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Much Ado about Nothing…Budget for Children a Mere Lip Service! India Fails to Protect its Children Once Again
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
Share of Dudget for Children in the Union Budget. [HAQCRC]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/BfC%20Analysis%202013-14-1.pdf]
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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 …
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Recent Employment Situation and Labor Market Developments in Bangladesh
Rahman, Md. Habibur; Younus, Sayera; Hossain, Md. Sakhawat - eSocialSciences - 2011
This note examines recent trends in the labor market and employment situation in Bangladesh and draws some policy implications keeping the poverty reduction imperatives in view. [BB PP No. 0807]. URL:[http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/openpdf.php].
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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
reliable route out of poverty for a region that is home to more than 40 percent of the world’s absolute poor. [World Bank …
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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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Segregated Data Analysis Report of NFHS-3 for Adolescents
Health, Ministry of; Welfare, Family - eSocialSciences - 2010
the nation must be able to invest in their education, health and development adequately. In order to ensure that they grow …
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Inclusive National Accounts: Introduction
Dasgupta, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2012
An outline of what would be ideally needed for a comprehensive set of national accounts is given. National governments and international agencies ought ideally to go even beyond green national accounts. Unfortunately though, that ideal cannot be met, at least not in the near future....
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Brand India: No Equity for Children
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
in the world. Even while the country is investing its resources to create “India-the Global Brandâ€, what is its …
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The State of the World’s Children 2011 Adolescence – An Age of Opportunity
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2011
The State of the World's Children 2011 examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in … health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage. The report … intergenerational cycle of poverty and inequity and of laying the foundation for a more peaceful, tolerant and equitable world. URL …
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomised Experiments in India
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit; Cole, Shawn; Linden, Leigh - eSocialSciences - 2006
to improve the quality of education in urban slums. A remedial education programme hired young women from the community …
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