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Between Citizens and Institutions: The Dyamics of the Integration of Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Hyderabad
Huchon, Agnes; Tricot, Guillaume - eSocialSciences - 2008
The purpose of this study is to review the changes that have taken place recently in water supply and sanitation services and examine the role of various stakeholders involved in urban governance in this sector. [CSH Occassonal Paper N 22/2008].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528117
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A Review of India's Industrial Policy and Performance
Burange, G; Yamini, Shruti - eSocialSciences - 2011
When India’s industrial policy chronicle is reviewed, it is found that the country has mainly followed three regimes after independence. These are the planned or controlled period till the end of the 1970s, the limited liberalization period of the 1980s and the post-reform period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002268
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Trade Possibilities and Non-Tariff Barriers to Indo-Pak Trade
Taneja, Nisha - eSocialSciences - 2007
finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from Pakistan to India … export potential from India are predominantly in non-textile sectors. Very few items having export potential from India are … on the positive list adopted by Pakistan. At the same time there are several items that India is importing from other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487759
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Will Neoliberal Policies Resolve Water Sector Dilemmas? Learnings from Maharashtra and Gujarat
K, Viswanathan P - eSocialSciences - 2011
India, particularly, in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. In doing so, the paper tries to engage with three questions … country contexts would help resolve the burgeoning challenges and conflicts confronting the water sector in India?; and c …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009390662
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Perils of the Drug Trade: Implications and Challenges of Central Asia’s “Northern Routeâ€
Lundin, Lars-Erik; Kaathoven, Kirsten van - eSocialSciences - 2013
The international trade in Afghan drugs is one of the most significant transnational threats emanating from Central Asia. Exacerbated by weak border management, corruption, and lack of income-generating alternatives, the “Northern Route†is a scourge not only for the Central Asian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133147
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Inter-State Imbalances in Essential Services: Some Perspectives
Srivastava, D K; Rao, C Bhujanga - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper analyzes the inter-state imbalances in three major sectors of the economy, namely, education, health and family welfare, and water supply and sanitation for fifteen major states. It uses two principal indicators namely the per capita GSDP (reflecting the disparity in fiscal capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319351
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Prevalence and Costs of Childhood Diarrhoea in the Slums of Dhaka
Alam, M. Jahangir - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study seeks to identify the engineering, behavioural and socio-economic determinants of childhood diarrhoea and its duration and to compute the resulting costs borne by slum dwellers. The study is based on a survey of 480 households in 32 slums in Dhaka.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008594107
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Minimal Visible Inequality is Human Development
Rao, Bhanoji - eSocialSciences - 2006
The urgent task ahead is the reduction of the visible inequalities in education, health and housing, thus contributing to a broad based evolution of human capabilities. As for the macroeconomic environment to assist in the cashing in of the capabilities, the higher level of equality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250162
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The Water and Sanitation Scenario in Indian Metropolitan Cities: Resources and Management in Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai
Ruet, Joel; Zerah, Marie; Saravanan, VS - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper reviews the urban water and sanitation scenario in metropolitan cities. Section 1 focuses on the institutional and organizational structure of the service providers by looking at the level of technical and managerial decentralization reached in the four cities (Calcutta, Chennai,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997983
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Basic Infrastructure for a Nuclear Power Project
eSocialSciences; International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA - 2009
This publication was produced as a direction to increase the capability of Member States to plan and implement nuclear power programmes and to establish and enhance national nuclear infrastructure. This publication should be used in conjunction with the IAEA Safety Standards Series and other...
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