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Pro-Poor Growth: Illusions of Marriage and Divorce?
H, Suryanarayana M - eSocialSciences - 2010
This note seeks to show that the debate on ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ is sterile and largely academic with few policy insights.
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Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation: The Long Term Effects of Political Violence in Perú
Leon, Gianmarco - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper provides empirical evidence of the long- and short-term effects of political violence exposure on human capital accumulation. Using a novel data set that registers all the violent acts and fatalities during the Peruvian civil conflict, Leon exploit the variation in war location and...
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Does Participatory Development Legitimise Collusion Mechanisms? Evidence from Karnataka Watershed Development Agency
Vadivelu, G. Ananda - eSocialSciences - 2011
While examining participatory development projects, existing contributions have demonstrated how aid resources are often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source of corruption is collusion between project implementers and farmers. This is examined with...
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Determinants of Fuelwood Use in Rural Orissa: Implications for Energy Transition
MISHRA, ARABINDA - eSocialSciences - 2009
This study examines household behaviour related to fuelwood collection and use. The focus is on identifying the behavioral transition of fuelwood-using households from collection to purchase. The study examines the theory linking households’ labour allocation decisions to choice of fuel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967089
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The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2014
through processes provided, and institutions established, under this enactment and for matters connected therewith or …
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Myths and Realities of Long-run Development: A Look at Deeper Determinants
Hasan, Lubna - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper reviews the debate surrounding the “deeper determinants†of economic performance. It reviews the work of Institutional School and Geography School and their interpretation of the long-run development. The paper then examines the evidence provided by the respective schools in...
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Some Reflections on the Recent Global Financial Turmoil – an Indian Perspective
Gopinath, Shyamala - eSocialSciences - 2009
The speech tries to underline some lessones that be drawn from the financial crisis relevant to regulation, financial markets and the market infrastructure and to reflect on these. [Annual Conference of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI) at Kolkata].
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Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects
GOI, Government of India - eSocialSciences - 2008
This is an initiative by the Planning Commission to formulate “Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Projects in order to have a unified perspective by all ministries.These guidelines are therefore applicable to all watershed development projects in all Departments / Ministries of...
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Heterogeneity, Commons and Privatization: Agrarian Institutional Change in Goa
Mukhopadhyay, Pranab - eSocialSciences - 2008
A case study in Goa is used to examine whether tenure security and asset re-distribution can lead to environmentally sustainable outcomes.
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Can Institutions be Reformed from Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther - eSocialSciences - 2012
Institutions in developing countries, particularly those inherited from the colonial period, are often thought to be … subject to strong inertia. This study presents the results of a unique randomized trial testing whether these institutions can …-scale public opinion and crime victimization survey—the first of its kind in India. [BREAD Working Paper No. 324]. URL …
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