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In examining child work and education in rural India, I find that Parental education and hours of non household child work demonstrate a U shaped relationship. I contend this is due to weak labor markets for skilled workers in rural India that creates a “high education trap.” This results in...
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There has been a continuing growth in urbanisation in developing countries, and governments’ face a major challenge in ensuring that city dwellers are able to procure sufficient food. Street foods are sold in almost every country in the world. In most towns and cities in Ghana, selling of...
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The poverty problem is chronic in the Horn of Africa. Majority of the people in the region are suffering from this problem. There are numerous factors that cause poverty in the region. The challenge of poverty reduction in the Horn should therefore address the poverty reduction issues at...
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. Using small area estimation techniques, we uncover three findings not yet found in the literature. First, disability … characteristics that can be affected by policy. Districts with better health care and infrastructure, such as road and health services …
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between agriculture and poverty, the study argued that agricultural development would ensure food security, health and …
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Child labour is in focus for last two decades as it robs children of the chance to enhance human capital. This paper … children in 2003-04, about 13 percent of total, are ‘Nowhere Children’. Incidence of Domestic Duties and Nowhere Children are … drive the children to the labour market. Lack of Educational infrastructure is found to be very important in this respect …
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by the children remained the same. In some of the African and Asian countries children are exposed to vulnerable … problems of children in many developing countries. An attempt is also made to highlight what may be termed as tentative … children issues and lessons emerging from Africa and India. …
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children and point out the problems in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), particularly poverty eradication …
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of children (5-15 years) in the household have shown negative effect on contribution of women in household budget. The …
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countries the dynamic panel system GMM and for developed countries, the fixed and random effects method of estimation is used …
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