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Living Rough: Surviving City Streets
Mander, Harsh - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper records the findings of a small investigation into a fragment of experiences of people living on streets and into the social, economic, nutritional situation of urban homeless men, women, boys and girls in four cities: the metropolises of Delhi and Chennai, and the cities of Madurai...
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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)
Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341770
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Migration and Chronic Poverty
Kothari, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
relationship between chronic, or long-term, poverty and processes of migration. The paper presents a framework to enable an … stay, the processes by which they are compelled or excluded from adopting migration as a livelihood strategy and the … circumstances under which migration sustains chronic poverty or presents an opportunity to move out of poverty [WP No. 16]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995034
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VIllage Economics and the Structure of Extended Family Networks
Angelucci, Manuela; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Rangel, Marcos A; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence. …
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India’s Population: Past, Present and Future
Dyson, Tim - eSocialSciences - 2009
considerable demographic progress since 1947; however it seems that the country’s population will reach about 1.4 billion by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980027
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Consequences of Unequal Urbanization on Development
Bhagat, Ram - eSocialSciences - 2014
developed world. On the flip side, migration has been blamed for the woes of modern cities overlooking the fact that urban … planning and governance are equally responsible. Indian cities are a result of large scale migration over time-a fact which has …
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A Brief Analysis on Provision for Children in the Assam Budget 2012-13
Gogoi, Tribeni - eSocialSciences - 2013
The provision
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Contribution of Vendors in Selected Cities
eSocialSciences; National Association of Street Vendors … - 2013
Statistics, laws, acts and court cases related to street vendors. [NASVI]. URL:[http://nasvinet.org/newsite/statistics-the-street-vendors-2/].
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Role of Financial Sector in Spurring Growth and Expanding Financial Inclusion in North Eastern Region
Bhaskar, P. Vijaya - eSocialSciences - 2014
The present speech analyses the significant role which can be played by the financial sector in spurring growth and expanding financial inclusion in NER. [CII Banking Collagium in Kolkata].
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … based. [Migration DRC working paper T-26]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945312