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Do Remittances Impact the Economy? Some Empirical Evidences from A Developing Economy
Mallick, Hrushikesh - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study attempts to examine the impact of remittances on macroeconomic activities (private consumption and investment …) and its implications on economic growth in India for the period from 1966-67 to 2003-04. Estimating a general consumption …, consistently have a positive influence on private consumption. [WP no. 407]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025321
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Social Protection Transfers for Chronically Poor People
eSocialSciences; Chronic Poverty Research Centre CPRC - 2007
There are very large numbers of chronically and severely poor people who are not being reached by current development policies, and whose situation is often deteriorating in comparison even with other poor people. Around half of these are children, at risk of growing up poor and, in turn,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170182
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Heterodox Macroeconomics and the Design of Monetary Institutions
Correa, Romar - eSocialSciences - 2008
Two agendas of the heterodox economics programme; the stock-flow consistent models pioneered by Wynne Godley, and the monetary circuit approach researched in France and Italy are discussed. The objective is to present a coherent account of two innovations in payments mechanisms: deposit-creating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528199
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A Perspective on Fisheries Sector Interventions for Livelihood Promotion
Biswas, Subho; Datta, Samar K.; Singh, Srijan Pal; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
empower the producers and suppliers of fish – namely, the fisher folk and to place them at the centre stage of control of … of fish, but will enter as dignified co-producer partners with significant shares in residual claim and residual control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544598
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Mangroves - A Natural Defense against Cyclones: An investigation from Orissa, India
Das, Saudamini - eSocialSciences - 2007
Following this disaster in Orissa caused by a super cyclone there was a great deal of controversy over whether the high levels of mangrove forest destruction in the area had increased the impact of the cyclone. Many argued that the loss of human life caused by the storm was directly linked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487691
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Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
major fish migrations that feed and provide income to millions of people. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671528
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper develops an index for measuring the economic power of governments viewed as entities in themselves. The basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as simple and parsimonious a manner as possible. For...
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Estimating human resource requirements for scaling up priority health interventions in Lowincome countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: A methodology based on service quantity, tasks and...
Mills, Anne; Kurowski, Christoph - eSocialSciences - 2010
in two case studies carried out in Tanzania and Chad. Kaspar Wyss and N’Diekhor Yemadji led the case study in Chad and … Salim Abdulla participated in the Tanzania team.[HEFP working paper 01/06, LSHTM, 2006] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462827
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Human Resources for Health: Requirements and Availability in the Context of Scaling-Up Priority Interventions in Low-Income Countries
Mills, Anne; Kurowski, Christoph; Wyss, Kaspar; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the role and importance of human resources for the scaling up of health services in low income countries. In the case studies, the following have been analyzed: (i) investigated the size, composition and structure of the current health work force; (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462831
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
country studies carried out with partners in Argentina, Uruguay, Tanzania, South Africa, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ICT was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305