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Adaptation, Plasticity, and Extinction in a Changing Environment: Towards a Predictive Theory
Chevin, Luis-Miguel; Lande, Russell; Mace, Georgina M - eSocialSciences - 2010
A simple evolutionary model is used to understand the critical rate of environmental change beyond which a population …
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India’s Population: Past, Present and Future
Dyson, Tim - eSocialSciences - 2009
considerable demographic progress since 1947; however it seems that the country’s population will reach about 1.4 billion by the …
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The Growing Importance of Emerging Economies in the Globalised World and its Implications for the International Financial Architecture
Trichet, Jean-Claude - eSocialSciences - 2007
The growing importance of India and other emerging economies in the globalized world are given in this lecture. This group of economies is not easy to define. However, some reflections on the implications of these changes are made. The emerging markets are becoming larger players in the global...
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The UNESCO Parsi Zoroastrian Project
eSocialSciences - 2008
The declining of Parsi population has become a serious question before India in general and Parsi community in … particular. Since 1990 questions were started being raised about this decreasing population among the community and about the … solution to it. The community experienced 33% fall in its total population in 50 years. A demographic module has been created …
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India Migration Bibliography
Tumbe, Chinmay - eSocialSciences - 2013
The India Migration Bibliography covers over 3,000 books, research articles and reports written on the subject of internal migration, international migration and diaspora, related to India. The bibliography is inter-disciplinary and provides sections with selected publications by themes,...
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The Determinants of Mortality
Cutler, David M.; Deaton, Angus S.; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - eSocialSciences - 2006
Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates remain much higher in poor countries, with a difference...
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National Policy for Senior Citizens: 2011
Justice, Ministry of Social; GOI, Empowerment - eSocialSciences - 2011
The foundation of the new policy, known as the “National Policy for Senior Citizens 2011†is based on several factors. These include the demographic explosion among the elderly, the changing economy and social milieu, advancement in medical research, science and technology and high...
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Book Review: ‘Missing Girls’: Many Approaches to an Understanding
Unisa, Sayeed; Reshmi, R. S. - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of Sex- Selective Abortion in India –Gender, Society, and New Reproductive Technologies by Tulsi Patel; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2007.
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The Potato’s Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment
Qian, Nancy; Nunn, Nathan - eSocialSciences - 2010
population and urbanization. Their results show that the introduction of the potato was responsible for a significant portion of … the increase in population and urbanization observed during the 18th and19th centuries. [Working Paper No. 234] …
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A test of Governance: Education, Health and Family Planning in Areas Annexxed toKarnataka, Maharashtra and AP from Hyderabad State
Bhat, P. N. Mari - eSocialSciences - 2006
At the time of reorganization of states on the basis of the linguistic formula, the territory that belonged to erstwhile state of Hyderabad was broken down to three parts and annexed to Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. About one-third of the territory went to Maharashtra, one-sixth to...
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