Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 133
Cover Image
The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Gas, Ava Gail; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Suriastini, Wayan; … - eSocialSciences - 2013
Identifying the impact of parental death on the well-being of children is complicated because parental death is likely to be correlated with other, unobserved, factors that affect child well-being. Population-representative longitudinal data collected in Aceh, Indonesia, before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945343
Cover Image
Personal Well-Being During Growth
Edmonds, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper considers the relative importance of improvements in economic status in explaining improvements in non-monetary measures of well-being during Vietnam's economic boom in the 1990s.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528187
Cover Image
Economic Well-being and Non-economic Well-being: A Review of the Meaning and Measurement of Poverty
Sumner, Andrew - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper discusses the measurement of poverty and well-being. A historical overview is given of the last fifty years. This is followed by discussion of three groupings of indicators: those measures based primarily on economic well-being; those based on non-economic well-being and composite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008751876
Cover Image
Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011
Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319343
Cover Image
Assessing Well-being Using Hierarchical Needs
Clarke, Matthew - eSocialSciences - 2010
Determining whether well-being has improved is an important multidisciplinary task. It is important therefore to develop a multidimensional measure of well-being that reflects a wide spectrum of human needs. A new approach is presented in this paper based on multidimensional hierarchical human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462823
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
Scaling up a Reproductive Health Curriculum In Youth Training Courses
Rahman, Laila; Islam, Md. Rafiqul; Rob, Ubaidur; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
Considering the reproductive health information and service needs of adolescents and youth, the Population Councilâ …€™s Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS) Program, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Urban … Family Health Partnership, and two nongovernmental service delivery partners, carried out the Global Youth project in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699002
Cover Image
Performance Budget 2005-2006 AYUSH
Health, Ministry of; Welfare, Family - eSocialSciences - 2007
Performance Budget for 2005-2006 of Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699104
Cover Image
An Ex-post Evaluation Study on Rural Non-farm Sector Investments in Bhilwara Districts of Rajsthan
Rao, V Ramakrishna; Amalorpavnathan, R. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The present study was undertaken to examine the health and sustainability of RNFS units and the remedial measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699152
Cover Image
The Economics of Arsenic Water Pollution – A Study from Bangladesh
Khan, Zakir Husain - eSocialSciences - 2008
Bangladesh is facing a major health crisis because arsenic is poisoning a large percentage of the country’s drinking … economic case for dealing with this problem, a SANDEE study looks at the health impacts and costs associated with arsenic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699163