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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
migrants. [Working Paper No. 442]. URL:[http://www.cds.edu/]. …
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The Impact of NREGA on Rural-Urban Migration: Field survey of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu
Jacob, Naomi - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go to cities to find work because they cannot survive on what they can earn in their own villages. Can NREGA be used to curb rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202].
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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of data collected from rural households in major states in...
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468424
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Is a Ban the Best Way to Reduce Plastic Bag Use? A Case Study from Delhi
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2012
In many developing countries plastic bags are a significant environmental problem. This is particularly true in the city of Delhi, which faces rapid development with un-matched and inadequate waste management systems. To address this problem, the government of Delhi passed a blanket ban on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535383
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Key Copenhagen Messages
Koch-Weser, Caio - eSocialSciences - 2009
Climate change is one of the most important issues of the next decades and has the potential to severely impact societies, economies and human wellbeing.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556795
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges
Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013
, 105, 100, and 111). In short, based on the recent NSSO data on employment, the present study attempts a detailed analysis …
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Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2013
Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India aims to provide an overview of existing innovative practices that … increase the inclusion of internal migrants in society and act as a living document that would inspire and assist professionals … and governments officials in their attempts to facilitate the social inclusion of migrants. Through this publication …
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Seize the Spotlight: A Case for Gulf Cooperation Council Engagement in Research on the Effects of Labor Migration
Clemens, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2013
Labor migration to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has massive effects on the GCC, the countries migrants come … from, and the migrants themselves and their families. Yet existing research on the effects of Gulf migration is marked by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945311
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
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