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Final Report on the Functioning of Anganwadi Centres in Assam and Meghalya
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011
order to elicit views from stakeholders who are mainly mothers, pregnant women and lactating mothers and children and the … immunization services and health and nutrition education was minutely assessed. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …
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Extended Families and Child Well-being
LaFave, Daniel; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014
relationship between three measures of health- and education-related human capital of children and the distribution of resources …Using rich longitudinal survey data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), evidence is presented on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026234
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of the ASER 2009’s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512483
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A Study of Children Dependent on Prostitutes in Selected Areas of Uttar Pradesh
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2010
of children dependent on prostitutes in Uttar Pradesh. Thus, it is imperative to conduct a field survey in the state of … Uttar Pradesh to examine the social problem of trafficking and prostitution in children and women and status of children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008751877
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2010 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2011
tuition, parents’ education, household and village characteristics are retained. In addition, this year ASER tests mothers … on their numeracy skills. For the first time, ASER 2010 introduces questions on critical thinking for children in Std. 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828476
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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077863
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
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Working with Existing Systems: Lessons from INHP
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502491
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Governance and Health
Acharya, Shankar - eSocialSciences - 2007
the foundations of India’s human resources — the health and wellbeing of our hundreds of millions of children. Without … reasonably good health the prospects for learning and skill development are bleak … and without that so is our long term future …
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Mortality, the Family and the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Thomas; Preston, Samuel - eSocialSciences - 2011
, Indonesia, before and after the tsunami. Children, older adults and females were the least likely to survive. Whereas socio …, parents and children, while women helped their children. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/311.pdf]. …
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