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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
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A 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...
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Social Media and Lok Sabha Elections
IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
A study finds that Facebook users may be the new vote bank Indian politicians have to now worry about.
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Budget Expectations
IRIS, IRIS India - eSocialSciences - 2011
Budget expectations from various sectors are given. URL:[ http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyShow.php?fileR=20110217120638043&secID=fromnewsroom&secTitle=From the News Room&dir=2011/02/17].
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Bihar’s Miraculous Economic Performance: Myth or Reality?
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Indian media has wrongly compared Bihar's (that is, 11.03per cent) average annual growth during the period 2004 …-05 to 2008-09 with that of Gujarat (that is, 11.05per cent). While the media has quoted the Gross State Domestic Product at …
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North East: Fallen off the Media Map?
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2010
Report from the 11th Media Dialogue ’North East: Fallen off the Media Map? or Why Does the Media Give so Lettle Space …
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Not Just Mad Englishmen and a Dog: The Colonial Tuning of 'Music on Record', 1900-1908
Parthasarathi, Vibodh - eSocialSciences - 2010
media' in the everyday life of early 20th century India. [WP No. 02/2008]. …
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Planning for Results: The Public Accountability Information System
Virmani, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper proposes a Public accountability information system (PAIS), with a web enabled public information system and a smart card recording all the benefits that the poor are entitled to receive through government programs. [Planning Commission WP 1/2007].
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Consultation Paper on Media Ownership
TRAI, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - eSocialSciences - 2008
policy relating to cross media and ownership restrictions in India. The comments of all stakeholders on the issues discussed …
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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media
Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012
to US and India using case studies. It focuses on ‘national security’ becoming a major pivot around which the media …This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference … discourse is shaped. How the media practices ‘patriotic’ self-censorship and how governments stoke this â …
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"I did not ask for it". Sexual Harassment: Impressions from Mumbai
Gartenberg, Indira; Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011
Sexual harassment is a global issue. In a recent case in Mumbai, two young men, Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed on 20 Oct 2011 while confronting some unknown men eve-teasing their female friends. Santos and Fernandez had to lose their lives in refusing to accept this...
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