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Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: Salient concepts, issues and cases
Jha, Nitish - 2010
Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293264
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The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income
Lora, Eduardo; Chaparro, Juan Camilo - 2008
This paper makes use of the 2006 Gallup World Survey, which includes opinions on satisfaction with various aspects of life in 130 countries. Although a very solid relationship is found between satisfaction and income (both across and within countries), raising doubts regarding the well-known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278209
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Capability approach to public-space harassment of women: Evidence from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
Berik, Günseli; Bhattacharya, Haimanti; Singh, Tejinder Pal - 2023
literature on public-space harassment (PSH) is sparse. Based on 2021-22 surveys in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581819
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Capability approach to public-space harassment of women: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
Berik, Günseli; Bhattacharya, Haimanti; Singh, Tejinder Pal - 2022
literature on public-space harassment (PSH) is rather sparse. Based on 2021 surveys in Bangladesh and India, this paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480671
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Non-food expenditures and consumption inequality in India
Amit, Basole; Deepankar, Basu - 2015
This paper contributes to the ongoing debate about economic inequality in India during the post-reform period. We …
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An approach to the problem of employment in India
Basu, Deepankar - 2018
agricultural productivity and income, which can reduce the wage gap. Since crop yields in India are far lower than many other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059889
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To reform and to procure: An analysis of the role of the state and the market in Indian agriculture
Misra, Kartik; Basu, Deepankar - 2022
Since the early 2000s, many Indian states started reforming their agricultural marketing policies and allowed private traders to buy directly from farmers outside the state-regulated market system. The experience of these states during the period 2000 - 2012 can shed light on the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013467129
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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies
Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015
Food Corporation of India's (FCI's) procurement volume is driven by the production level and the difference between the MSP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807701
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Patenting Public-Funded Research for Technology Transfer: A Conceptual-Empirical Synthesis of US Evidence and Lessons for India
Ray, Amit Shovon; Saha, Sabyasachi - 2010
against the backdrop of the US experience in an attempt to draw concrete lessons for India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807650
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Drivers of Academic Research and Patenting in India: Econometric Estimation of the Research Production Function
Ray, Amit Shovon; Saha, Sabyasachi - 2010
India. Academic research is conceptualised as a research production process where research inputs (like research time and …. Our results clearly identify several drivers of academic research and patenting in India, in terms of faculty background … India. In particular, we argue that putting in place institutional structures will not serve the purpose without addressing …
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