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NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY 2003
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012
The earlier National Youth Policy was formulated in 1988. The socio-economic conditions in the country have since undergone a significant change and have been shaped by wide-ranging technological advancement. The National Youth Policy - 2003 is designed to galvanize the youth to rise up to the...
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The National Sports Development Bill, 2011
Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012
To provide for development of sports in India, coordination of national teams for participation in international events …
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Regulatory Structure for Financial Stability and Development
Goyal, Ashima - eSocialSciences - 2010
coordination should be resolved keeping in mind the lessons of the crisis. …
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The Financial Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for Strengthening Regional Monitoring of Financial Markets and Regional Coordination of Financial Sector Policies?
Winkler, Adalbert - eSocialSciences - 2010
How much can regional monitoring of financial markets and coordination of financial sector policies contribute to … harmonization and coordination of regulation and supervision, with a strong focus on maturity and currency mismatch problems, would … constitute an important step toward mitigating the risk of crisis. However, regional monitoring and coordination will remain …
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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which religious fractionalization is taken as a proxy. [BREAD Working No. 366]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/366.pdf].
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The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China
Yao, Yang; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, Gerard Padro i; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large and unique survey was collected to document the history of political reforms and economic policies and exploit the staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal...
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Cost and Time Overruns in Infrastructure Projects: Extent, Causes and Remedies
Singh, Ram - eSocialSciences - 2009
Various issues related to delays and cost overruns in publically funded infrastructure projects are investigated. The study is based on, by far, the largest data-set of 850 projects across seventeen infrastructure sectors. The focus is on the causal factors behind time and cost overruns. [CDE WP...
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Survey Of State-Society Relations Social Indicators Research Project Executive Summary Report
Ling, Ooi Giok; Ser, Tan Ern; Koh, Gillian - eSocialSciences - 2010
The executive summary reports on major findings from a survey conducted among a random sample of 1,054 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents aged 18 to 65. Focus is on views of public policies in three areas, namely, political participation, social capital and trust and provision of public goods...
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Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China
Yao, Yang; Qia, Nancy; Bravo, Monica Martinez; Miquel, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more accountable towards local constituents. A simple model is developed to predict the effects on different policies of increasing local leader accountability, taking into account that...
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Find Me the Money: Financing Climate and Other Global Public Goods
Birdsall, Nancy; Leo, Benjamin - eSocialSciences - 2011
In this paper, four categories of existing resource-mobilization options are examined, including (1) transportation levies; (2) currency and financial transaction taxes; (3) capitalization of IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs); and (4) the sale, mobilization, or capitalization of IMF gold....
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