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This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research … conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA). The author describes the formal and …
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women in South Asian societies. This paper examines this tenet in the context of India, with particular emphasis on possible … policies relating to women’s empowerment against a backdrop of rapid urbanization. …
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In this paper we propose to measure the inequality of educational achievements by constructing a Gini index on educational attainments. We then use the proposed measure to analyse the relationship between inequality in incomes and educational achievements.
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This paper studies the evolution of Venezuelan inequality since 1970. It finds a striking increase in Venezuelan inequality that has been due mainly to the rise in capital's share of GDP.
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The aim of this paper is to expand our knowledge on risk aversion among the poor by conducting experiments that do not only test risk aversion in small and large stakes but also in risky gains and risky losses. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt
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The Australian government will double its Official Development Assistance by 2015 (over 2010 levels). Innovative delivery mechanisms will be required to ensure aid is spent efficiently. In addition to traditional delivery mechanisms.bilateral, multilateral.the Australian government has piloted a...
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