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Rural Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development
K, Sathiabama - eSocialSciences - 2010
becoming economically independent and providing employment opportunities to others. This article deals with empowerment of …
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Interactions between Policy Assumptions and Rural Women’s Work –A Case Study
Sharma, Kumud - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is mainly concerned about the approaches to rural women’s development and an understanding of their work roles in the planning strategies. Changes in the economic and social participation of rural women are linked to the way the rural economy gets incorporated in national and...
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Contract Farming in Thailand: A View from the Farm
Delforge, Isabelle - eSocialSciences - 2009
The study presents an initial assessment of the situation and to raise the main issues in terms of farmers’ and workers’ rights. It is part of a long term process involving farmer movements, trade unions, NGOs and international organisations aimed at developing strategies by which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512438
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In the Name of National Pride:Blatant Violation of Workers'Rights at CWG Construction sites
People's Union for Democratic Rights PUDR - eSocialSciences - 2010
On 14 December 2008, a worker died in an accident at the same site. What followed was unprecedented: workers at the site struck work and demanded that his body be released and shown to, them. They also demanded better working, living and sanitation conditions. This incidence also paved the way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673460
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468424
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002281
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Examining the Nonlinear Effects in Satisfaction-Loyalty-Behavioral Intentions Model
Jaiswal, Anand Kumar; Niraj, Rakesh - eSocialSciences - 2010
Extant research has widely investigated linear functional forms in satisfaction and loyalty models. In this study with … the use of nonlinear form, the relationship between satisfaction, attitudinal loyalty, purchase loyalty and customer … evidence about the mediating role of attitudinal loyalty in the relationship between satisfaction, purchase loyalty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506485
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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper estimates the short-and-medium-run effects of participating in a sub- sidized vocational training program aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working paper].
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Choice and Success of Job Search Methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - eSocialSciences - 2014
. We use unique data on the search behavior of job seekers sampled from the inflow into employment during the year 1997 in … and job durations for employed and unemployed workers. Our main finding is that the public employment service specializes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945222
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Technology Intensity and Global Competitiveness: Issues in Labour Cost and Employment
Mitra, Arup; Sharma, Chandan - eSocialSciences - 2014
Productive employment generation is an important objective in most of the developing countries this motivation has … effect of labour market regulations on employment has also been assessed. Evidence does not favour labour market deregulation …; rather skill factor reveals a negative impact on employment, implying a mismatch between the available labour quality and the …
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