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Going Beyond Gender as Usual: Why and How Global HIV/AIDS Donors Can Do More for Women and Girls
Droggitis, Christina; Oomman, Nandini; Wendt, David - eSocialSciences - 2010
This brief shows how three of the biggest donors to global HIV/AIDS programs can go beyond their stated commitments to address gender inequality and more effectively combat HIV and AIDS.
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Private Sector Industrialization in China: Evidence from Wenzhou
Strauss, John; Qian, Edward Y.; Shen, Minggao; Liu, Dong; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study to help shed light on the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprise growth in Wenzhou …
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Survey Of Research In Industrial Sociology (1987-2002)
Bhowmik, Sharit - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper attempts to assess the research done in the field of industrial sociology during the period 1987 and 2002. Only published work have been noted. The review does not cover unpublished M. Phil. and Ph. D. dissertations, nor does it take into account unpublished research reports. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528365
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
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Innovations for Reviving Small-Scale Industries
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2010
led by the entrepreneurs, policy makers and also other support organizations. There are several innovative options that … innovations for developing new products and services and (d) forging new partnerships among the entrepreneurs and also with the R … small entrepreneurs will anyway soon vote on the vision of the parties in taking country out of the current stressful …
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Why Don’t Small and Medium Enterprises Innovate More : Creating a Cooperative Learning Environment at Individual, Firm and Regional Level
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2007
or practices, Indian small scale entrepreneurs will have to benchmark their current status in this regard with the best …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170169
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, and country studies carried out with partners in...
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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working …
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Participation in Economy
eSocialSciences; Central Statistical Organization CSO - 2014
This is the 4th Chapter of the report 'Women and Men in India' by CSO. Although women constitute a little less than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945213
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The Gender Gap in Mathematics: Evidence from Low-and-Middle Income Countries
Bharadwaj, Prashant; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Hansen, David; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender gap appears to increase with age. It is shown that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945217