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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 …
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Drug Regulation and Incentives for Innovation: The Case of ASEAN
Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is to examine the ways in which regulatory framework affect the pharmaeutical innovations in developing countries using member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as case study. The paper employs a wide angle view of drug regulation in the...
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - eSocialSciences - 2012
Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies.[ADBI Working Paper Series No. 369]. URL …:[http://www.adbi.org/files/2012.07.10.wp369.climate.change.mitigation.green.growth.asia.pdf]. …
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
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Background Paper on Issues related to Land Economics - Urbanisation, Development and Housing Requirements in the National Capital Region (NCR)
Bedi, Jatinder S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
The mechanism adopted to keep the rise in property prices under check until 2000 was the active participation of the public sector in keeping supply ahead of demand. This seems to have worked well in keeping property prices under control and meeting the housing requirements of the middle and...
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Measuring Urbanization around a Regional Capital: The Case of Bhopal District
Gupta, Anima - eSocialSciences - 2014
. As compared to definitions of urbanization adopted by other countries, the Indian definition of urban area is actually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945339
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Urbanization and Spatial Patterns of Internal Migration in India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrashekar, S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
With an urbanization level of 31.16 percent in 2011, India is the least urbanized country among the top 10 economies of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945377
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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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