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Understanding Vietnam: A Look Beyond Facts and Figures
Trinh, Tamara - eSocialSciences - 2010
Vietnam's (re) discovery in recent years by the international investor community gives the country a second chance to become and Asia tiger. The article looks into the economic, social, political, performance of the country.
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Does Tourism Contribute to Local Livelihoods? A Case Study of Tourism, Poverty and Conservation in the Indian Sundarbans
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2008
This study examines the contribution of tourism towards improving the livelihoods of local people in a remote island …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699156
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Can Tourism be a Vehicle for Conservation? An Investigation from the Mangrove Forests of the Indian Sundarbans
Guha, Indrila; Ghosh, Santadas - eSocialSciences - 2008
The Sundarban National Park is among five Natural World Heritage Sites in India and part of the world’s largest … collection, timber and fuelwood and have few alternate livelihood options. In recent years, eco-tourism has gained momentum. In … tourism is augmenting local people’s livelihood and reducing their forest dependence. A SANDEE study asks these questions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699225
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Approximate Poverty
Williams, David - eSocialSciences - 2007
The changed survey methodology of the 55th round (and the consequent furore that has ensued) has demonstrated that there is indeed uncertainty surrounding estimates of poverty. The uncertainties concern the analysis of the NSS data, the poverty line benchmarks and the data themselves. This...
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Women's Contribution to the Economy Through Their Unpaid Household Work
Pandey, R N - eSocialSciences - 2009
An attempt has been made to discuss various aspects of unpaid household work such as its treatment in the system of National Accounts, and the methodologies of its valuation. With the help relevant data from Indian Time Use Survey, quantification of unpaid work in the Indian economy has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528127
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Inclusive National Accounts: Introduction
Dasgupta, Partha - eSocialSciences - 2012
An outline of what would be ideally needed for a comprehensive set of national accounts is given. National governments and international agencies ought ideally to go even beyond green national accounts. Unfortunately though, that ideal cannot be met, at least not in the near future....
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GNH, EI and the Well-Being of Nations: Lessons for Public Policy Makers, with Specific Reference to the Happiness Dividend of Tourism
Vorster, Shaun - eSocialSciences - 2013
to societal EI and, secondly, to evaluate within this theoretical context the happiness dividend of the tourism economy …
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Outline of the 12th Five Year Plan: Plan for Development of Trade in Services
China, Ministry of Commerce - eSocialSciences - 2012
To greatly develop trade in services and realize the transition from a big trade country to a strong trade country, the 12th Five Year Plan is formulated based on Outline of the 12th Five Year Plan for National Economy and Social Development. The period of the plan is from 2011 to 2015....
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Railway Budget 2010-11
Banerjee, Mamata - eSocialSciences - 2010
Railway Budget 2010-11.
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Tourism Department: In Search of Tourists
Mishra, Shiva - eSocialSciences - 2010
Delhi is believed to be dil of India. It features historic attractions tracing our evolution from the past to the … coexists with the present. Still the Tourism Department, Delhi, is in search of tourists. It is tried to understand the … functioning of the Tourism Department. The objective in this paper is to find out that how the Department works to attract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489195