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Vulnerability and Coping to Disasters: A Study of Household Behaviour in Flood Prone Region of India

K, Narayanan; Patnaik, Unmesh - eSocialSciences - 2010

surveys undertaken in the study area for flood affected households. The analysis is carried out using a risk sharing and self … insurance framework and econometric modeling is carried out using binary outcomes and multivariate probit estimation through GHK …

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Examination of Intense Climate-Related Disasters in Asia-Pacific

Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G; Perez, Rosa T - eSocialSciences - 2012

climate change. Associated with these natural disasters are more variable and extreme rainfall and temperatures as recorded in … intense natural disasters. The economies along coastal areas in South, Southeast (for example the Philippines), and East Asia … are at the greatest risk, with the heaviest toll on low- and lower-middle-income economies. These catastrophes threaten …

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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World

United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2012

The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the worldâ€™s people â€“ including more than a billion children â€“ now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of evidence and analysis, from UNICEF and partners, that scarcity and dispossession...

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Climate Change and the Future Impacts of Storm-Surge Disasters in Developing Countries

Dasgupta, Susmita; Laplante, Benoit; Murray, Siobhan; … - eSocialSciences - 2010

The implications of sea-level rise and storm surges for 84 developing countries and 577 of their cyclone-vulnerable coastal cities with populations greater than 100,000 are explored. Combining the most recent scientific and demographic information, they estimate the future impact of climate...

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Bangladesh and Climate Change: Need for a Comprehensive Adaptive Strategy

eSocialSciences; Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD - 2008

The aim of this paper is to examine the effects climate change will have on Bangladesh and also gives some possible solutions for tackling climate change.

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Black Money

eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance - 2012

The objective of this paper is to place in the public domain various facets and dimensions of black money and its complex relationship with the policy and administrative regime in the country. The paper also presents the framework, policy options, and strategies that the Government of India has...

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Terror Trails: Malegaon Blasts and After

Puniyani, Ram - eSocialSciences - 2006

Investigating the acts of terrorism and pinpointing the culprits is not an easy job. With the prejudiced mindset of the …

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Book Review: Tales of the Displaced in Indiaâ€™s North-East

Talukdar, Ratna Bharali - eSocialSciences - 2008

Review of: Internal Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the UNâ€™s Guiding Principles Edited by Paula Banerjee, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury, Samir Kumar Das, Sage Publicatons, New Delhi; November 2004; 364 pp; Rs 695 (hardback).

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Post-Conflict Recovery: Does the Global Economy Work for Peace?

Addison, Tony - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper mainly addresses the economic dimensions, concentrating on the importance of international trade to state-building and the need for global public goods in a global market economy. The focus here is on the smaller countries emerging from civil war (particularly in Africa) rather than...

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Humanism: The Essence of Civil Liberties

Verma, J. S. - eSocialSciences - 2007

India was guided by it in its exercise to humanize the stringent anti-terrorism laws e.g. TADA and Armed Forces (Special …

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