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Agricultural Growth and Rural Incomes: Rural Performance Indicators and Consumption Patterns
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - eSocialSciences - 2012
The present paper is part of a larger study on agricultural growth and rural incomes in the Philippines. This study examines the farm-nonfarm linkages of agricultural growth and the mechanisms by which agricultural development changes the economic welfare of the various groups of population in...
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Debating Poverty
eSS, eSocialSciences - eSocialSciences - 2014
The first of a series of eSSays dossiers on issues of public concern. Guest editor: M.H. Suryanarayana. Contents: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S...
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Gendering Human Development Indices: Recasting the Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure of India
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2009
Gender-related Development Index (GDI) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) developed by UNDP need to be recast to … meaningful for India within the limitations of data availability? Can GDI and GEM become effective instruments for building …
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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development: Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - eSocialSciences - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations …
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Poverty Dynamics in Rural Sindh, Pakistan
Lohano, Hari Ram - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) during 1986–91, were resurveyed in 2004–05 with minimal attrition.
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Intentions vs. Implementation of Philippine Economic Reforms Under Aquino, 1986-92
Tolentino, V. Bruce J - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. Summary of the lessons learned is provided. [Discussion Paper NO. 94-01]....
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Poverty Line
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2013
Interview on the recent released poverty line.
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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 …
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Liberalisation of Rural Poverty: The Indian Experience
Pillai, N. Vijayamohanan - eSocialSciences - 2006
that rural poverty at the all-India level and across several States increased significantly especially during the first 18 …
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Agrarian Reform for a Liberal Pattern of Society? Karnataka's Land Policy and the New Dispensation
Herring, Ronald - eSocialSciences - 2006
agenda throughout India -- with radically varying levels of effort and effect. The Karnataka Land Reforms Act [Amended] that … parts of India under pressure of new export strategies, globalization, and multiplication of sub-subsistence holdings over …
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