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How Responsive is Poverty to Growth? A Regional Analysis of Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Indonesia, 1984-99
Friedman, Jed - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper uses six nationally representative household consumption surveys to develop successive poverty profiles for … Indonesia over a fifteen-year period of sustained high growth followed by rapid contraction. Adopting a â …€˜cost-of-basic-needs’ approach to poverty determination (an approach particularly suited to measures of absolute poverty), this paper develops price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690933
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Rural Migration, Weather and Agriculture: Evidence from Indian Census Data
Viswanathan, Brinda; Kumar, K S Kavi - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study explores the three way linkage between weather variability, agricultural performance and internal migration in India at state and district level using Indian Census data.[MSE].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945216
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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945457
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Vulnerability of Migrants and Responsiveness of the State: The Case of Unskilled Migrant Workers in Kerala, India
Kumar, N. Ajith - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper examines how the state and other agencies in the host state (Kerala) responded to reduce the vulnerability of inter-state migrant workers. The paper also makes an assessment of a pioneering welfare scheme for inter-state migrant workers introduced by the Kerala government. [CSES...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945517
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Internal Migration for Education and Employment among Youth in India
S, Chandrasekhar; Sharma, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper sheds light on the issue of internal migration for education and employment among the youth. i.e those aged 15-32 years. The paper is a first step towards addressing the issue of whether states should be concerned about internal brain drain since some states act as feeders and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945543
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The Impact of Fiscal and Political Decentralization on Local Public Investments in Indonesia
Katos, Krisztina Kis; Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of the Indonesian decentralization and democratization process on budget allocation at the sub-national level is analyzed. Based on panel data for 271 Indonesian districts for the years of 1994 to 2009, the determinants of local investment expenditures in public infrastructure in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945288
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Policy Brief: OECD: Decentralisation in Asian Health Sectors: Friend or Foe?
Uchimura, Hiroko; Jütting, Johannes - eSocialSciences - 2006
, decentralisation in Indonesia and the Philippines produced better health outcomes because they reformed healthcare funding. This is key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341659
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Study on Impact of Micro Finance in Reduction of Domestic Violence Against Women
eSocialSciences; Institute of Social Studies Trust ISST - 2012
The main objective of the study is to investigate whether there is any evidence to support the view that the disbursement of micro finance to women reduces the incidence of domestic violence, and if so, under what circumstances. [WCD]. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650331
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Production and Marketing of Coconut in India
eSocialSciences - 2011
The production and marketing scenario of coconut in the country has witnessed a phenomenal development, particularly in the field of production such as development of improved high yielding dwarf varieties of crossbred coconut palm, traditional, non-traditional, commercial and industrial coconut...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318503
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Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis
McKelvey, Christopher; Thomas, Duncan; Frankenberg, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
longitudinal survey data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey, an analysis of the dramatic variation in prices and incomes that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319330