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Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper presents a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including having income generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal...
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Identity Formation, Nationhood and Women An Overview of Issues
Raman, Vasanthi - eSocialSciences - 2010
The essay is begun with a reference to a television programme on one of the Hindi news channels - titled Burqe me Atankvad which was telecast sometime in mid-2005. The complex and turmoil-ridden and tortuous interrelationship between gender, national and other multiple identities are explored....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513091
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Women’s Economic Empowerment as the “Magic Potion†of Development?
Blumberg, Rae Lesser - eSocialSciences - 2008
Boosting women’s relative control of income and other economic resources has so many consequences that positively enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion.†[Paper presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of...
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Economic Survey 2005-06, Chapter 9
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance - 2006
Infrastructure
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Global Public Opinion on Nuclear Issues and the IAEA - Final Report from 18 Countries
eSocialSciences; International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA - 2006
new nuclear plants." At a time when the nuclear power option is being vigorously pursued in the fast developing countries … of Asia and being reconsidered in some European nations and the USA, the findings raise questions as to whether the … nuclear industry and politicians have sufficiently raised public confidence in the safety and efficiency of the nuclear power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699130
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Communication and Power: The State of Research
Das, Biswajit - eSocialSciences - 2010
describes the differences. The framework proposed here focuses on the way power is construed and analysed within the debates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500224
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Renewable Energy Strategies for Indian Power Sector
R, Shukla P; Ghosh, Debyani; Ramana, P V; Garg, Amit - eSocialSciences - 2008
Specific policy issues linked to renewable energy development with recommendations for future strategies and measures have been discussed in the article. [CSH WP no. 3]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341672
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Intergrated Energy Policy
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2008
The report of the Expert Committee provides a broad overarching framework for guiding the policies governing the production and use of different forms of energy from various sources. It makes specific recommendations on a very large range of issues. The report is a valuable input into policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528125
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Winners and Losers of State Electricity Boards Reforms : An Organisational Analysis
Ruet, Joel - eSocialSciences - 2008
This article is mainly based on repeated field inquires in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, at different stages of reform. In these States, the reform, far from precluding to analyse what are classical SEBs, brought to light some processes formerly in the dark. This article aims at giving a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528186
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Another Look at Renewables on India’s Sagar Island
Shrank, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2008
, the Mritunjoynagar PV power plant. For WBREDA and other agencies to sustain and replicate similar projects—and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170153