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Analytic and Strategic Review Paper: International Perspectives on Early Child Development

Maggi, Stefania; Irwin, Lori G.; Siddiqi, Arjumand; … - eSocialSciences - 2006

The present work builds on the affirmed desire of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) to be judged on both its scientific rigor and the policy implications that the Commissionâ€™s work will generate. It contributes to the general discussion on the social determinants of...

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Intra- and Inter-national University-Industry Linkage and Innovation in Emerging Economies: Evidence from China

Fu, Xiaolan; Li, Jizhen; Hughes, Alan - eSocialSciences - 2012

economies are investigated. Based on a national firm-level survey database from China, it finds that collaboration with domestic …The different role of intra- and inter-national university-industry collaboration in industrial innovation in emerging … country or firm innovation outcomes in China. [FGKS]. URL:[http://www.fgks.in/IndexServer/tifac/article/157.pdf]. …

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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory

Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the â€œsocialâ€ (or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is...

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Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia

Postiglione, Gerard - eSocialSciences - 2010

efficiency, and regional collaboration. This paper proposes a series of measures to increase the resilience of higher education …

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States Reorganisation: Contemporary Concerns

Pai, Sudha; Sarangi, Asha - eSocialSciences - 2009

Language alone can no longer be the basis for division of states. Issues such as size, governance, economic viability and recognition of new identities are equally important to consider the demands for reorganisation of states. Moreover, the social, economic and political context in which...

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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013

This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which …

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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

Topalova, Petia; Cole, Shawn; Gene, Xavier; Tobacman, Jeremy - eSocialSciences - 2011

Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? Why donâ€™t financial markets develop to pool these risks? This paper uses a series of randomized field experiments to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an...

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