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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of...
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The Youth Employment Crisis: A Call for Action
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2013
Resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012. [ILO].
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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...
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Short-term Migration and Consumption Expenditure of Households in Rural India
Chandrasekhar, S.; Das, Mousumi; Sharma, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2014
In 2007-08, short-term migrants constituted 4.35 per cent of the rural workforce. A total of 9.25 million households in rural India had short-term migrants.Using a nationally representative data for rural India, this paper examines differences in consumption expenditure across households with...
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Gender Dimensions: Employment Trends in India, 1993-94 to 2009-10
Mazumdar, Indrani; N, Neetha - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper examines some of the explicit as well as not so explicit trends in relation to women’s employment in India from 1993-94 till 2009-10 and argues that they indicate a grave and continuing crisis in women’s employment under liberalization led growth. Trends in the...
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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This report investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this … productivity. Second, creating more productive jobs—with jobs defined to include all wage work and self employment— is the most …/01/09/000333038_20120109022653/Rendered/PDF/662290PUB0EPI00r0jobs0in0south0asia.pdf] …
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The EU-India FTA in Services and Possible Gender Impact in India: Concern Areas
Sengupta, Ranja; Sharma, Ashotosh - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper studies the impact of services trade liberalization under the currently negotiated EU-India FTA on women’s lives in India and tries to delineate the concern areas. Relevant sectors of interest are also studied with the two indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender...
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Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico
Atkin, David - eSocialSciences - 2010
, but school drop out increases with the arrival of new export jobs. The workers induced to enter export manufacturing … eventually earn less than they would have earned had the jobs never appeared and they stayed in school. URL …
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Creating Jobs in India’s Organised Manufacturing Sector
Kapoor, Radhicka - eSocialSciences - 2014
Despite witnessing a decade of rapid economic growth, an acceleration of growth in the organised manufacturing sector has eluded India. Using data from the Annual Survey of Industries, the factors holding back the growth of output and employment in this sector is examined. It is found that there...
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Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 600 kilometer-long reservoir has displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc with the environment. The reservoir reached its final height in 2010, but many of its impacts...
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