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Private Sector Industrialization in China: Evidence from Wenzhou
Strauss, John; Qian, Edward Y.; Shen, Minggao; Liu, Dong; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study to help shed light on the entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprise growth in Wenzhou …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008616868
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Survey Of Research In Industrial Sociology (1987-2002)
Bhowmik, Sharit - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper attempts to assess the research done in the field of industrial sociology during the period 1987 and 2002. Only published work have been noted. The review does not cover unpublished M. Phil. and Ph. D. dissertations, nor does it take into account unpublished research reports. While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528365
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Bridging Education Gender Gaps in Developing Countries: The Role of Female Teachers
Muralidharan, Karthik; Sheth, Ketki - eSocialSciences - 2013
Recruiting female teachers is frequently suggested as a policy option for improving girls' education outcomes in developing countries, but there is surprisingly little evidence on the effectiveness of such a policy. The gender gaps in learning outcomes are studied, and the effectiveness of...
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
Muralidharan, Karthik; Prakash, Nishith - eSocialSciences - 2013
An innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar was introduced that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to school. Using data from a large representative household survey, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945551
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Encouraging Cooperation in Ad-hoc Mobile-Phone Mesh Networks for Rural Connectivity
Ranganathan, Kavitha; Shekhar, Vikramaditya - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper proposes a rating based scheme for encouraging user participation in adhoc mobile phone mesh networks. These networks are particularly attractive for remote/rural areas in developing countries as they do not depend on costly infrastructure and telecom operators. We evaluate our scheme...
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ICTs and Urban Microenterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development
Ilavarasan, Vigneswara; Levy, Mark R - eSocialSciences - 2010
The research reported here was guided by three questions: (1) What are the current and potential patterns of mobile phone, landline, PC, and Internet café use among urban microentrepreneurs? (2) Are mobile phones, PCs, and Internet cafés related to the stability or growth of urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492220
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540528
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Why Don’t Small and Medium Enterprises Innovate More : Creating a Cooperative Learning Environment at Individual, Firm and Regional Level
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2007
or practices, Indian small scale entrepreneurs will have to benchmark their current status in this regard with the best …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170169
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies, and country studies carried out with partners in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305
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Innovations for Reviving Small-Scale Industries
Gupta, Anil K - eSocialSciences - 2010
led by the entrepreneurs, policy makers and also other support organizations. There are several innovative options that … innovations for developing new products and services and (d) forging new partnerships among the entrepreneurs and also with the R … small entrepreneurs will anyway soon vote on the vision of the parties in taking country out of the current stressful …
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