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Final Report of the Task Force on Domestic Workers: Realising Decent Work
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2011
This report presents the results of the deliberations of the Task Force. Section one provides the background. Section two presents the status of the implementation of March 2010 recommendations contained in the First Report. It then describes the deliberations of the Task Force regarding the...
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
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Kerala Budget 2010-11
Govt, Government of Kerala - eSocialSciences - 2010
Budget speech by finance minister Dr. Thomas Issac
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Poverty and Livelihood among Tribals in Gujarat: Status, Opportunities, and Strategies
Sajitha O.G; Shah, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper tries to look into the status of poverty and multiple deprivations among tribal communities in the state and explores policy options for strengthening their livelihoods through a combination of forest and nonforest based interventions.
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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working …
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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper examines whether an individual-level transfer of property rights increases the individual's bargaining power within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing tenants the opportunity to purchase the homes that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945273
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Employment Guarantee for Women in India Evidence on Participation and Rationing in the MGNREGA from the National Sample Survey
Narayanan, Sudha; Das, Upasak - eSocialSciences - 2014
employment-unemployment round (2011-12) to examine the performance of states in terms of participation and rationing of women in …The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees employment of every rural … household for 100 days, has different progressive provisions which incentivise higher participation of women in the programme …
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Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Afridi, Farzana; Iversen, Vegard; Sharan, M - eSocialSciences - 2013
In the paper there is a use of nation-wide policy of randomly allocating village council headships to women to identify … the impact of female political leadership on the governance of projects implemented under the National Rural Employment … reserved for women heads: political and administrative inexperience make such councils more vulnerable to bureaucratic capture …
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High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2011
The recommendations that follow take cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that India offers – and the possibility for India to take a lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that is eminently suited to the needs and resources of countries at a similar level of development....
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Feminist Economics of Trade: Reflections on the Indian Manufacturing Sector
Barria, Susana; Ramanujan, Purnima - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper examines the socio-economic condition of women in India. The paper begins by delving into different forms of … violence faced by women in India, giving special attention to the work sphere and the political economic order, in order to …
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