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The Budget is an important tool in the hands of the state for affirmative action for improvement of gender relations … through reduction of gender gap in the development process. It can help to reduce economic inequalities, between men and women … gender dynamics operating in the economy and in the civil society. …
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development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …
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The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
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A randomized evaluation of a school library program on children’s language skills is conducted. The program had … and various subsets of the student population. We also find no impact on test scores in other subjects or on school …
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data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender …Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score …
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Idea on National Knowledge Commission, what it is and what are they trying to accomplish, ask for the audience support, understanding and also talk about the need for major reforms in University education. [Convocation Address at University of Mumbai].
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The PAISA exercise uses planning and budgeting systems as the entry point, it is an attempt to build an empirical understanding of current governance processes at the grassroots to push for a larger debate on state capacity and administrative capability for building an education delivery...
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Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
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. . African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected. The signifi cant gender and racial …
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selections for others, regardless of the gender of the receiver and the type of relationship between the giver and receiver. We … interest (measured with an autism questionnaire), but not differences in interpersonal reactivity, explain gender differences …
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