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Governance and Health
Acharya, Shankar - eSocialSciences - 2007
As we celebrate 60 years of political independence and take pride in our dynamic private sector, our remarkable IT successes and all the other usual dimensions of success, let us remind ourselves that a great deal remains to be done to improve the foundations of India’s human resources...
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper develops an index for measuring the economic power of governments viewed as entities in themselves. The basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as simple and parsimonious a manner as possible. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009390659
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The State of the World's Children 2009
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2009
The State of the World’s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487730
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Values and Meanings of Citizenship
Kabeer, Naila - eSocialSciences - 2008
What does citizenship mean to poor and socially excluded people? How do their views help us understand and analyse what 'inclusive' citizenship means?
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Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations
Deaton, Angus; Drèze, Jean - eSocialSciences - 2010
The Indian economy has recently grown at historically unprecedented rates and is now one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Real GDP per head grew at 3.95 percent a year from 1980 to 2005, and at 5.4 percent a year from 2000 to 2005. Measured at international prices, real per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671982
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Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2014
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].
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Climate Change, Agriculture, Poverty and Livelihoods: A Status Report
Ninan, K N; Bedamatta, Satyasiba - eSocialSciences - 2013
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]....
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
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 …
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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012
catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality
Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014
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