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Role of private hospitals in Kerala: An Exploration

Dilip, T.R. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2008

This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals did not expand in numbers but a strong consolidation by large hospitals has...

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Time and cost over-runs of the power projects in Kerala

Pillai, N. Vijayamohanan; Kannan, K.P. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2001

sector in Kerala. Almost all the public projects, including the prestigious major hydroelectric project of Idukki, have been … political economy of vicious rent seeking. …

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Return emigrants in Kerala: Rehabilitation problems and development potential

Zachariah, K.C.; Nair, P.R. Gopinathan; Rajan, S. Irudaya - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2001

This research report is aimed at three aspects of return emigrants in Kerala - their occupational mobility, utilisation … of their human and material resources in Kerala's development and their rehabilitation. It describes their demographic …, social and economic characteristics before emigration, after emigration and, after return to Kerala. Also included are the …

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Agrarian distress and rural livelihoods: A Study in Upputhara panchayat Idukki district, Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Ramakumar, R. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This study examines the impact of agrarian distress on the different socio-economic groups, the strategies of livelihood adopted by households and the local institution in shaping these strategies. The study is based on the data collected from in-depth socio-economic enquiries conducted in...

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The Deluge of debt: Under-standing the financial needs of poor households

Suran, B.S.; Narayana, D. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

of the poor households residing in a coastal settlement in Kerala. The method of financial diary for data collection is …

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Home to Market: Response,Resurgence and Transformation of Ayurveda from 1830's to 1920

Harilal, M.S. - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2008

The article explores the early transformation of Ayurveda into a) a system of medicine, which has two components, one, a knowledge base and two, institutionally recognized professionals b) an industry, producing traditional medicine and related products for the market, in which one, the...

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Distress debt and suicides among agrarian households: Findings from three village studies in Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Menon, Vineetha - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the factors and process underlying agrarian distress in Kerala by undertaking the case studies of …

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Economic and social dynamics of migration in Kerala, 1999-2004: Analysis of panel data

KC.Zachariah; Rajan, S. Irudaya - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

were the same as those surveyed in Kerala Migration Study (KMS) in 1999. About 5 thousand of the 10 thousand households of …

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Agrarian distress and livelihood strategies: A Study in Pulpalli panchayat, Wayanad District, Kerala

Nair, K.N.; Menon, Vineetha; Menon, Vineetha - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2007

This paper examines the household livelihood strategies under agrarian distress in Pulpalli Panchayat of Kerala. It …

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Morbidity patterns in Kerala: Levels and determinants

Navaneetham, K.; Kabir, M.; Krishnakumar, C.S - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009

This paper examines the levels, patterns, and determinants of morbidity in Kerala. This study is based on a community …

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