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Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Infrastructure
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2010
could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized. …
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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level … studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of …
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Deconstructing China’s and India’s Growth: The Role of Financial Policies
Aziz, Jahangir - eSocialSciences - 2008
India. [WP No. 224]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487777
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Asia’s Infrastructure Challenges: Issues of Institutional Capacity
Stone, Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
. Strong investment in infrastructure is needed to support continuing efforts to achieve overall growth as well as poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680373
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Mitigating Climate Change Through Agriculture
Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2011
Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321518
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - eSocialSciences - 2005
large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487557
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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...
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Infrastructure Challenges in India: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships
Nataraj, Geethanjali - eSocialSciences - 2014
Inadequate infrastructure was recognized in the Eleventh Plan as a major constraint for rapid growth. The Plan had, therefore, emphasized on the need for massive expansion on investment in infrastructure based on a combination of public and private investment, the latter through various forms of...
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Real Estate and Hosing-A Sensitive Sector or Samvriddhi Sector ?
Gandhi, R. - eSocialSciences - 2014
The speech shows the investment government has done for the housing and real estate sector. There are recommendations on how the sector can be improved.
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Indo-Sri Lanka Trade In Services: FTA II And Beyond
Taneja, Nisha; Mukherjee, Arpita; Jayanetti, Sanath; … - eSocialSciences - 2007
India and Sri Lanka are in the process of negotiating Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. In this context … services. Sri Lanka could gain from skill and technology transfer from India. It is perceived that FTA could play a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341651