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Strategies for the People’s Republic of China’s Small and Medium Enterprise Development within the National Innovation System
Yang, Tracy; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Kanamori, Toshiki - eSocialSciences - 2010
With deregulation and globalization, and the impact of these developments on economies worldwide, it has become … play a signicant role in terms of any further reforms of the PRC's national innovation system, which in turn could spur … continued growth. It highlights how issues such as innovation, research and development, and strategic clustering in influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764251
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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
In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce …:[http://www.cgdev.org/files/1426275_file_Fan_Karanb_Mahald_state_health_insurance_FINAL.pdf] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945315
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Odisha Budget 2013-14: Part 1 Agriculture
Government, Orissa - eSocialSciences - 2013
Budget presented by Shri Prasanna Acharya. The first part contains the Agriculture Budget.
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Out-of-pocket Expenditures and Poverty: Estimates From NSS 61st Round
Gupta, Indrani - eSocialSciences - 2013
Poverty needs to be measured taking into account OOP spending, since health spending is also now viewed as an essential expenditure that enhances welfare like food and other necessities. [Paper presented for consideration of the Expert Group on Poverty, Planning Commission]....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945518
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Can Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure
Joglekar, Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008
expenditure and examine the impact of health insurance on probability of incurring catastrophic health expenditure. The study is … examine the impact of health insurance on catastrophic health care payments for six Indian states.[IGIDR WP -2008-016]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341722
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Equity for Open-Access Journal Publishing
Shieber, Stuart M. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Open access journal publishing is currently at a systematic disadvantage relative to the traditional subscription-based journal publishing. A simple, cost effective remedy to this inequity is proposed that would put open access publishing on a path to become a sustainable, efficient system,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967296
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Vulnerability and Coping to Disasters: A Study of Household Behaviour in Flood Prone Region of India
K, Narayanan; Patnaik, Unmesh - eSocialSciences - 2010
insurance framework and econometric modeling is carried out using binary outcomes and multivariate probit estimation through GHK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515134
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Government vs Weather The True Story of Crop Insurance in India
Ifft, Jennifer - eSocialSciences - 2009
The government of India started offering widespread crop in insurance in 1985, with the Comprehensive Crop Insurance … Scheme. The CCIS has been replaced by the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme. The NAIS is considered to be an improvement … insurance has proved to be a failure worldwide, but India seems to have ignored both its own failure and the failure of other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543104
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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper reviews the development of the social security system and trends in the urban labor market in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and improve its social security system and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552009
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Developing The Indian Debt Capital Markets: Small Investor Perspectives
Sen, Pronab; Bahel, Nikhil; Ranjan, Shikhar - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper argues that with the recent economic reforms, an efficient and active debt market, particularly in long-term private debt instruments, is essential for the country to realize the full benefits of the reform process and to achieve its potential.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009917