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Propensity Score Matching Method in Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Approach to Program Evaluation of INHP-III
Gakhar, Kaushal Deep; Kapur, Vidhu; Kaur, Navneet - eSocialSciences - 2010
as use of experimental design entails creation of treatment and comparison group thereby providing benefits to some and … in construction of both treatment and comparison at baseline. This makes attribution of observed outcomes and impacts to … such alternative for addressing the concerns comparison and attribution. This paper is based on the case of Endline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466284
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Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty
Miller, Robert - eSocialSciences - 2007
A method of collecting family histories that would act as a means of linking households from the panel studies with individual life histories is proposed. The procedure used to construct a three-generation ‘social genealogical’ chart of the family and a strategy for interviewing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699094
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FTA with Australia by next year
Hock, Teh Eng - eSocialSciences - 2008
Malaysia and Australia hope to conclude free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by 2009, said International Trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341825
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Structural and Functional Loss in Restored Wetland Ecosystems
Mateos, David Moreno; Power, Mary E; Comín, Francisco A; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Wetlands, which include tropical mangroves and boreal peatlands, are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world because they provide critical ecosystem goods and services, such as carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, fish production, water purification, and erosion control. As global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493958
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Swine Flu Casts its Spell across the Globe
Mavani, Rajeev - eSocialSciences - 2009
The swine flu has come to India also. What measures have been taken by the government to fight against the pandemic?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009912
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Report on National Mineral Policy
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007
other resource countries such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, and Indonesia. It is imperative that the bottlenecks in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170138
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Going Places? Visitors, Enthusiasts and the Public History of Transport
Divall, Colin - eSocialSciences - 2007
The ways in which the public learns about the histories of transport and travel are explored. The role of displays put on by museums and by heritage transport attractions - organisations such as steam railways, paddleboat shipping companies, vintage bus and tram operators, and so on, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170177
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The Lancang-Mekong River Basin: Reflections on Cooperation Mechanisms Pertaining to a Shared Watercourse
Sunchindah, Apichai - eSocialSciences - 2013
The ambitious development plans for the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) could have serious environmental, social, cultural and even geopolitical ramifications that could in turn destabilise the Mekong Subregion (MS). On the premise that frameworks for regional cooperation offer a viable route...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945328
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Emerging through Technological Capability: An Overview of India’s Technological Trajectory
Ray, Amit Shovon - eSocialSciences - 2008
In this paper an overview of India’s technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of India’s technological capability and the role it has played in the process of India’s economic progress. [WP No. 227].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341765
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The China-Japan-US Triangle
Vogel, Ezra F. - eSocialSciences - 2006
between the three great powers in the region: China, Japan and the United States. This paper discusses relations between China …, Japan and the United States since World War II. It looks at three periods of critical changes in their relations - 1947 to … fates of the three countries are interlinked. The challenge for the US-Japan-China triangle is to create the positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341800