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Grassroot Empowerment (1975-1990): A Discussion Paper
Banerjee, Narayana K - eSocialSciences - 2010
The discussion focusses on women in poverty their concentration in rural and urban areas, and the organisational approach for their mobilization and empowerment. Maximum emphasis has been placed on the empowerment of women at the grassroots - namely, to the organisations of poor women in rural...
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Goa Musings: Mining
Souza, Hartman de - eSocialSciences - 2008
Men who will stop the water: vignettes from Goa's mining heartland
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Issues in Real Estate and Urban Management – A Note
Morris, Sebastian - eSocialSciences - 2010
real estate in India have deep rooted problems that have their origin in the policy, law and working of government. The …
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as … sources is used. The index is composed of four variables: government revenues, foreign currency reserves, export of goods and …:[http://finmin.nic.in/WorkingPaper/Index%20of%20Government%20Economic%20Power.pdf]. …
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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines whether an individual-level transfer of property rights increases the individual's bargaining power within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing tenants the opportunity to purchase the homes that...
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Evolution of Property Rights Regimes in the Groundwater Economy of India-Constraints on Moving Towards a Common Property Regime
Vadivelu, G. Ananda - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper paper reviews the 'model' central and state government bills, pertaining to groundwater, through a conceptual … framework and discusses the Andhra Pradesh experience in the developing government mechanisms. URL: [http …
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Shifting Cultivation and its Alternatives in Bangladesh: Productivity, Risk and Discount Rates
Miah, M. A. Monayem; Islam, S. M. Fakhrul - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study evaluates the economic feasibility of replacing shifting cultivation (Jhum) with settled agriculture and new soil conservation technology based on an assessment of the farmers’ risk and corresponding discount rates in the Khagrachari hill district of Bangladesh.
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Property Rights Of Women: Proposed Reforms Under The Hindu Law --174th Report
India, Law Commission - eSocialSciences - 2005
The recommendations contained in the Report are aimed at suggesting changes in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 so that women get an equal share in the ancestral property. With a view to giving effect to the recommendations, a Bill entitled 'Hindu Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2000' has been drawn up.
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Dowry and Property Rights
Anderson, Siwan - eSocialSciences - 2007
Modernisation necessarily leads to the emergence of dowry as a direct transfer to the groom ("groom-price"). The historical instances of dowry can be classified according to the schema implied by the model. The implications of the model are also tested using current data from Pakistan; a country...
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The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2005: LOK SABHA DEBATE
Sabha, Lok - eSocialSciences - 2005
The National Common Minimum Programme of the Government, among other things, seeks to give complete legal equality for …
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