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Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India

Mueller, Valerie; Shariff, Abusaleh - eSocialSciences - 2013

remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas. A propensity scoreâ€“matching approach to account … for the selectivity of households is used into receiving remittances. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 00858]. …

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Economic and Social Dynamics of Migration in Kerala, 1999-2004 Analysis of Panel Data

Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2007

Panel studies based on the same set of sample households or individuals at two points of time 5 or 10 years apart are time consuming and are relatively rare in social science research. Such a method, however, was used in the South Asia Migration study (SMS) conducted by the Centre for...

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Migrants' Private Giving and Development: Diasporic Influences on Development in Central Gujarat, India

Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2013

their contribution to regional development. The data show that although household remittances are an important source of …

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Impact of Remittances on Poverty in Developing Countries

Banga, Rashmi; Sahu, Pritish Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2010

This study undertakes impact analysis of remittances on poverty in developing countries at two levels. Firstly, it … estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in 77 developing countries; Secondly, separate analyses are undertaken for 29 … developing countries and 21 Asian developing counties, which have 5 per cent or more share of remittances in GDP. …

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Politics and Public Policies: Politics of Human Development in Uttar Pradesh, India

Singh, Shyam; Kumar, V Anil - eSocialSciences - 2014

In India, public policies for human development are politically contested for many reasons like diverse political interests, commitment to specific social bases by political regimes etc. They have rendered human development policies and programmes ploys for political bargaining and clientelism...

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Poverty, Human Development and Health Financing in India

Purohit, Brijesh C - eSocialSciences - 2012

This study aims at analyzing the differentials across rich and poor states and across rich and poorer strata and rural urban segments of 19 major Indian states. The study indicates that besides individual health financing policies of the respective state governments, there are significant...

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Draft National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy

eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2012

The National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy reaffirms the commitment of the Government of India to provide integrated services for holistic development of all children, along the continuum, from the prenatal period to six years of age. The Policy lays down the way forward for a...

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Declining Child Sex Ratio: Addressing the Imperatives

Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2011

A discussion about the declining sex ratio in India is given. The various reasons for declining sex ratio are outlined.

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Turning the Tide: Improving Water Resource Management in the Philippines

eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012

Water is arguably the most important natural resource and because it is scarce, its optimal usage and proper management must be ensured. Water governance in the Philippines, however, has become too complex with so many institutions involved, all with different hierarchical coverage, varied...

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Does Budget Transparency Lead to Stronger Human Development Outcomes and Commitments to Economic and Social Rights?

Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko; Guyer, Patrick; Lawson-Remer, Terra - eSocialSciences - 2012

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between the quality of the budget process and human development outcomes. It looks in particular at at the relationship between the OBI and human development as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI) and a number of related human...

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