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Gender and governance in rural services : insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393450
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Groundwater in rural development : facing the challenges of supply and resource sustainability
Foster, Stephen (contributor) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524437
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India : Fiscal Decentralization to Rural Governments
World Bank - 2013
decentralization in India, summarizes the current fiscal situation of district, block and village panchayats, identifies the main … the rest of India. There is a hierarchical arrangement of center-state-local governance. The 73rd Amendment to the … Constitution made India one of the most politically decentralized countries in the developing world. By the Constitution and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559145
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Lighting Rural India : Experience of Rural Load Segregation Schemes in States
World Bank - 2014
This paper summarizes the findings of a study in rural load segregation for lighting rural India. The study focused on … guidance note for a national action plan on rural load segregation. Traditionally, power supply to agriculture in India has … is in this context that several states in India have undertaken programs of rural feeder segregation which involve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560446
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Gender and Governance in Rural Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
World Bank - 2012
and qualitative analysis of accountability mechanisms in agricultural extension and rural water supply in India, Ghana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561054
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Of Taps and Toilets : Evaluating Community Demand-Driven Projects in Rural India
World Bank - 2010
, together spanning a range of conditions in rural India: Maharashtra and Orissa. The secondary objectives of the study were to …
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The returns to participation in the nonfarm sector in rural Rwanda
Paternostro, Stefano - 2004
"Dabalen, Paternostro, and Pierre investigate the differences in outcomes (earnings and consumption) between individuals (households) who participate in the nonfarm sector and those who do not. They use propensity score matching methods where they create appropriate comparison groups of...
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Georgia : Agricultural and Rural Enterprise Development
World Bank - 2013
The report is structured as follows. Section one examines the contribution of the rural economy to the national economy, the structure of the farm and non-farm sectors and their relative importance. Section two describes policies and constraints affecting the wider rural economy including,...
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Uruguay : The Rural Sector and Natural Resources, Volume 2. Annexes
World Bank - 2013
The report reviews the macroeconomic perspectives of Uruguay, focused on its rural development and natural resources intensive sectors, to form the basis for expanding agricultural production, and increasing productivity. It reviews the country's sectoral composition, exports of natural resource...
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe : welfare implications from urban and rural areas
Ersado, Lire - 2006
"The author examines, taking into account the urban-rural divides, the changes and welfare implications of income diversification in Zimbabwe following macroeconomic policy changes and droughts of the early 1990s. Data from two comparable national income, consumption and expenditure surveys in...
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