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The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … among the migrants and those who identified themselves as heads. In all the states in South India this percentage is high …
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Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...
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poverty in rural India. This shows the potential for achieving the much-debated 10% aggregate real GDP growth in the Indian … infrastructure, which is 0.5% of GDP and 2.7% of total govt. revenue in 2000-03, can accelerate the real macro economic growth by 1 …
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, namely : Goal 1 (poverty and hunger), Goal 2 (education), Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control … the eight MDGs. The MDGs include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality … and women empowerment; reduction of child mortality; improvement of maternal health; control of HIV/AIDS, malaria and …
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Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …
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This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in … India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues : employment generation, skill formation (human … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill …
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Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty … infrastructure to growth; the significance of growth, infrastructure and human development to poverty reduction; the contribution of … growth and human development to sustainable development; the effect of nonfarm incomes to growth, poverty reduction, and …
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This paper attempts to assess the impact of trade liberalization on growth, poverty, and food security in India with … the help of a national level computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. It shows that GDP growth and income poverty … food security in addition to overall growth and poverty traditionally considered in such studies. …
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In the last twenty years, the Philippines has gained a good progress in poverty reduction. However, compared to other … Philippine population lives below the poverty line. With landless status, the poor depended largely on labor with its embedded …
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Economic growth does not necessarily ensure environmental sustainability for a country. The relationship between the … two is far more complicated for developing countries like India, given the dependence of a large section of the population … Environmental Quality (EQ), Human Development (HD) and Economic Growth (EG) for 14 major Indian States during post liberalisation …
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