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Globalization, Wages, and Working Conditions: A Case Study of Cambodian Garment Factories
Warren, Cael; Robertson, Raymond - eSocialSciences - 2011
The authors use a comprehensive data set of working conditions and wage compliance in Cambodia’s exporting garment …
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Inspector Raj for Garment Export Business
Rastogi, Avih - eSocialSciences - 2010
The export of textiles from India accounts for about one-third of India’s total exports. What is more significant is that textiles as a group, is also the largest net foreign exchange earner in as much as the import content in textile goods is quite low compared with other major export...
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Policy Gaps for Promoting Green Grassroots Innovations and Traditional Knowledge in Developing Countries: Learning from Indian Experience
Gupta, Anil. K - eSocialSciences - 2013
Society for Research and Initiatives for Technologies and Institutions [SRISTI] has pioneered a knowledge intensive model for transforming institutional context of problem solving at community level. In this paper, the building blocks of a sustainable innovation Eco-system have been identified....
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Quantification of Yield Gaps in Different Planting Types of Sugarcane in Maharashtra
Balasaheb, Deokae Tai - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper is an attempt to estimate the magnitudes of yield gaps, causative factors and constrains for attending greater farm potential in adsali, suru, preseasonal and ratoon sugarcane production in Maharashtra. Primary data were collected from 250 sugarcane cultivators using random sampling...
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Women And Sceince: An Examination Of Women's Access To And Retention In Scentific Careers
Poonacha, Veena; Gopal, Meena - eSocialSciences - 2005
Concerned with the question of gender equity in access to and retention in science education and careers, this study has contacted about 149 women scientists and 147 women students across a broad spectrum of institutions in the country. The aim of the study was to delineate the personal and...
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Emerging through Technological Capability: An Overview of India’s Technological Trajectory
Ray, Amit Shovon - eSocialSciences - 2008
In this paper an overview of India’s technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of India’s technological capability and the role it has played in the process of India’s economic progress. [WP No. 227].
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Ethics of Public Health Interventions: A View from the Frontline
Jain, Yogesh - eSocialSciences - 2012
Rural people are deprived even of the basic facilities of medical care. Is this ethical? [6th K R Memorial lecture].
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NAC Working Group on Gender and the Sex Ratio Draft Recommendations
Naqvi, Farah; Kumar, A.K. Shiva - eSocialSciences - 2012
The NAC Working Group held three national consultations on different aspects of the issue of declining child sex ratio. The Working Group conveners also separately met with Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and with the National Mission for the...
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What Causes Agglomeration? – Policy or Infrastructure – A Study of Indian Manufacturing Industry
Kathuria, Vinish - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper investigates whether industrial dispersal policy is more potent or the natural and agglomeration cost advantages are important in influencing locational choice of a firm. To carry out the analysis, an agglomeration measure given by Ellison and Glaeser is computed for 66 manufacturing...
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Technology in Banking- In Pursuit of Excellence
Sinha, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2011
The contribution of technology to the Indian banking industry, the role played by IDRBT and the significance of banking … technology awards, in fostering the technological developments of banks. Issues in the area of business-technology alignment that … are critical in fully leveraging the benefits of technology by banks. [IDRBT Banking Technology Awards at Hyderabad]. URL …
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