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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape
IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014
wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour … that skill development, inclusion of women, agricultural employment and social security need special focus. The articles … and employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945409
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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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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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Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2009
The informality discourse is large and vibrant, and is expanding rapidly. But there is a certain conceptual incoherence to the literature. New definitions of informality compete with old definitions leading to a plethora of alternative conceptualisations. While some individual studies may apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512486
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Socio-Economic and Ecological Benefits of Mangrove Plantation: A Study of Community Based Mangrove Restoration Activities in Gujarat
Viswanathan, P.K.; Pathak, Kinjal D; Mehta, Ila - eSocialSciences - 2011
A comprehensive assessment of the multiple benefits of mangrove ecosystems and their restoration efforts in Gujarat is made. The study is important and contextual as there are very limited empirical evidences as regards the impacts/ outcomes of mangrove restoration activities on the local...
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Realising Decent Work
Paul, G.D Bino - eSocialSciences - 2011
A commentary on final report of the task force on domestic workers
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Discount Rate for Health Benefits and the Value of Life in India
Shanmugam, K. R. - eSocialSciences - 2011
accept a risky job with higher wages. The estimated real discount rate ranges between 2.7 and 3 percent, which is closer to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318506
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Globalization, Wages, and Working Conditions: A Case Study of Cambodian Garment Factories
Warren, Cael; Robertson, Raymond - eSocialSciences - 2011
factories to explore (1) the impact of foreign ownership on wages and working conditions, (2) whether the relationship between … wages and working conditions within these exporting factories more closely resembles efficiency wage or compensating …-owned firms. They find that foreign ownership increases compliance on both wages and working conditions, contradicting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318513
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Working and Living Conditions of Women Domestic Workers: Evidences from Mumbai
Paul, G.D Bino; Dattagupta, Sushanta; R, Venkatesha Murthy - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper, exploring primary data collected from 1510 women domestic workers in Mumbai, evidently brings out that domestic work as a feminine occupation in a global city like Mumbai is a epitome of critical deficits in human development, a vicious situation of lack of core entitlements which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319333
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Games the State Plays: A Follow-up Report on the Violations of Workers’ Rights in Commonwealth Games Related Construction Sites
People's Union for Democratic Rights PUDR - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Commonwealth Games have been an eye opener in several ways. Behind the glitz of fancy stadiums, hotels, and apartments, lies the murky and sensitive death knell of a large majority of people whose livelihoods and habitats are at stake and who have become cheap pawns in the Commonwealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323718