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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary
Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge … attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945281
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Employment and Poverty in India: 2000-2005
Sundaram, K. - eSocialSciences - 2007
productivity, wages and poverty in India in the first quinquennuim of the 21st century. The period between 2000 and 2005 saw a … across most sectors and in the economy as a whole, and, a slow-down (a decline) in real wage growth in rural (urban) India …, depending on the choice of poverty lines) in rural India and a clear slow-down in urban India. This period also saw a small rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487545
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Effect of Mobiles on Socio-economic Life of Urban Poor
Sarin, Ankur; Jain, Rekha - eSocialSciences - 2009
Using a survey of 1774 users and non-users in 84 slums in three metropolitan cities (Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kolkata), we try to understand the impact of mobiles on their social and economic lives. Urban slum dwellers spend significant amounts on communications, both for a first time acquisition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991494
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Book Review: Women Workers, Unite!
Bhowmik, Sharit - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of Ela R Bhat's 'We are Poor, But So Many Oxford University Press, 2006.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250225
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Human Cost of Making Bricks
Kant, Nalini - eSocialSciences - 2006
In India, thousands of women, men and children slave away in the brick kilns. Common to almost all brick kilns is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487763
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Review of Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Recent Evidence
Ranjan, Sharad - eSocialSciences - 2007
During the period 1972-73 to 2004-05 in rural India, the total number of workers expanded more in the non-farm sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699005
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Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2011
The study looks at the relationship between indigenous people and their forest homes using a novel field field experiments approach. [Policy Brief No. 48-10]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/906_PUB_Policy_Brief_48_Rucha.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002307
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Labour Market in Urban Agglomerations: A case from an Indian Global City
Paul, G.D Bino; M, Krishna Krishna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study explores different aspects of employment and labour market prevalent in large in UAs, in particular global cities. To capture the role of labour market in urban agglomeration, particularly pooling of labour and concentration of economic activities, the paper present a case study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319328
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Secondary Education in India: Determinants of Development and Performance
P, Geetha Rani - eSocialSciences - 2007
A review of development of school education in India reflects an expansionary phase of number of institutions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170139
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The Economic Impact of Forest Hydrological Services on Local Communities: A Case Study from the Western Ghats of India
Menon, Ajit; LELE, SHARACHCHANDRA; Patil, Ishwar; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696001