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Climate Change Vulnerability of Mountain Ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayas
Tse-ring, Karma; Sharma, Eklabya; Chettri, Nakul; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
The ecosystem of the Eastern Himalayas are vulnerable to climate change as a result of their ecological fragility and economic marginality. The conservation policies at national and regional levels are reported here. So that it will stimulate and Coordinate research which is urgently needed....
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Determinants of RTIs/STIs Prevalence among Women in Haryana
Rode, Sanjay - eSocialSciences - 2007
An increase in HIV infection has contributed to the problem of RTIs/STIs in India. This paper finds a high prevalence of RTI/STI among the rural women in Haryana. Half of the rural women have no knowledge of the mode of transmission of RTIs and their sources. Relatives and friends are the best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487629
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Are Embankments a Good Flood-­-Control Strategy? A Case Study of the Kosi River
Somanathan, E - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper makes a first pass at evaluating embankments. Using two years or more of data from 504 households in 28 villages in the floodplain of the Kosi river in north Bihar, a comparison of the agricultural output, wage incomes, unemployment, and other indicators of well-being between villages...
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Monetary Incentives to Reduce Open-Field Rice-Straw Burning in the Plains of Nepal
Pant, Krishna Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2014
In southern Nepal, rice straw burning in open fields is common practice. This is problematic because biomass burning …
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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountainous regions of Nepal (i.e., excluding the low …-lying Terai regions) were surveyed in three successive rounds of the Nepal LSMS corresponding to 1995, 2003 and 2010, while other … is used to investigate the effects of economic growth on firewood collection in Nepal between 1995 and 2010.[BREAD …
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The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Prduction in Nepal
Karn, Prakash K. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper examines the sensitivity of rice yield in Nepal to changes in climate variables and the magnitude of …
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The Economic Cost of General Strikes in Nepal
Shrestha, Min Bahadur; Chaudhary, Shashi Kant - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper reviews the key aspects of general strikes and analyses the economic cost of such strikes in Nepal. Data …
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Effect of Introducing an ‘Afternoon Pay Clinic’ on Service Utilization and Cost Recovery
Shrestha, Mahendra Pd. - eSocialSciences - 2008
The Chhetrapati Family Welfare Center (CFWC) in Nepal provided comprehensive family planning and maternal and child …
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Budget of Nepal 2011-12
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal - 2012
Budget speech by Nepal Finance Minister. URL:[http://www.mof.gov.np/publication/speech/2011/pdf/budgetspeech_english.pdf]. …
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Labour Migration and Remittances in Uttarakhand
Jain, Anmol - eSocialSciences - 2012
The type, volume, and mode of transfer of remittances in Uttarakhand is analysed. The impact of remittances, in terms of both financial flows and transfer of new skills and the perceptions in relation to poverty, development, and gender are studied. The study focused on the hill state of...
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