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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
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002272
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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319335
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Access to Banking Services and Poverty Reduction: A State-wise Assessment in India
Bhandari, Amit. K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in bank … accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. As a poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980014
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Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Infrastructure
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2010
could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522013
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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies
Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011
urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321503
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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Developing Asia’s Competitive Advantage in Green Products: Learning from the Japanese Experience
Lino, Fukuya; Lim, Alva - eSocialSciences - 2010
€œgreen†economic growth, which can not only provide the new markets and jobs needed immediately for alleviating poverty, but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671973
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Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers
Moss, Todd - eSocialSciences - 2011
same time, a growing number of developing countries have initiated cash transfers as a response to poverty, and these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799608
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Girls in Science and Technology Education: A Study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Nepal
Koirala, Dr. Vidya Nath; Acharya, Dr. Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper is a study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Science and Technology in Nepal. This study …, identify stakeholders’ perspective towards girls’ access to and participation in Science and Technology Education (STE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493858
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Technology Intensity and Global Competitiveness: Issues in Labour Cost and Employment
Mitra, Arup; Sharma, Chandan - eSocialSciences - 2014
Productive employment generation is an important objective in most of the developing countries this motivation has probably induced firms to adopt capital intensive techniques. Based on the country specific data on the manufacturing sector in select developing countries the argument of high cost...
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