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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountainous regions of Nepal (i.e., excluding the low-lying Terai regions) were surveyed in three...
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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies
Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL: [http://fgks.in/IndexServer/tifac/article/141.pdf]
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Beyond Industrialization New Approaches to Development Strategy Based on the Service Sector
Sheehan, Peter - eSocialSciences - 2009
through industrialization, and especially through export oriented activities. But the key mechanisms seen as driving the …
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Private Sector Industrialization in China: Evidence from Wenzhou
Strauss, John; Qian, Edward Y.; Shen, Minggao; Liu, Dong; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study to help shed light on the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprise growth in Wenzhou. The study is done by relying on a probabilistic firm survey that we carried out in Wenzhou in early 2006 for three industries: shoes, eyeglasses and general equipment. Not a...
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China-India and the Global Talent shortage
Sanyal, Sanjeev - eSocialSciences - 2007
Economic growth in China and India is exponentially increasing the global demand for skills. In turn, this will cause a …
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ASEAN Auto Market Growing in the Shadow of China and India
Heymann, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2011
automakers. URL:[http://www.dbresearch.com/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000278738/ASEAN+auto+market%3A+Growing+in+the+shadow+of+China+and+India.pdf]. …
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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Heston, Alan - eSocialSciences - 2010
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
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Emerging Asia's Middle Class-A Force to be Reckoned With
Dyck, Steffen; Hansakul, Syetarn; Saxena, Rachna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The emergence of a large and dynamic middle class raises Asia’s profile as an attractive market destination for products ranging from consumer goods to financial services. There are even hopes that the Asian consumer will replace the US as “world consumer of last resortâ€,...
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Reserve Bank of India Platinum Jubilee Celebrations - Governor’s Address to Staff
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2009
The main question that the Governor is asking to the RBI staff is "how can I do my job better so that I can make a positive difference to the country?"
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Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012
final height in 2010, but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy …
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