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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012
catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
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Study of Government Interventions for Employment Generation in the Private Sector
Ballesteros, Marife M.; Israel, Danilo C. - eSocialSciences - 2014
apparently intended to address other social issues such as poverty reduction, social/human development or community development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945344
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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India
Viswanathan, Brinda; Sharma, Viney - eSocialSciences - 2011
New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women. [WOrking Paper No. 41]. URL:...
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Migration and Urban Poverty in India Some Preliminary Observations
Mishra, Udaya S.; Joe, William; Samaiyar, Priyajit - eSocialSciences - 2009
individuals from migration, in terms of poverty outcomes are analysed. The analysis is based on the 55th round survey data on …-economic profiling of the migrant households in urban India and explore the dynamics of poverty among interstate as well as intrastate …
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Health and Millennium Development Goal 1: Reducing Out-of-pocket Expenditures to Reduce Income Poverty - Evidence from India
Garg, Charu C.; Karan, Anup - eSocialSciences - 2008
The first of the eight Millennium Development Goals is to halve extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. In India, thirty … two and a half million people fall below the national poverty line by making out-of- pocket payments for health care in a … and urban poor could drastically bring down the number of people falling below the poverty line and also reduce the …
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The Changing Pattern of Undernutrition in India A Comparative Analysis across Regions
V, Meenakshi J; Viswanathan, Brinda - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study analyses the changes in prevalence of undernutrition between the 1980s and 1990s at the national and sub-national levels in India and focuses on the rural-urban comparisons. The study exploits the demographic information available in household surveys to derive a household-specific...
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Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health
Bartram, Jamie; Cairncross, Sandy - eSocialSciences - 2010
the cycle of poverty. …
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Basic Household Amenities in India: A Progress Report
Mishra, Udaya S.; Shukla, Vachaspati - eSocialSciences - 2013
The present paper makes an attempt to analyse the progress of India in three important ‘basic human needs’ essential for a human life. These are access to latrine facility, safe drinking water and electricity.
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