in Ghana. Using micro data from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey conducted in 2012/2013, marginal …, reducing within-component inequality significantly reduces overall poverty and inequality in Ghana, compared to between … tax policies (such as Value Added Tax and National Health Insurance Levy in the case of Ghana) that provide exemptions for …

The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives …. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of … ‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …

Although at the beginning of the 21st century, over 95 percent of all countries in the world have granted women the … representation of women at the level of the smallest unit of Philippine government—the village or barangay. Data comparison—within a … span of 11 years—using the results of the July 15, 2002 and October 28, 2013 barangay elections, shows an increase of women …

people especially those living in developing countries such as India. Especially the people living in rural areas have been … inadequate. In this respect the President of India advocated that provision of urban amenities in rural areas is an essential …

its impact on the living conditions of population in India particularly related rural and agriculture sector. …

India. Methods: We used data from the three rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted in India during 1992 … spending and infant and child mortality in India. A 10% increase in per capita public health spending is likely to reduce the …-rural residence. Interpretation: Public health spending was associated with probability of infant and child death in India. Our …

In India, Economic Reforms has been explicitly started in 1991. Even with some controversy in the initial period now it …