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village level composition,household size and composition, and economic growth on poverty dynamics in different periods of time … growth on poverty dynamics in the country by including growth variables among the factors affecting the incidence of and … transition from poverty, concluded that growth is not uniformly associated with poverty reduction. While panel household data was …
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causal factors behind time and cost overruns. [CDE WP No. 181]. …
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Demand for drinking water is continuously increasing over the period of time in Mumbai city but the supply is stagnant … drinking water. Drinking water has its values in terms of time, space, quality and quantity. With the help of Tobit regression …
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This study aims to explore the impact of improved cook stoves (ICS) on fuel expenditure (consumption), smoke emission, and health of women (cook) in rural households of Bangladesh. In the follow-up survey (January-March 2010), 1,569 households, constituting of both who received ICS immediately...
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tradition of measurement of inequality that follows from this conceptualisation have not paid adequate attention to the need for …
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The Planning Commission constituted, in September 1989, an 'Expert Group' to consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission].
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This paper assesses the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture covering a cross section of crops, seasons and regions based on existing literature. The study notes that the impact of climate change will vary across crops, regions and climate change scenarios. [ISEC Working Paper 277]....
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in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
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catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
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frequently dominated by widely held beliefs concerning the extent of deforestation (that it is large and growing over time), and … include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …
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