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School Libraries and Language Skills in Indian Primary Schools: A Randomized Evaluation of the Akshara Library Program

Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. - eSocialSciences - 2012

A randomized evaluation of a school library program on childrenâ€™s language skills is conducted. The program had …

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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...

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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.

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Is There a Global Bioethics? End-of-Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference

Stonington, Scott; Ratanakul, Pinit - eSocialSciences - 2007

As developing countries build allopathic medical systems, what should their bioethics be? In this essay, we explore possible answers to this question, ultimately arguing that Western bioethics is insufﬁ cient to solve the problems that arise in the practice of allopathic medicine in...

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Ethics and the World of Finance

Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2009

How do we, as individuals, approach issues of ethics and values? Are our approaches different in our personal and … professional lives? Are issues of ethics different in the financial sector? What are the ethical issues thrown up by the current …? Some of these questions are addressed here. [Keynote address at the Conference on â€˜Ethics and the World of Financeâ …

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Ethics Without Borders

eSocialSciences; Plos medicine Editors - 2009

The authors shows the problems that can arise when research is done in the context of humanitarian relief work and also notes that ethical oversight of such research needs to be rigorous, but also pragmatic. It discusses particularly the role of journals when papers arising from such research...

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Book Review: This is Water: The Ethics of Memory

Barker, Jeffrey H. - eSocialSciences - 2007

This review of Avishai Margalit's The Ethics of Memory (Harvard University Press, 2004. New York) explores the ethical …

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Ethics in Health Research: A Social Science Perspective

Jaitly, Tejal Barai; Jesani, Amar - eSocialSciences - 2007

in ethics in the social sciences. Some papers elaborate on practitionersâ€™ experiences that illustrate these principles …

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Ethics in Social Science Research: Reflections from a Student of Economics

Swaminathan, Padmini - eSocialSciences - 2006

If poverty and nutrition are issues also of social justice and the commitment that a democratic state makes to its citizens (namely, ridding the country of hunger and malnutrition and also of ensuring food security) then the discipline of economics needs to pose its problem differently. The...

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Application Of Ethical Principles With Cultural Sensitivity: Case Study Of Research Among Tribal Population

Sajitha O.G; Ramanathan, Mala - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper aims to bring out the need to incorporate cultural sensitivity to ensure the principle of essentiality in research processes while undertaking research among tribal populations. The authors establish the difference in the outcome of obtaining consent between tribal and other...

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