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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India

Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012

In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce catastrophic health expenditures in households â€œbelow the poverty line.â€ The program and the districts are evaluated over time to evaluate the impacts of the scheme using...

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Quality Healthcare and Health Insurance Retention: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Kolkata Slums

Delavallade, Clara - eSocialSciences - 2014

Healthcare in developing countries is often unreliable and of poor quality, thus reducing individuals incentives to use quality health services. This paper examines an innovative approach to access to and demand for quality health care from the poor. Using data from a field experiment in India,...

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Kerala Budget Speech 2008-09

Govt, Government of Kerala - eSocialSciences - 2008

Budget speech 2008-09 by Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Issac

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Karnataka Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme: Towards Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage in Karnataka?

Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Liu, Mingwei; Jacob, Priti - eSocialSciences - 2006

This is a case study of the Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme for rural farmers and peasants in Karnataka. The scheme, now in its second year of operation, covers 2.2 million farmers and peasants who pay an annual premium of Rupees 60 ($1.50) for comprehensive coverage of all surgical...

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Adverse Selection and Private Health Insurance Coverage in India A Rational Behaviour Model of Insurance Agents under Asymmetric Information

Vellakkal, Sukumar - eSocialSciences - 2010

In the backdrop of the low level of health insurance coverage in India, this study examines the determinants of the scaling-up process of health insurance by analyzing the rational behaviour of an insurance agent facing a trade-off between selling â€˜health insuranceâ€™ and â€˜other...

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The Youth Employment Crisis: A Call for Action

eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2013

Resolution and conclusions of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, 2012. [ILO].

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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary

Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013

The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge … Foundation, Mumbai on a commission from the UN-HABITAT Global Urban Youth Research Network of which it is part, is a first … attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. …

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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR YOUTH AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Youth, Ministry of; YAS, Sports Affairs - eSocialSciences - 2012

The scheme titled National Programme for Youth Adolescent Development (NPYAD) has been formulated by merger of four 100 …% central sector grants-in-aid schemes of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports during 10th Plan namely, Promotion of Youth …

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Financial Literacy among Working Young in Urban India

Agarwalla, Sobhesh Kumar; Barua, Samir K; Jacob, Joshy; … - eSocialSciences - 2013

literacy of youth in India. [IIMA W.P. No. 2013-10-02]. …

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Equity in the Time of Recession: Mumbai Youth Struggle to Bridge Yawning Opportunity Gap

eSS, eSocialSciences - eSocialSciences - 2011

/lower middle class youth. We present a report of Mumbai incorporating the perceptions of youth obtained in a survey and discussions …

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