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eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011

The need for a National Nutrition Policy is implicit in both the paramountcy of nutrition in development as well as in tbe complexity of the problem. This general problem of under-nutrition should be see as a part of a larger set of processes that produces and consumes agricultural commodities...

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Estimating Standard Error of Inflation in Pakistan: A Stochastic Approach

Iqbal, Javed; Hanif, Muhammad Nadim - eSocialSciences - 2012

Standard errors (S.Es.) of month on month and year on year inflation in Pakistan are estimated based on data for the period of July 2001 to June 2010 using stochastic approach as well as extended stochastic approach to index numbers. A mechanism is developed to estimate S.E. of period average...

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The Relationship between Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Pakistan

Akmal, Muhammad - eSocialSciences - 2012

This paper explores the relationship between inflation and relative price variability (RPV) by using disaggregated CPI data for Pakistan. Three methods have been used to assess the functional form and stability of the relationship between inflation and RPV; (a) visual assessment through scatter...

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Scaling up Rural Sanitation in India

Brocklehurst, Clarissa - eSocialSciences - 2014

The WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water and Sanitation, which tracks progress towards the water and …

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Water in India: Situation and Prospects

Prakash, Anjal; Sharma, Medhavi; Chourey, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2013

This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in … water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases for the poor and the marginalised. [UNICEF, FAO, SaciWATERs]. URL:[http://www.unicef.org/india/Final_Report.pdf]. …

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Metabolism Of Mumbai- Expectations, Impasse and the Need For a New Beginning

Reddy, B. Sudhakara - eSocialSciences - 2013

understand critical processes as well (increasing or decreasing ground water resources, long-term impacts of hazardous … economic, social and environmental conditions of the city. On the input side, water, energy, food and construction material use … are taken into account, and on the output side, waste water, air pollution and municipal solid waste are examined. The …

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When it Rains on the Sand Dunes

Baindur, Meera - eSocialSciences - 2007

A desert journey, from a pool where both humans and camels drank, to a bavadi then to a water tap in Khaba village has … some valuable lessons about the ground realities of the social forces around water. …

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Right to Drinking Water in India

C, Ramachandraiah - eSocialSciences - 2008

drinking water to the citizens and also protect water resources as common goods. [WP no. 56]. …

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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives

R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009

The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009

Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.

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