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Gender Equality and the Labour Market: Cambodia, Kazakhstan and Philippines
eSocialSciences; Asian Development Bank Institute - 2014
Increasing job opportunities and decent work for women are essential for inclusive growth, and they are vital for advancing economic and social development in a country. This approach to attaining economic and social wealth is based on reliable academic and statistical evidence and is...
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Are Patients in the Transition World Paying Unofficially to Stay Longer in Hospital? Some Evidence from Kazakhstan
Thompson, Robin; Xavier, Ana - eSocialSciences - 2010
on 1508 trauma and surgical patients discharged from Almaty City (the former capital of Kazakhstan) three main hospitals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505785
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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands
Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007
This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...
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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09
Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008
Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.
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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment
Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699187
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The Conclusion of a Korean Peace Treaty and the U.S. Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region
Rim, Ho Hak - eSocialSciences - 2012
The current century has witnessed every country locked in a hot race to increase its national power through peaceful development, which made Koreans ever more desirous of peace. But why has the Korean Peninsula, contrary to this desire, been haunted by the ghost of war for more than half a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535385
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Nuclear Deterrence in Second Tier Nuclear Weapon States: A Case Study of India
Sethi, Manpreet - eSocialSciences - 2010
The study examines the manner in which India is engaged in constructing a credible and stable deterrence relationship with two of its nuclear armed adversaries, Pakistan and China with an arsenal much smaller, and command and control structures far simpler than in any of the P-5 nations.
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One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate
eSocialSciences; United Nations Development Programme UNDP - 2012
In the run-up to Rio+20, this Asia-Pacific Human Development Report takes a bold look at climate change and what can be done about it. Tackling head-on the issue of poverty reduction and human development, the Report argues that the option to grow now, clean up later no longer exists for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945212
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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].
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Agricultural Outlook and Situational Analysis Report - January - March 2014
eSocialSciences; National Council of Applied Economic … - 2014
Accordingly, the agricultural outlook and situation analysis undertaken in this study refers to the main crop based food items: cereals (specifically rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize and overall coarse grains), pulses (gram, tur), selected fruits and vegetables (banana, potato, onion), sugarcane...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945228