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An Analysis of Household's Tobacco Consumption Decisions: Evidence from India
John, Rijo M - eSocialSciences - 2009
The consumption patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across rural and urban India are analyzed. Using a Multinomial Logit Model, the choice behavior of a household in deciding whether and which tobacco products to consume analyzed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005003751
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A Macro Policy for Poverty Eradication through Structural Change
Sobhan, Rehman - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper argues that poverty originates in the structural injustices of a social order which incapacitates the poor from participating in the growth generating sectors of the economy and leaves them captives in the so called informal sector, characterized by low productivity and low earning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677777
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487608
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Karnataka Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme: Towards Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage in Karnataka?
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Liu, Mingwei; Jacob, Priti - eSocialSciences - 2006
This is a case study of the Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme for rural farmers and peasants in Karnataka. The scheme, now in its second year of operation, covers 2.2 million farmers and peasants who pay an annual premium of Rupees 60 ($1.50) for comprehensive coverage of all surgical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487812
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Self-help Co-operatives, Deposit Mobilisation and Supply of Credit
Sahu, Gagan Bihari; Das, Biswaroop - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper is aimed at exploring as to how such co-operatives (i) function and deal with members while delivering micro … and quantitative data collected from the offices and field areas of selected co-operatives and SHG members have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512459
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Agricultural Productivity and Credit- Issues and Way Forward
C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011
Certain trends in agricultural productivity, agricultural finance are outlined. Recommendations for improving agricultural productivity are given here. [Address at The National Seminar on Productivity in Indian Agriculture at CAB, Pune]. URL:[http://rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=596].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321506
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Peasants and Formal Credit in Thiruvithamcore: The State Institutions and Social Structure 1914-1940
Sreekumar, T.T. - eSocialSciences - 2010
Considerations of credit mechanism as a suitable mode of appropriation of surplus, compared to rent, explains to a …
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Explaining Access to Credit by Rural Households: Results based on a Study of Several States in India
Datta, Saugandh; Ghosh, Anirban - eSocialSciences - 2013
Against the backdrop of evolution of rural credit system in India as well as its observed failure to be inclusive in … access to credit from any source, and especially from the much-publicized and much- pampered formal source, and even from the … complementary relation with credit demand and credit access. Emphasis is also laid on strengthening of semi-formal sources of credit …
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Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Mobarak, A. Mushfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark - eSocialSciences - 2012
Unpredictable rainfall is an important risk for agricultural activity, and farmers in developing countries often receive incomplete insurance from informal risk-sharing networks. The demand for, and effects of, offering formal index-based rainfall insurance is studied through a randomized...
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Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2010-11
Subbarao, D - eSocialSciences - 2011
This statement sets out the Reserve Bank’s assessment of the current macroeconomic situation and forward projections.
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