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The cities of tomorrow are in poor countries, where the largest proportion of the population is below 25 years old and …
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The speech mainly gives insights into aspects like what is globalisation, urban growth in the next 30 years, new … challenges of Globalisation for Cities, the poor that emerges along with the cities, the demographic changes that are going to … take place, urban financing and governance [Plenary Address at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Urban Summit at Bellagio …
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, cities that seek to address the economic risks and financial costs of such hazards must also improve the adaptive capacity … vulnerabilities of the urban poor? [NTS Alert]. URL:[http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/Alert/pdf/NTS-Alert-1301.pdf] …
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address rural and urban food wastage. [Policy Brief No. 17]. URL …
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As the world becomes increasingly urban, food demand will come mainly from people living in cities while there will be … fewer rural farmers producing food on less land with less water. Cities can play a bigger role in food security. But to …
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There is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach, the study … by India from Pakistan. The study was based on an extensive survey conducted in several cities in India and Pakistan. [WP …
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Interview on the recent released poverty line.
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selection of primary sampling units in both rural and urban areas was drawn by probability proportional to size sampling …
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The starting point of this study is the observation that many villages in India seem to possess urban characteristics …. As compared to definitions of urbanization adopted by other countries, the Indian definition of urban area is actually …. This paper consequently explores a multi-dimensional approach to answer the question of what is an urban area. [CSH Wp no …
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This study raises some relevant issues and examines them from an economic perspective. To begin with, it would examine how did the Indian approach, official in particular, to defining and measuring poverty originate and evolve over time? What are the major issues regarding the nutritional basis...
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