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The Importance of Being Wanted
Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010
been planned, thus benefitting from a more favorable growth environment. [BREAD Working Paper No. 225] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493864
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The Costs of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through Adopting Organic Agriculture
Markandya, Anil; Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Hui, Qiao Yu; … - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321519
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Union Budget 2007-08: Continuing Neglect of Public Health Care
Kathuria, Vinish - eSocialSciences - 2007
Allocations to the budget for health appear to be impressive but a closer look shows that this is not so, especially … neglect of urban public health care. Importance has to be given to Millennium Development Goals that are still unmet. Health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323760
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Child Protection A Handbook for Panchayat Members
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2009
This handbook on child protection will help Panchayat Raj members to understand the actions they can take to protect children resulting in better convergence of programmes and increased allocation of resources to address child protection issues. It also spells out practical ways in which the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042054
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012
The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the world’s people – including more than a billion children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and partners, that scarcity and dispossession...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652074
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HIV Prevention in Vulnerable Indian States: Lessons from the Chayan Project
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
This document highlights the results and associated processes from Chayan’s implementation experience under the RACHNA program. The programmatic framework, designed for low-prevalence contexts in India, draws on standard targeted intervention approaches but is grounded in community-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512428
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017996
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Target Free Approach for Family Welfare in Gujarat: A Review of Policy and Its Implementation
Kumar, B L - eSocialSciences - 2009
The introduction of the Target Free Approach (TFA) has been a major policy shift in the health and family welfare … of health care and reproductive and child health services. In this study both quantitative as well as qualitative data … were collected and analysed, which included Focus Group Discussions of users and providers of health and family welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995386
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170185
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A Critique: HIV/AIDS and the Legal and Policy Framework in Sri Lanka
Fonseka, Bhavani; Kakantoussis, Nicole - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper discusses and comments on the legal and policy dimension and the obstacles it poses to a sustainable and effective response to HIV/AIDS as many do not come forward to obtain medical services for fear of violence, stigma and discrimination. The paper highlights that low prevalence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945398