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Recent Employment Situation and Labor Market Developments in Bangladesh
Rahman, Md. Habibur; Younus, Sayera; Hossain, Md. Sakhawat - eSocialSciences - 2011
This note examines recent trends in the labor market and employment situation in Bangladesh and draws some policy implications keeping the poverty reduction imperatives in view. [BB PP No. 0807]. URL:[http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/openpdf.php].
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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...
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K to 12: The Key to Quality Education?
eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012
The continuous deterioration of the quality of education in the Philippines has prompted the DepEd to push for the … high school in the basic education cycle. The proposal has spurred a heated debate on whether it could lead to improvements … or just exacerbate the present state of education in the country. [PB-11-02]. URL …
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Are Patients in the Transition World Paying Unofficially to Stay Longer in Hospital? Some Evidence from Kazakhstan
Thompson, Robin; Xavier, Ana - eSocialSciences - 2010
stay, severity, unofficial payments and socio-economic characteristics (age, gender, occupation and income) from a survey …
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Migration and Chronic Poverty
Kothari, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper provides an overview of conceptual understandings of, and methodological research issues on, the relationship between chronic, or long-term, poverty and processes of migration. The paper presents a framework to enable an analysis of social relations and processes of exclusion, and the...
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Bridging Education Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Role of Female Teachers
Muralidharan, Karthik; Sheth, Ketki - eSocialSciences - 2013
Recruiting female teachers is frequently suggested as a policy option for improving girls' education outcomes in … developing countries, but there is surprisingly little evidence on the effectiveness of such a policy. The gender gaps in …
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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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Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India
Chakrabarty, Manisha; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2012
In this paper the issue of high dropout rates in India is examined which has adverse implications for human capital formation, and hence for the country’s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey data, transition probabilities of...
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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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Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper presents a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including having income generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal...
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