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The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications
D'Costa, Anthony P. - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and receiving countries. Based on secondary data and primary information from the Indian and Japanese IT industry, the study presents a...
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Elementary Education: Rising Expenditure, Poor Quality: Book Review
Rani, P. Geetha - eSocialSciences - 2006
Review of 'The Economics of Elementary Education in India: The Challenge of Public Finance, Private Provision and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250378
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Policy Reforms and Financing of Elementary Education in India: A Study of the Quality of Service and Outcome
Singh, Shalabh Kumar; Pradhan, Basanta K. - eSocialSciences - 2010
Even as a case can be made out for public spending on elementary education, its link with enrolment rates does not … on the rate of enrolment and quality of education as measured by teacher-pupil ratio. Teacher-pupil ratio and the number … well as state domestic product were seen to have a positive influence on education. The share of public expenditure on …
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Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 10
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance - 2006
Social Sectors
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An Approach to the 11th Five Year Plan: Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2006
The 11th Plan provides an opportunity to restructure policies to achieve a new vision of growth that will be much more broad based and inclusive, bringing about a faster reduction in poverty and helping bridge the divides that are currently the focus of so much attention. The first steps in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699128
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Myanmar’s Ethnic Insurgents: UWSA, KNU and KIO
Christopher O’Hara; Selling, Niels - eSocialSciences - 2012
Since the elections of 2010, Myanmar’s political landscape has changed significantly; the old military junta has officially been dissolved and a new civilian government, led by President Thein Sein, has been inaugurated. Together with the new constitution of 2008 and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133156
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Book Review: FDI: Patterns and Trends
Kaushik, Anurag; Negi, Manmohan Singh - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of Foreign Capital Inflows to China, India and the Caribbean: Trends, Assessments and Determinants by Arindam …
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Prospects for Regional Cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Asia and Pacific Region: Perspective from East Asia
Medalla, Erlinda M.; Balboa, Jenny D. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic … cooperation between the Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also provides some recommendations to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694245
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Coping with Rising Food Prices: Policy Dilemmas in the Developing World
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2009
Rising food prices cause considerable policy dilemmas for developing country governments. Letting domestic prices adjust to reflect the full change in international prices generates inflationary pressures and causes severe hardship for poor households lacking access to social safety nets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479134
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Proportion of Births Attended by a Skilled Health Worker 2008 Updates
eSocialSciences; World Health Organisation WHO - 2008
In our analysis, attempts have been made to quantify the proportion of births attended by health workers other than doctors, nurses and midwives in order to show the proportion of births conducted by such groups of providers. [Factsheet Department of Reproductive Health and Research].
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