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Book Review: CSR: A Profitable Concept
Mohanti, Subhash - eSocialSciences - 2011
Review of Corporate Social Responsibility: Past, Present and Future by Sanjay Kumar Panda; The Icfai University Press; 373pp, 2008.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319355
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Negotiating the Terms of A New Social Contract: Private Companies, Civil Society and the State in India
Krichewsky, Damien - eSocialSciences - 2010
A detailed analysis of the stakes and dynamics at play in the public, civil and self-regulation of companies in India is offered. With the rapid growth and modernization of the country as the backdrop, this paper points towards a reconfiguration of relationships and the balance of power among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480382
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Private Returns to Public Office
Fisman, Raymond; Schulz, Florian; Vig, Vikrant - eSocialSciences - 2012
The wealth accumulation of Indian parliamentarians using public disclosures required of all candidates since 2003 are studied. Annual asset growth of winners is on average 3 to 6 percentage points higher than runners-up. By performing a within-constituency com- parison where both runner-up and...
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Can Participatory Watershed Management be sustained? Evidence from Southern India
Kumar, D. Suresh - eSocialSciences - 2008
Watershed development is a very important rural development programme in India. This paper studies 60 community groups in 12 micro-watersheds in South India to understand how villagers cooperate to manage watershed related tasks. The paper examines the factors that affect collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341669
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Our Future: Sustainable Cities--Turning Ideas into Action
McCarney, Patricia L. - eSocialSciences - 2006
In convening the third session of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver, the United Nations Human Settlements Program has asked us to focus our attention on the Sustainable City and consider critical challenges across three sub-themes: • Urban Growth And Environment• Partnership And...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528163
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‘Inclusive Citizenship’ for the Chronically Poor: Exploring the Inclusion-Exclusion Nexus in Collective Struggles
Masaki, Katsuhiko - eSocialSciences - 2007
The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper problematises this formulation by drawing on a case of landless...
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Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities
Miguel, Edward; Glennerster, Rachel; Rothenberg, Alexander - eSocialSciences - 2010
Scholars have pointed to ethnic and other social divisions as a leading cause of economic underdevelopment, due in part to their adverse effects on public good provision and collective action. We investigate this issue in post-war Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries. To...
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Designing Economic Instruments and Participatory Institutions for Environmental Management in India
Murty, M.N. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the possibility of using economic instruments, especially pollution taxes and bargaining approaches … estimation of pollution taxes for controlling air pollution in thermal power generation in India. Another case study examining … some bargaining methods that are already in force in India shows their usefulness in controlling industrial pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461006
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Water in India: Situation and Prospects
Prakash, Anjal; Sharma, Medhavi; Chourey, Jayati - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in India, based on secondary information. It maps the current challenges and suggests feasible alternatives amidst increasing water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases...
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Public Opposition Halts Violation of Environmental Norms: Case of APSEZ, Gujarat
Aggarwal, Yogi - eSocialSciences - 2014
All too often blinded by the dazzle of development people and planners do not see the trail of destruction that accompanies new initiatives. It need not be that way. As the case of Adani Ports and SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat shows it is possible for a vigilant environmental movement backing popular...
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