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Towards a Less Imperfect State of the World: The Gulf Between North and South
Thakur, Ramesh - eSocialSciences - 2008
Many developing countries assert a claim to the privilege of managing world order on a shared basis but exhibit a strong reluctance to accept the responsibility flowing from such privilege, for example with respect to protecting the victims of humanitarian atrocities. Some powerful countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699336
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
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 expanding, wages of Chinese workers are not rising. In fact, China is … study of China's hukou system and how it affectes the wages of migrant workers, the paper shows how the Chinese hukou system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341689
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Health and Human Rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling
Sollom, Richard; Richard, Adam K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Chin State of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is an isolated ethnic minority area with poor health outcomes and reports of food insecurity and human rights violations. A report on a population-based assessment of health and human rights in Chin State is given. It is sought to quantify reported...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002284
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The Sexual Harrasment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2012
The Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Parliament) has, on 3 September 2012, passed the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012. The Bill now remains to be passed by the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament) and notified by the government,...
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Under trial Prisoners: Quicker Trial and Human Rights
Majumdar, Ranesh Chandra - eSocialSciences - 2012
Discussion on the human rights violation of under trial prisoners.
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From a Rights Perspective
Nagaraj, Vijay Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2006
The collection of papers demonstrates that the human right to development in essence brings together several distinct but not mutually inconsistent streams of philosophical, political, economic and socio-legal thoughts and traditions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319346
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Book Review: Trojan Horses?
Rao, Mohan - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of Susantha Goonatilake's 'Recolonisation: Foreign Funded NGOs in Sri Lanka' . Takes up case studies of some leading development and human rights NGOs in Sri Lanka, arguing that NGOs are neither more efficient than the government agencies they replace nor more transparent; indeed that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321468
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Suicides by Cotton Farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Joseph, Reji K - eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper disuses and analyzes the condition of cotton farmers of Andra Pradesh and the reasons for their committing suicides.
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Does Budget Transparency Lead to Stronger Human Development Outcomes and Commitments to Economic and Social Rights?
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko; Guyer, Patrick; Lawson-Remer, Terra - eSocialSciences - 2012
The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between the quality of the budget process and human development outcomes. It looks in particular at at the relationship between the OBI and human development as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) and a number of related human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415998
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Second Universal Periodic Review of India-Draft
Affairs, Ministry of External; MEA, GoI - eSocialSciences - 2012
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process of the Human Rights Council which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years. The reviews are conducted by the UPR Working Group which consists of the 47 members of the Council. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009415999