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Domestic Wheat Price Formation and Food Inflation in India: International Prices, Domestic Drivers (Stocks, Weather, Public Policy), and the Efficacy of Public Policy Interventions...
Dasgupta, Dipak; Dubey, R N; Satish, R - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper gives information on global wheat market developments, price transmission and impacts on Indian domestic markets, as well as an assessment of public policies to manage domestic prices. This also tracks, monitors and forecasts fast-moving key macro-economic variables with potentially...
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A Study on Emigration Attitudes of Young Singaporeans (2010)
Hoong, Leong Chan; Soon, Debbie - eSocialSciences - 2012
The study examines the intention to work abroad based on a representative sample of young Singaporeans residing in the city-state. Two thousand and thirteen Singaporeans between the age of 19 to 30 years took part in the research. [Working paper No. 19].
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Social Mobility in the Context of occupational Health: Case of Silk Reeling
Inbanathan, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2006
Karnataka is the single largest producer of silk in the country.As an income generation activity,sericulture has been seen as part of anti-poverty efforts of both the state and central governments. However, an important by-product of sericulture is the significant number of people who become...
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Politics and Public Policies: Politics of Human Development in Uttar Pradesh, India
Singh, Shyam; Kumar, V Anil - eSocialSciences - 2014
In India, public policies for human development are politically contested for many reasons like diverse political … interests, commitment to specific social bases by political regimes etc. They have rendered human development policies and … political regimes in power and their social bases. This is reflected in the public policies related to human development as well …
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NAC Working Group on Gender and the Sex Ratio Draft Recommendations
Naqvi, Farah; Kumar, A.K. Shiva - eSocialSciences - 2012
. The Working Group conveners also separately met with Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and …
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Fall in Sex Ratio: A National Shame
Sen, Anwesha - eSocialSciences - 2011
Census figures show that the child sex ratio has gone down. There are several reasons for this. The issue is serious and issue should be dealt immediately.
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AIDAN Policy Brief: Drug Prices and Affordability
AIDAN, All India Drug Action Forum - eSocialSciences - 2009
India has a booming drug industry and has contributed to making generics at low prices worldwide. But medicines within India are overpriced and unaffordable. Price regulation of medicines is a key public policy measure for health of India’s teeming masses. Only the Government of India can...
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'To Be Or Not to Be': The Location of Women in Public Policy
Jain, Devaki - eSocialSciences - 2006
Despite great leaps in uncovering of knowledge, as well as extraordinarily skillful strategizing, neither has the value of women’s advisories to public policy been recognized; nor have the tools been adequate to achieve that recognition. There are in built difficulties, problematiques, in...
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Unique Identity Project in India: A Divine Dream or a Miscalculated Heroism?
Dass, Rajanish - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper, tries to put the current Unique Identity Project (UID) project of India into a perspective to evaluate the set of issues and concerns, as pointed by various stakeholders and try to understand the degree of criticality of those arguments. In this light, the areas of concerns around...
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
dietary diversity profile across adjoining regions highlights the persistence of uneven development in terms of consumption …
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