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Agrarian Reform for a Liberal Pattern of Society? Karnataka's Land Policy and the New Dispensation
Herring, Ronald - eSocialSciences - 2006
It is puzzling how much the discourse of development has backed away from the seemingly central question of rural poverty: land. Elaborate rules concerning its distribution, rights, regulation, protection, utilities have multiple development objectives, but poverty alleviation, individual...
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Globalization and China's 'Race to the Bottom' in Labour Standards
Chan, Anita - eSocialSciences - 2006
and benefit the labour intensive manufacturing sector in China. Yet, although foreign investment has been flowing into … China and employment in the low-wage industries is expanding, wages of Chinese workers are not rising. In fact, China is … study of China's hukou system and how it affectes the wages of migrant workers, the paper shows how the Chinese hukou system …
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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies
Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of … urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …
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Is Gender Equity In Formal Occupations an Explanatory Factor?
Narayana, D. - eSocialSciences - 2010
broad forces of modernization, such as urbanization, industridiization, shifts to non-agricultural labor, and increased …
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Beyond Population: Everyone Counts in Development
Cohen, Joel E. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This essay reviews important demographic trends expected to occur between 2010 and 2050, indicates some of their implications for economic and global development, and suggests some possible policies to respond to these trends and implications. The century from 1950 to 2050 will have witnessed...
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Final Report-Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies
Kainth, Gursharan Singh; Sinha, Archana - eSocialSciences - 2012
The main objectives of this seminar has been to contribute to the understanding of the development processes and problems related to water security and climate change; to focus on studies relating to this problem of the by-passed section and regions; and to provide a forum for dialogue on the...
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Agricultural Growth and Rural Incomes: Rural Performance Indicators and Consumption Patterns
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - eSocialSciences - 2012
The present paper is part of a larger study on agricultural growth and rural incomes in the Philippines. This study examines the farm-nonfarm linkages of agricultural growth and the mechanisms by which agricultural development changes the economic welfare of the various groups of population in...
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Background Paper on Issues related to Land Economics - Urbanisation, Development and Housing Requirements in the National Capital Region (NCR)
Bedi, Jatinder S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
The mechanism adopted to keep the rise in property prices under check until 2000 was the active participation of the public sector in keeping supply ahead of demand. This seems to have worked well in keeping property prices under control and meeting the housing requirements of the middle and...
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Measuring Urbanization around a Regional Capital: The Case of Bhopal District
Gupta, Anima - eSocialSciences - 2014
. As compared to definitions of urbanization adopted by other countries, the Indian definition of urban area is actually …
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Urbanization and Spatial Patterns of Internal Migration in India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrashekar, S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
With an urbanization level of 31.16 percent in 2011, India is the least urbanized country among the top 10 economies of …
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