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Analytic and Strategic Review Paper: International Perspectives on Early Child Development
Maggi, Stefania; Irwin, Lori G.; Siddiqi, Arjumand; … - eSocialSciences - 2006
The present work builds on the affirmed desire of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) to be judged on both its scientific rigor and the policy implications that the Commission’s work will generate. It contributes to the general discussion on the social determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341696
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The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Gas, Ava Gail; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Suriastini, Wayan; … - eSocialSciences - 2013
Identifying the impact of parental death on the well-being of children is complicated because parental death is likely … of parental deaths on the well-being of children who were age 9 through 17 years old at the time of the tsunami … children before and after the tsunami, models that include child fixed effects are estimated to isolate the causal effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945343
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The Importance of Being Wanted
Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010
-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning; children born in auspicious years are more likely to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493864
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Inside the Family A Report on Democratic Rights of Women
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2008
marginalization and exploitation in the labour force; 4. the perpetuation of the notion of the family as a private area governed by … relate all these aspects to the function of the family in violating the democratic rights of women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487555
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Early Childhood Education
Reeta, Sonawat - eSocialSciences - 2007
children between ages of 2 and 6 years. It paves the way for effective learning. The child is prepared in all respects to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528378
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Untold Stories: The Human Face of Poverty Dynamics
Prowse, Martin - eSocialSciences - 2008
The policy brief describes the life stories of five people, to show the face of human face of chronic poverty. It also suggests that such life history material can be an important source of data for policies.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699035
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CRY’s Response to the Draft Juvenile Justice, Bill 2014 circulated by Ministry of Women and Child Development
Rights, Child; CRY, You - eSocialSciences - 2014
Suggestions for sections of the bill is given.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133182
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It’s a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India
Zimmermann, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2012
Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute to the persistence of this phenomenon because they derive substantial long-run non-monetary benefits from giving birth to a son in the form of an improvement in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133223
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Conflict, Crisis, and Abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: Experiences from Six Years at a Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children
Daruwalla, Nayreen; Osrin, David; Fernandez, Armida; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
, training, protocols, and resources, all of which are in short supply. The Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children is running …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967090
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Troubled Encounter: Japan–DPRK Non-Relations
Edström, Bert - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper explores the interplay between two neighbors that have been victims of history, Japan and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea). [ISDP Asia Paper]. URL:[http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012_edstrom_japan-dprk-non-relations.pdf].
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