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Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013

Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the study assessed the multifactorial drivers of...

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Understanding the Dynamics of Socio-Economic Mobility: Tales from Two Indian Villages

Wilson, Caroline - eSocialSciences - 2013

The study takes a comparative approach by examining household livelihood mobility within two very different villages …

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A Capable State in Afghanistan: A Building Without a Foundation?

Weijer, Frauke de - eSocialSciences - 2013

This paper argues that attempts at state-building in Afghanistan have led to institutions that are not robust. The state institutions and organizations continue to be highly dependent on external resources and technical expertise, and lack of critical mass of people able and willing to maintain...

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Making and Unmaking Poverty: Social Science, Social Programmes, and Poverty Reduction in India and Elsewhere

Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2006

How does growth actually trickle down to remove an individualâ€™s poverty? Is it through increases in employment? What other avenues did the benefits of growth travel through before reaching and helping poor people in this country? How do people become poor in the first place? What pathways...

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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands

Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007

This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09

Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008

Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.

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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment

Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007

This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …

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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?

Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014

The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether … the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3) changes in rice prices, (4) peace situation, and (5) initial household …

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Short-term Migration and Consumption Expenditure of Households in Rural India

Chandrasekhar, S.; Das, Mousumi; Sharma, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2014

in consumption expenditure across households with and without a household member who is a short-migrant. [IGIDR WP-2014-009]. …

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Thinking 'Small' and the Understanding of Poverty: Maymana and Mofizul's Story

Hulme, David - eSocialSciences - 2009

counterbalance this through â€˜thinking smallâ€™. It illustrates this through the life history of a poor two person household in …

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