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Working with Existing Systems: Lessons from INHP
CARE, CARE - eSocialSciences - 2009
Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …
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Report on Socio Economic Status of the Women Domestic Workers- A Diagnostic Study in Five Major Townships: Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhmpur, Ssmbslpur and Rourkela of Orissa
BJ, Bharat Jyoti - eSocialSciences - 2011
Women workers In India constitute one third of the total workforce. Majority of these women are engaged in the un-organized sectors such as agriculture, construction, domestic services etc. The overwhelming majority of domestic workers are women and girls. This study is exploratory in nature and...
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“Group Measurement†of NREGA work: The Jalore Experiment
Khera, Reetika - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper takes a closer look at an experiment of NREGA training mates (worksite supervisors) in Rajasthan to improve worksite management. It is based on a four-day field visit (11-14 February, 2008) to Jalore district where this experiment is said to have been a success. A team of three...
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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...
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Minimum Wages And Poverty
Kanbur, Ravi; Fields, Gary - eSocialSciences - 2005
Textbook analysis tells us that in a competitive labor market, the introduction of a minimum wage above the competitive equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in...
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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
In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce … catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …:[http://www.cgdev.org/files/1426275_file_Fan_Karanb_Mahald_state_health_insurance_FINAL.pdf] …
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Quality Healthcare and Health Insurance Retention: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Kolkata Slums
Delavallade, Clara - eSocialSciences - 2014
quality health services. This paper examines an innovative approach to access to and demand for quality health care from the … medical consultation with a qualified nongovernmental organization doctor is randomly offered by a health insurance provider …
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Kerala Budget Speech 2008-09
Govt, Government of Kerala - eSocialSciences - 2008
Budget speech 2008-09 by Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Issac
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Karnataka Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme: Towards Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage in Karnataka?
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Liu, Mingwei; Jacob, Priti - eSocialSciences - 2006
This is a case study of the Yeshasvini Health Insurance Scheme for rural farmers and peasants in Karnataka. The scheme … many of the problems associated with health insurance schemes for the poor (such as low levels of coverage and benefits …). These features raise the potential of the scheme to be a model for developing countries in providing a modicum of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487812
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Adverse Selection and Private Health Insurance Coverage in India A Rational Behaviour Model of Insurance Agents under Asymmetric Information
Vellakkal, Sukumar - eSocialSciences - 2010
In the backdrop of the low level of health insurance coverage in India, this study examines the determinants of the … scaling-up process of health insurance by analyzing the rational behaviour of an insurance agent facing a trade-off between … selling ‘health insurance’ and ‘other forms of insurance’ subject to his limited time and efforts, and the …
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