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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - eSocialSciences - 2005
The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487557
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Indo-Sri Lanka Trade In Services: FTA II And Beyond
Taneja, Nisha; Mukherjee, Arpita; Jayanetti, Sanath; … - eSocialSciences - 2007
services in the agreement (CEPA) would give an impetus to trade. The study shows that there is scope for Indian investment in …, the study shows that since there has been an increase in services trade between the two countries, the inclusion of … trade in services since the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is studied. Also, the anomalies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341651
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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the World Economy: Engines of Growth?
Nayyar, Deepak - eSocialSciences - 2010
. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and …
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Door-to-Door Garbage Collection Program in Surat city
Trivedi, Vimal - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper focuses on the evaluation study of door-to-door Garbage Collection (DDGC) program carried out by the Centre for Social Studies, Surat in 2005. The study was based on the information gathered from 4000 respondents drawn from a cross section of society and interviews with the respective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512474
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New Steps to Faster and Broader Debt Relief for Developing Countries
Kaiser, Jürgen; Schröder, Frank - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper mainly describes he concepts of FTAP and explains the current political state of affairs in the international discussions. [FES]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512449
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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025321
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Scaling up Rural Sanitation in India
Brocklehurst, Clarissa - eSocialSciences - 2014
environment by human fecal matter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945243
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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
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Lifestyle Choices and Societal Behavior Changes as Local Climate Strategy
Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper attempts to identify lifestyle changes at the individual level, and behavioral changes at the community level that could offer high carbon abatement potential. It also provides some good practices of public policies and policy recommendations that can be pivotal in making a business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945537
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Valuation of Urban Air Pollution: A Case Study of Kanpur City in India
Gupta, Usha - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study estimates the monetary benefits to individuals from health damages avoided as a result on reductions in air pollution in the urban industrial city of Kanpur in India. A notable feature of this study is that it uses data from weekly health-diaries collected for three seasons. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341736