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Emerging Asia's Middle Class-A Force to be Reckoned With
Dyck, Steffen; Hansakul, Syetarn; Saxena, Rachna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The emergence of a large and dynamic middle class raises Asia’s profile as an attractive market destination for products ranging from consumer goods to financial services. There are even hopes that the Asian consumer will replace the US as “world consumer of last resortâ€,...
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Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality
Das, Mausumi; Chakraborty, Shankha - eSocialSciences - 2010
Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health … status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. Health human capital is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543124
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The Chinese Aid System
Lancaster, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2009
Questions about Chinese aid—how large it is and how fast it is growing; how decisions are made on how much aid is provided each year; which countries receive it and how much they get; how the aid is managed within the Chinese government and how it is evaluated are explored. The Chinese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543133
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The Current Trade Paradigm and Women's Health Concerns in India: With Special Reference to the Proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement
Sengupta, Ranja; Gopinath, Abhilash; Jena, Narendra - eSocialSciences - 2010
liberalization, and stricter IPR conditions than the TRIPS norms. An analysis and evaluation of health impacts of this FTA on Indian … socio economic environment, to maintain and encourage women’s access to health and healthcare, is undeniable. This study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493860
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The Importance of Being Wanted
Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010
We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493864
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Private-Public Mix in Woman and Child Health in Low-Income Countries: An Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys
Limwattananon, Supon - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper provides an analysis of demographic and health surveys of Private-Public Mix in Women and Health in Low …-Income countries. As always the Demographic and Health Survey is a very valuable source of data that can be used to understand health …-seeking behaviour in developing countries by teasing out the sources of health care used by households. [Technical Partner Paper 1] …
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The EU-India FTA in Services and Possible Gender Impact in India: Concern Areas
Sengupta, Ranja; Sharma, Ashotosh - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper studies the impact of services trade liberalization under the currently negotiated EU-India FTA on women’s lives in India and tries to delineate the concern areas. Relevant sectors of interest are also studied with the two indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender...
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Factors Influencing Successful Primary School Completion for Chidren in Poverty Context.
Ramachandran, Vimala - eSocialSciences - 2008
The current paper is an attempt to capture the process of child development along the age continuum of 0 to 11, with special reference to children living in diverse poverty situations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487565
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Disabled Elderly in India
Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2007
Very few studies show the association between gender, marital status, living arrangements and disability among older adults in India. The study seeks to understand the gender, marital status, usual activity and extent of disability of the disabled elderly according to their place of residence...
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How Can We Draw the Line Between Clinical Care and Medical Research?
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2007
When research takes place within the context of clinical care, how can we distinguish which activities constitute care, and which research? The editors of PLoS Medicine believe that open access to research findings is the most direct way of fulfilling the obligation towards participants to...
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