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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Public Sector Performance: A Global Perspective
Ross, Louise - eSocialSciences - 2011
The public sectors of different countries are shaped by many factors, but they share common challenges. Those challenges make public sector performance management more complex than it is in the private sector. The generally simpler environment of the private sector and its efficient evolution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386043
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
South Asia. URL:[http://fgks.in/IndexServer/tifac/article/146.pdf]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319328
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Employment Promoting Growth in Bangladesh: Monetary and Financial Sector Issues
Mujeri, Mustafa. K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Although economic growth has improved in recent years in Bangladesh, the better economic performance has not translated into satisfactory poverty reduction. The type of growth that matters Bangladesh is the one that creates employment opportunities especially for the poor. In Bangladesh,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980016
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Impact of Imported Intermediate and Capital Goods on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis
Veermani, C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250506
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Impact of Imported Intermediate and Capital Goods on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis
Veermani, C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer … productivity level associated with a country's imports. Using instrumental variable method (to address the endogeneity problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985543
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Allotment of Ration Cards and Ration to the Families Migrating from Drought Areas
eSocialSciences - 2013
Government resolution (GR) by Maharashtra government for migrant workers from drought areas. [Government of Maharashtra]. URL:[https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/English/201302261456548906.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945295
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into China and employment in the low-wage industries is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341689
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Final Report of the Task Force on Domestic Workers: Realising Decent Work
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2011
This report presents the results of the deliberations of the Task Force. Section one provides the background. Section two presents the status of the implementation of March 2010 recommendations contained in the First Report. It then describes the deliberations of the Task Force regarding the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364239
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Poverty and Livelihood among Tribals in Gujarat: Status, Opportunities, and Strategies
Sajitha O.G; Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper tries to look into the status of poverty and multiple deprivations among tribal communities in the state and explores policy options for strengthening their livelihoods through a combination of forest and nonforest based interventions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543114