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Games the State Plays: A Follow-up Report on the Violations of Workersâ€™ Rights in Commonwealth Games Related Construction Sites

People's Union for Democratic Rights PUDR - eSocialSciences - 2011

The Commonwealth Games have been an eye opener in several ways. Behind the glitz of fancy stadiums, hotels, and apartments, lies the murky and sensitive death knell of a large majority of people whose livelihoods and habitats are at stake and who have become cheap pawns in the Commonwealth...

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Global Warming and Agriculture: New Country Estimates Show Developing Countries Face Declines in Agricultural Productivity

Cline, William R - eSocialSciences - 2009

There is a growing recognition that global warming is a problem, but little attention has been paid to the likely impact at the country level, especially in the developing world. The stakes for world agriculture, with special attention to China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the...

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Propensity Score Matching Method in Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Approach to Program Evaluation of INHP-III

Gakhar, Kaushal Deep; Kapur, Vidhu; Kaur, Navneet - eSocialSciences - 2010

as use of experimental design entails creation of treatment and comparison group thereby providing benefits to some and … in construction of both treatment and comparison at baseline. This makes attribution of observed outcomes and impacts to … such alternative for addressing the concerns comparison and attribution. This paper is based on the case of Endline …

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Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty

Miller, Robert - eSocialSciences - 2007

A method of collecting family histories that would act as a means of linking households from the panel studies with individual life histories is proposed. The procedure used to construct a three-generation â€˜social genealogicalâ€™ chart of the family and a strategy for interviewing...

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The Global Labour Standards Controversy: Critical Issues for Developing Countries

Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Ann - eSocialSciences - 2014

This policy study seeks to move the debate on labour standards beyond the present stalemate onto a more constructive plane. While closely examining the economic arguments in this controversy, it is also concerned with the broader political and moral dimensions. The authors suggest that...

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Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector

NCEUS, NCEUS - eSocialSciences - 2012

This Report is focused on the informal or the unorganized economy which accounts for an overwhelming proportion of the poor and vulnerable population in an otherwise shining India. It concentrates on a detailed analysis of the conditions of work and lives of the unorganized workers consisting of...

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Globalization and Gender Justice

Michael, Lorraine - eSocialSciences - 2013

Globalization makes all products costlyfor workers. Canadian women face same problems as women in India. They face …

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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards

Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006

Globalization, or integration with the world economy via WTO membership, was expected to increase foriegn investment … globalization has not, and will not, trickle down to those who make the products. Comparing Mexico's maquiladoras with a detailed …

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Economic Development in a Changing Globalised Economy: The Case of Developing Countries

Huq, Mozammel - eSocialSciences - 2006

In the context of the changing economic environment, this analysis is of particular relevance to Third World countries, who are currently being asked and/or actively encouraged to implement the "globalisation" strategy. The paper will analyse the globalisation strategy and discuss the critical...

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Frontier Issues on the Global Agenda- Emerging Economy Perspective

Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011

The article is a report of RBI Minister Duvvuri Subbarao on issuesing concerning the G-20 countries and also issues effecting all the countries collectively.

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