Showing 1 - 10 of 204
urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321503
A review of several decades of scholarship on civil war, focusing on the answers to key questions: Why do wars begin? Who fights? How are armed groups organized? How can we end and prevent internal war? A survey of the growing body of macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence to assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543100
development and reduce poverty. So, there is an urgent need to address several issues to revamp the entire health sector in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008532014
it has not reduced poverty sufficiently. The benefits of growth have not been evenly distributed, but relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487633
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].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945210
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]....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945247
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945312
catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945315
include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945341
how did the Indian approach, official in particular, to defining and measuring poverty originate and evolve over time …? What are the major issues regarding the nutritional basis for poverty measurement highlighted in academic and policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945342