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effective response to HIV/AIDS as many do not come forward to obtain medical services for fear of violence, stigma and …
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This paper draws upon a selection of narratives from interviews with over 150 less skilled emigrant and returnee women workers from Trivandrum district to argue that the conditions that structure international migration from Kerala marginalises women, narrowing the material base from which...
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, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare … lessons from various approaches to targeting and design of programs. …
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effects of reservations on targeting often became more adverse in villages with greater land inequality and poverty among SC … examine effects on targeting to poor and SC/ST households of IRDP credit, agricultural extension programs, employment programs …, and budgetary policies. The reservations were associated with improved targeting of the IRDP program, but poorer targeting …
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A commonly alleged pitfall of decentralization is that poverty, socio-economic inequality and lack of political … of 80 West Bengal villages concerning targeting of credit, agricultural input kits, employment programs and fiscal grants … spanning the period 1978-98. Higher poverty, land inequality and low caste composition of the poor was associated with …
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effectiveness of targeting. The study also attempts to quantify the factors underlying the allocation of such asset transfers. Data …
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A unique data-set from Indonesia is analysed to understand what individuals know about the income distribution in their village to test theories such as Jackson and Rogers (2007) that link information aggregation in networks to the structure of the network. The observed patterns are consistent...
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In the world, there are three models that inspire administration of juvenile justice: • The Welfare Model • The …
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This paper records the findings of a small investigation into a fragment of experiences of people living on streets and into the social, economic, nutritional situation of urban homeless men, women, boys and girls in four cities: the metropolises of Delhi and Chennai, and the cities of Madurai...
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, both with and without segregation, and studies the macroeconomic and welfare effects of segregation on aggregate economic …
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