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Multidimensional Indices of Achievements and Poverty: What Do We Gain and What and What Do We Lose?
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2011
Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319343
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Estimates of BPL-households in Rural Gujarat: Measurement, Spatial Pattern and Policy Imperatives
Shah, Amita; Yagnik, Jignasu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The poverty scenario in Gujarat is marked by three features: (1) low incidence of poverty (2) spatial concentration and … (3) adoption of targeted policy for poverty reduction. One of the important highlights of the initiatives by the … individual/household as well as area based approach for alleviation of multi-dimensional poverty across the regions in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980030
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Book Review: An Unconventional Autobiography
Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2011
Civil Disobedience: Two Freedom Struggles, One Life By L C Jain; The Book Review Literary Trust, New Delhi; 2010, Pp.266.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321515
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Tamil everywhere, Tamil in everything
Collective, Lawyers - eSocialSciences - 2013
A section of lawyers has declared that till the Governor formally announces that Tamil will be an associate language in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945250
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State of Literacy among Adolescents and Youth Population
Samal, A.K. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Gives an overall view about the literacy rates of youth and adolescents in India.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945487
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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 Commission’s work will generate. It contributes to the general discussion on the social determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341696
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250393
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of the ASER 2009’s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512483
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Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination
Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines migrants choice of destination conditional on migration. To this end, an empirical strategy is designed which remedies both migration selection and unobserved heterogeneity problems. The study uses data from two rounds of Nepal Living Standard Surveys and a Population Census...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540527
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Aims of Education
eSocialSciences; National Council of Educational … - 2009
The paper tries to understand what are the aims of education.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000238