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Dynamics of Irrigation Institutions: Case Study of a Village Panchayat in Kerala
Menon, Vineetha; Paul, Antonyto; Nair, K.N. - eSocialSciences - 2006
working of irrigation institutions, the present study reveals that successful management of irrigation is contingent upon the … level of participation of the water users in the management. By comparing irrigation institutions under different property … institutions. It is found that albeit the physical characteristics of irrigation systems and the heterogeneities of the members of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487546
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Disowned Institutions in Hilaungad Watershed
Chopra, Ravi; Sen, Debashish; Bhardwaj, Sapna; Negi, Deepa - eSocialSciences - 2009
provides insights into the constraining factors in the operation of the institutions and makes recommendations for changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543128
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The Lok Pal Bill Debate: Lack of Accountability, not Anna Hazare's Fast, Should be the Focus
ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper analysis the current situation of corruption in India, the protests against it, the role of NGOs and the Lok Pal Bill
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323757
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Contextualizing The Urban Healthcare System - Methodology for Developing a Geodatabase of Delhi's Healthcare System.
Chapelet, Pierre - eSocialSciences - 2009
healthcare system's spatial organization, the authors lead us through the inherent difficulties of building a GIS in an emerging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004972724
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Understanding Inflation and Controlling It
Basu, Kaushik; Marks, C - eSocialSciences - 2011
Inflation management is one of the hardest tasks an economic policymaker has to undertake. It appears, at first sight, that one can rely entirely on commonsense to carry out this task. But that will be a cardinal mistake. While inflation policy does require judgment and intuition, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321466
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"Why do I have to Clean Teeth Regularly?â€: Perceptions and State of Oral and Dental Health in a Low-income Rural Community in Bangladesh
Ahmed, Syed Masud; Khan, Antora Mahmud - eSocialSciences - 2011
The general perception that dentistry is expensive keeps many people away from seeking treatment from registered professionals and make them hostage to the services of non-registered lay practitioners. In Bangladesh, no statistics on dental health problems or seeking dental healthcare is...
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Performance Evaluation of Cooked Mid-Day Meal (CMDM)
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study covered 17 states and 48 districts. Two blocks from each district were selected. Five schools from each block was selected. A village where the sample school was located stood selected as sample village for canvassing the schedules. From each school/centre 10 beneficiary students (5...
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Integrating Urban Datasets: The Path to Effective Socio-Economic Planning in Urban Pakistan
Khan, Sohaib; Aslam, Amal; Zubair, Maria; Rehan, Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
Effective urban policy making and implementation in Pakistan is impeded by the problem of integrating data containing incompatible spatial references. There is great heterogeneity across spatial units being used by different urban government departments for data collection and reporting in...
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The Deluge of Debt: Understanding the Financial Needs of Poor Households
Suran, B. S.; D, Narayana - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is about the financial lives of poor households. It examines the different sources of income and expenditure of the poor households residing in a coastal settlement in Kerala. The method of financial diary for data collection is adopted for the study. The sample size is 13. [WP 412].
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Drug Regulation and Incentives for Innovation: The Case of ASEAN
Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is to examine the ways in which regulatory framework affect the pharmaeutical innovations in developing countries using member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as case study. The paper employs a wide angle view of drug regulation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518830