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Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy Vol 3:1, 2008

Sharma, Vijaya R.; Bohara, Alok K. - eSocialSciences - 2009

Papers and Proceedings of The Third Annual Himalayan Policy Research ConferenceSession Chairs and Discussants Session 1A: Conflict Resolution and Democratic Transitions Chair: Christopher Candland, Wellesley College Discussants: Prakash Adhikari, University of New Mexico Meeta S. Pradhan,...

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Equity in the Time of Recession: Mumbai Youth Struggle to Bridge Yawning Opportunity Gap

eSS, eSocialSciences - eSocialSciences - 2011

Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, a large highly industrialised, progressive state that until a decade ago, reported remarkable progress on social and economic indices. Today, it is still a leading state, but its social indices have deteriorated. This is evidence of its poor performance on...

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National Policy for Farmers

eSocialSciences - 2011

There is a need to focus more on the economic well-being of the farmers, rather than just on production. Socio-economic well-being must be a prime consideration of agricultural policy, besides production and growth. The aim of the Policy is, therefore, to stimulate attitudes and actions which...

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Living Arrangement and Capability Deprivation of the Disabled in India

Chakraborty, Achin; Mukherjee, Subrata - eSocialSciences - 2014

This paper puts forward the argument that the living arrangement of a disabled individual, or her/his marital status in particular, can be taken as a proxy for some very important functionings that constitute her/his well-being, viz. emotions (being able to have attachments to others, able to...

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Are Embankments a Good Flood-Â-Control Strategy? A Case Study of the Kosi River

Somanathan, E - eSocialSciences - 2012

This paper makes a first pass at evaluating embankments. Using two years or more of data from 504 households in 28 villages in the floodplain of the Kosi river in north Bihar, a comparison of the agricultural output, wage incomes, unemployment, and other indicators of well-being between villages...

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Monetary Incentives to Reduce Open-Field Rice-Straw Burning in the Plains of Nepal

Pant, Krishna Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2014

In southern Nepal, rice straw burning in open fields is common practice. This is problematic because biomass burning …

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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel

Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013

relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountainous regions of Nepal (i.e., excluding the low …-lying Terai regions) were surveyed in three successive rounds of the Nepal LSMS corresponding to 1995, 2003 and 2010, while other … is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010.[BREAD …

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