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Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011
Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319343
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Deininger, Klaus; Liu, Yanyan - eSocialSciences - 2013
-term poverty and welfare effects of NREGS is used. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 01289]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133219
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Aid, Public Spending and Human Welfare: Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Gomanee, Karuna; Girma, Sourafel; Morrissey, Oliver - eSocialSciences - 2006
expenditures that increase welfare indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487630
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The 'Poorest Might Catch up': Convergence vs. Pseudo-convergence
H, Suryanarayana M; Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Public welfare policies in developing countries have a Rawlsian perspective; they seek to uplift the poor, the poorest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146285
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National Youth Policy 2010 (NYP 2010)
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2011
The NYP 2010 is a step forward from the earlier Policy formulated in 1988 and, later, in 2003. It reaffirms commitment of the nation to the holistic development of the young people of the country. This document aims to reinforce existing policies and programmes of the current Policy that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002232
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Draft of The Animal Welfare Act, 2011
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI - 2011
Comments can be sent to animalwelfareact2011@gmail.com by March 20, 2011.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002245
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Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other Global Public Goods
Birdsall, Nancy; Leo, Benjamin - eSocialSciences - 2011
In this paper, four categories of existing resource-mobilization options are examined, including (1) transportation levies; (2) currency and financial transaction taxes; (3) capitalization of IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs); and (4) the sale, mobilization, or capitalization of IMF gold....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002305
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Capabilities and the Process of Development
Omkarnath, G. - eSocialSciences - 2010
Sen's concept of capabilities is rooted in welfare theory. For the development economist it has immediate, if somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691817
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New Government Gives Little Hope to Children: Budget for Children 2014-15
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2014
Children have been given only 4.6 per cent of the total budget of 2014 -15. In fact the share of children in has decreased. Is this the Finance Minister’s gift to children on India?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133120
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Review of Macroeconomic Methods and Microeconomic Valuation Methods Applied in the Natural Resources and Environment Sector
Israel, Danilo C - eSocialSciences - 2012
potentially used for analyzing the sectoral and welfare impacts of policies. A corollary purpose of the paper is to pinpoint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651095