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Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Duflo, Esther; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper uses political reservations for women in India to study the impact of women’s leadership on policy decisions. In 1998, one third of all leadership positions of Village Councils in West Bengal were randomly selected to be reserved for a woman: in these councils only women could...
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting In The Philippines: An Empirical Analysis
Chakraborty, Lekha S. - eSocialSciences - 2006
provided with more opportunities in terms of local level gender responsive budgeting (hereafter LLGRB) and challenges as well … in the Philippines through a gender lens. Special reference is made to the experiences of LLGRB in the health and … gender in the context of fiscal decentralisation. [NIPFP Working Paper 41. 2006] …
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Gender Planning, Budgeting and Auditing
Vijayan, Aleyamma; J, Daya; S, Jayasree; S, Chandrika C; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
processes of gender planning, budgeting and auditing in the general projects and in the Women's Component Plan. …
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Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Level Gender Responsive Budgeting in Morocco: Some Observations
Rao, M. Govinda; Chakraborty, Lekha S. - eSocialSciences - 2006
efforts have been made to incorporate mainstream gender in socio-economic policies, including gender budgeting initiatives …. The paper analyses the scope and limitations of gender budgeting initiatives in the context of the fiscal decentralisation … budgetary reforms in Morocco through a gender lens. It goes on to explain the future directions of local level gender responsive …
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Does the System of Rice Intensification Outperform Conventional System? A Case Study of Gujarat
Pathak, Jharna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers about the SRI technique as also of agricultural extension services in general. [Working Paper...
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Seeking Knowledge Initiatives in Agriculture: Staving Off a Collapse
Tamboli, Prabhakar - eSocialSciences - 2008
While sections of the central ministry of agriculture might recognize that major developments in the sector can only come about now with drastic and comprehensive changes little is being done to revolutionise the nature, content and quality of agricultural research.
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Gender, Poverty And Development: Gender Sensitive Budgeting And Other 'Best Practices'
Dewan, Ritu - eSocialSciences - 2009
Development approach. No Concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at …
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The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
Katos, Krisztina Kis; Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub …
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What is Driving the Indian Middle Class Towards Electoral Politics? Evidence from Delhi
Chakrabarti, Poulomi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Using the case of Delhi and drawing on examples from other metropolitan cities, this paper attempts to understand the factors that have led to the rise of middle class neighborhood associations and their subsequent advent into formal politics. [AI Working Paper No. 4].
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Nurtured from Above and Growing from the Roots: Social Funds and Decentralization in Zambia and Malawi
Donge, JanKees van - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper focuses on two specific social funds, those in Zambia and Malawi, to consider the possible contribution of social funds to decentralisation of government administration. Both social funds have a strong commitment to the community signified in direct disbursement to the community. Both...
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