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Budget Analysis: Kerala Budget 2013-14

Padmanabhan, Vishnu; Nair, Anil - eSocialSciences - 2013

The Minister of Finance, K.M Mani , presented the General Budget 2013 to the State Assembly on March 15, 2013. In his address, he commented on the fiscal performance of the State in 2012-13 and laid out his budget proposals for 2013-14. This document presents a brief analysis covering important...

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Letting Girls Learn: Promising Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education

Herz, Barbara; Subbarao, K.; Habib, Masooma; Raney, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2014

This paper analyses the benefits from female education (who gains and in what ways) and the constraints (direct and … opportunity costs, reflecting economics and tradition). It then outlines promising approaches for increasing female education. The … demand for female education can be strengthened gradually through economic and sectoral policies that increase the returns …

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Inter-State Imbalances in Essential Services: Some Perspectives

Srivastava, D K; Rao, C Bhujanga - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper analyzes the inter-state imbalances in three major sectors of the economy, namely, education, health and …

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One Hundred years of Economic Change in Bengal: Re-visiting the Economic Life of a Bengal District

Raihan, Selim - eSocialSciences - 2011

infrastructure, such as health and education. Also, there have been significant changes in the structure of the economy. [Working …

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K to 12: The Key to Quality Education?

eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012

The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the DepEd to push for the … high school in the basic education cycle. The proposal has spurred a heated debate on whether it could lead to improvements … or just exacerbate the present state of education in the country. [PB-11-02]. URL …

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Adolescent Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Effects and Solutions

McQueston, Kate; Silverman, Rachel; Glassman, Amanda - eSocialSciences - 2012

Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or...

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Union Budget 2008-09: A Bag of Tricks to Get the Vote

Kumar, Arun - eSocialSciences - 2008

The budget is an election budget. There are lots of sectors which needs more attention. Many questions are raised at the end of the document which the government may fail to answer

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Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia

Basu, Kaushik; Atal, Vidya; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - eSocialSciences - 2009

Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...

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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)

Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010

The purpose of the ASER 2009â€™s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of childrenâ€™s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...

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GenNext Banking: Issues and Perspectives

C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2009

€™s population and the nexus between low dependency ratio and saving. It also provides a projection of Housing and Education Loan …

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