examine the effect of this immunization program on women's subsequent fertility and birth spacing by exploiting district-by-cohort variation in exposure to the program. The results indicate...
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Illiterate women comprise a particularly vulnerable section of the community. They lack empowerment, are unable to voice their choice with respect to contraceptive use, and also lack access to health services. However, their lack of literacy may be compensated if their partners are literate....
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