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Revival of Rural PDS: Expansion and Outreach
Rahman, Andaleeb - eSocialSciences - 2014
Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand...
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Can Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure
Joglekar, Rama - eSocialSciences - 2008
attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341722
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Poverty Dynamics in Rural Sindh, Pakistan
Lohano, Hari Ram - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) during 1986–91, were resurveyed in 2004–05 with minimal attrition.
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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - eSocialSciences - 2010
and urban household income to decrease and has thus slowed down household consumption growth. The provision of broader …
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Change in Food and Nutrient Consumption Among the Ultra Poor: Is the CFPR/TUP Programme Making a Difference?
Haseen, Farhana - eSocialSciences - 2006
This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences … in food and nutrient consumption between selected ultra poor (SUP) and non selected ultra poor (NSUP) households in 2004 …
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Between Citizens and Institutions: The Dyamics of the Integration of Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Hyderabad
Huchon, Agnes; Tricot, Guillaume - eSocialSciences - 2008
The purpose of this study is to review the changes that have taken place recently in water supply and sanitation services and examine the role of various stakeholders involved in urban governance in this sector. [CSH Occassonal Paper N 22/2008].
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