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An Alternative to Conventional Public Water Service: "User Group Networks" in a Mumbai Slum
BERCEGOL, Rémi de; Desfeux, Adeline - eSocialSciences - 2011
the ability of communities to design and run functional systems to overcome the shortcoming in the public services. The …
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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The Universities for Research and Innovation Bill, 2012
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2012
and innovation in learning and design, development and delivery of solutions and for matters connected therewith and …
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Measuring Discrimination in Education
Hanna, Rema; Linden, Leigh - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper, a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts is illustrated. In India, exam …
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The Evolution of Singapore Business: A Case Study Approach
Sabhlok, Anisha - eSocialSciences - 2010
Singapore business within a holistic framework using case study methodology. Following the Introduction in Section 1, Section 2 … turn of the millennium. Section 3 provides an outline of the scope, methodology and rationale of this study. Section 4 … of the methodology adopted in the study and possible areas for further research are also outlined. The Appendices contain …
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Thinking 'Small' and the Understanding of Poverty: Maymana and Mofizul's Story
Hulme, David - eSocialSciences - 2009
Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets, plans and ambitions. While recognising some of the benefits of such approaches this paper argues that researchers should counterbalance this through ‘thinking...
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Early Warnings of Inflation in India
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Bhattacharya, Rudrani - eSocialSciences - 2008
In India, year-on-year percentage changes of price indexes are widely used as the measure of inflation. In terms of monthly data, each observation of a one-year change in inflation is the sum of twelve one-month changes. This suggests that better information about inflationary pressures can be...
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Child Development, the Life Course, and Social Exclusion: Are the Frameworks Used in the UK Relevant for Developing Countries?
Hobcraft, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
It is suggested that there are several aspects of the social exclusion approach that are valuable in both the UK and developing country contexts. A summary of research on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage drawing especially from work on the UK birth cohorts of 1958 and 1970....
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Gender Development Indicators: Issues, Debates and Ranking of Districts
Rustagi, Preet - eSocialSciences - 2010
methodology, objectives and scope of the study. The fourth section discusses the selected indicators along with a state level …
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Characteristics and Patterns of Intergenerational Poverty Traps and Escapes in Rural North India
Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2011
of time between 1977 to 2010 using retrospective methodology known as Stages of Progress. …
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