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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 …
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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].
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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...
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Women’s Right To Land, Assets, And Other Productive Resources: Its Impact On Gender Relations And Increased Productivity
Rao, Nitya - eSocialSciences - 2006
It is often assumed that poverty reduction would lead to gender equality. Research however, points to the opposite, namely, that increasing prosperity can have perverse gender effects . It is therefore important to make a conceptual distinction between projects that seek to reduce poverty and...
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A Glimpse of the Tiger: How Much are Indians Willing to Pay for It?
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2009
borders India and Bangladesh is estimated. Two alternative methodologies exist for estimating the value of a recreational site …The recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that …
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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
reliable route out of poverty for a region that is home to more than 40 percent of the world’s absolute poor. [World Bank …
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Transparency in Parliament: A Review of the Procedures and Practices in South Asia along with Recommended Guidelines for Increasing Openness
SAHR, South Asians for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines the functioning of Parliaments in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka1 in order to gauge the …
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Terms of Trade and Its Implications: Bangladesh Perspective
Masuduzzaman, Mohammad; Hussain, Muhammad Imam - eSocialSciences - 2012
trade in the long run. Like some selected Asian countries (Vietnam, China and South Korea) except India, the terms of trade … of Bangladesh has been in falling almost continuously. Bangladesh’s trade performance has improved and gaining momentum … despite the TOT deterioration. Bangladesh is also experiencing a net welfare gain from trade due to its increasing market …
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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012
The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the world’s people – including more than a billion children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and partners, that scarcity and dispossession...
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Governance and Health
Acharya, Shankar - eSocialSciences - 2007
As we celebrate 60 years of political independence and take pride in our dynamic private sector, our remarkable IT successes and all the other usual dimensions of success, let us remind ourselves that a great deal remains to be done to improve the foundations of India’s human resources...
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