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Applying an Equity Lens to Maternal Health Care Practices in Pakistan
Mahmood, Naushin; Bashir, Saima - eSocialSciences - 2012
The focus of this study is to see how equitable the access and utilisation of health services are among married women … in Pakistan. It examines the changes in the pattern of maternal health care practices and the extent to which inequities … in access to those services have changed over the past two decades. Using two datasets—the Pakistan Demographic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945229
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Employment and Poverty in India: 2000-2005
Sundaram, K. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper is principally focused on the changes in the size and structure of work force and the changes in labour productivity, wages and poverty in India in the first quinquennuim of the 21st century. The period between 2000 and 2005 saw a sharp acceleration in work force growth, and, on the...
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
women far more likely than men to be only infrequent mobile users or not to have access at all. While cost of a handset is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991494
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540528
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Market Power and Industrial Performance in Pakistan
Ullah, Akbar; Ghani, Ejaz; Javed, Attiya - eSocialSciences - 2013
Using a panel of eight Pakistani manufacturing industries, We have examined the changes in price-cost margin (gross profitability) during 1998-2009. In this study the traditional industrial organization approach of Structure-Performance has been applied to analyze the effects of concentration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945233
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Vital Stats: Parliament in the Monsoon Session 2013
Malik, Kusum; Kala, Mandira; Vaishnava, Saumya - eSocialSciences - 2013
files related to the allocation of coal blocks, border security issues with Pakistan and China, and the current economic …
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Federal Budget Pakistan: 2012-13
eSocialSciences; Minister of Finance Pakistan - 2013
Budget speech by Minister of Finance. [Ministry of Finance]. URL:[http://www.finance.gov.pk/budget/budget_Speech_12_13.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945336
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The Cost of Unserved Energy: Evidence from Selected Industrial Cities of Pakistan
Siddiqui, Rehana; Jalil, Hafiz Hanzla; Nasir, Muhammad; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
This study is an attempt to explore the cost of unserved energy due to power outages in Pakistan that started in 2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945370
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Federal Budget in Brief 2013-14: Pakistan
eSocialSciences; Minister of Finance Pakistan - 2013
Budget brief Pakistan 2013-14. [Government of Pakistan]. URL:[http://www.finance.gov.pk/budget/Budget_in_Brief_2013 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945443
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Cyberwarfare: Logged and Loaded, but Wither Asia?
Noor, Elina - eSocialSciences - 2013
Cyber operations could have as devastating an impact on populations as conventional military weapons. With militaries already in the process of developing cyberwarfare as a means of battle, there is an urgent need for policymakers to understand this new realm and develop norms and rules to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945506