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Three Blind Men and an Elephant: The Case of Energy Indices to Measure Energy Security and Sustainability
Narula, Kapil; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - eSocialSciences - 2014
An 'Energy Index', which is aggregated from energy indicators is a rich source of information and is helpful in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945324
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Survival Lessons Water Management Traditions in the Central-Western Himalayas
eSocialSciences; People's Science Institute PSI - 2009
India is home to fantastic water harvesting traditions that have evolved over millennia. The central western Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are no exceptions to these traditions. The present review describes a variety of water harvesting structures found in this region. It...
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The Water and Sanitation Scenario in Indian Metropolitan Cities: Resources and Management in Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai
Ruet, Joel; Zerah, Marie; Saravanan, VS - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper reviews the urban water and sanitation scenario in metropolitan cities. Section 1 focuses on the institutional and organizational structure of the service providers by looking at the level of technical and managerial decentralization reached in the four cities (Calcutta, Chennai,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997983
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The Evolution of Singapore Business: A Case Study Approach
Sabhlok, Anisha - eSocialSciences - 2010
detailed explanatory notes on concepts, indicators and benchmarks relevant to the analysis in the study. [Working Paper No. 10] …
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Role of Science & Technology, Higher Education and Research in Regional Socio-Economic Development
Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980012
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Construction and Validation of ‘Science Culture Index’ Results from Comparative Analysis of Engagement, Knowledge and Attitudes to Science: India and Europe
Shukla, Rajesh; Bauer, Martin W - eSocialSciences - 2009
Countries world-wide routinely collate statistics on STS performance indicators such as R&D expenditure, science …, but often isolated, attempts to define complementary ‘public understanding of science (PUS)’ indicators including … controversial. Thus, little progress has been achieved to explicitly combine STS performance indicators and PUS indicators in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980020
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Shared Goals: Measuring Overall Development in Pakistan
Birdsall, Nancy; Elhai, Wren - eSocialSciences - 2011
Five possible indicators are suggested that illustrate the type of measurable targets that could help the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788481
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Decent Work and the Informal Economy
Trebilcock, Anne - eSocialSciences - 2010
The ILO was founded for social justice, a mandate expressed today in terms of decent work as a global goal, for all who work, whether in formal or informal contexts. In June 2002, the delegates to the International Labour Conference from governments, workers’ and employers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677806
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Human Development Index for Andhra Pradesh
Bedi, Jatinder S; H, Ramachandran - eSocialSciences - 2009
considering indicators such as economic attainment, longevity and education. The estimates are worked out with and without … the analysis of data for year 2001, inequalities in all indicators were taken into consideration to measure Human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004993767
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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?
Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014
the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3) changes in rice prices, (4) peace situation, and (5) initial household …
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