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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India
Viswanathan, Brinda; Sharma, Viney - eSocialSciences - 2011
New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women. [WOrking Paper No. 41]. URL:...
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National Human Development Report 2001
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007
The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and programmes it has to be anchored in a social context....
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Gender, Poverty And Development: Gender Sensitive Budgeting And Other 'Best Practices'
Dewan, Ritu - eSocialSciences - 2009
Development approach. No Concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at …
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Combining Data, Enhancing Explanation
Irwin, Sarah - eSocialSciences - 2009
In this paper the author analyzes the pros and cons of combining data from different sources to revisit some explanatory problems. The problems discussed have risen from a theoretical and analytic gap between people’s outlooks and values on the one hand, and their social circumstances on...
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Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2009 (Provisional)
Pratham, Pratham - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of the ASER 2009’s rapid assessment survey in rural areas is twofold: (i) to get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to measure the change in these basic learning and...
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Gender Responsive Budgeting: The Case of Kerala
Vijayan, Aleyamma; George, Mariamma Sanu - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper we make an attempt to understand and analyze the budget from a gender perspective. The paper looks into the … different areas of allocations, how far it is ‘pro woman’ budget or a ‘gender responsive’ budget and whether the budget …
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Outcome Document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
UN, United Nations - eSocialSciences - 2011
The document enlists continued implementation of initiatives and prioritises initiatives to support all round youth development around the world. While stressing on sectoral and cross-sectoral youth policies, it calls on local, regional and national governments to create an environment where...
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A Study on Gender Based Violence in Kerala
SAKHI Women's Resource Centre SAKHI - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper presents gender-based violence and theories its causes and correlates; it then reviews global information on … the prevalence of gender-based violence against women and its health consequences. The national context on gender … coexistence of indicators of high status with a relatively high prevalence of gender-based violence. [URL …
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Migration and Health: A Framework for 21st Century Policy-Making
Zimmerman, Cathy; Kiss, Ligia; Hossain, Mazeda - eSocialSciences - 2011
It lays out a migratory process framework that highlights the multistaged and cumulative nature of the health risks and intervention opportunities that can occur throughout the migration process, and points to the potential benefits of policymaking that spans the full range of migratory movement.
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National Policy for Senior Citizens: 2011
Justice, Ministry of Social; GOI, Empowerment - eSocialSciences - 2011
below the poverty line). A higher proportion of elderly women than men experience loneliness and are dependent on children …
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