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Decentralisation as a Policy Process in India
Kumar, V. Anil - eSocialSciences - 2007
This article argues that decentralisation in India should be seen as a policy process. It is a policy process in the … appear obvious, regarding decentralisation as a policy process requires: a) analysis of this process not at one level or as … one event, but b) as a series of public policy processes that eventually result in successful or not so successful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487867
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Dowry and Property Rights
Anderson, Siwan - eSocialSciences - 2007
also tested using current data from Pakistan; a country of some relevance because dowry legislation is currently an active … policy debate [BREAD WP 080]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528228
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Politics and Public Policies: Politics of Human Development in Uttar Pradesh, India
Singh, Shyam; Kumar, V Anil - eSocialSciences - 2014
In India, public policies for human development are politically contested for many reasons like diverse political interests, commitment to specific social bases by political regimes etc. They have rendered human development policies and programmes ploys for political bargaining and clientelism...
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Pro-Poor Growth: Illusions of Marriage and Divorce?
H, Suryanarayana M - eSocialSciences - 2010
This note seeks to show that the debate on ‘Pro-Poor Growth’ is sterile and largely academic with few policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543110
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Islam at the Ballot Box
Taheri, Amir - eSocialSciences - 2008
So far, no Islamist party has managed to win a majority of the popular vote in any of the Muslim countries where reasonably clean elections are held. If anything, the Islamist share of the vote has been declining across the board.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699052
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Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
Iyer, Lakshmi; Mani, Anandi - eSocialSciences - 2008
Politicians face high-powered electoral pressures while bureaucrats face longer-term, low powered incentives. Given constitutional constraints, what incentives do politicians employ to control bureaucrats and how do bureaucrats respond to such incentives? These issues are addressed using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487544
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Burma’s Transition to “Disciplined Democracyâ€: Abdication or Institutionalization of Military Rule?
Bünte, Marco - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article formulates an analytical framework for the detachment of militaries from politics and identifies positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318512
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Draft National Land Reforms Policy
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Rural Development GOI - 2013
This policy outlines a very clear strategy of creating a large pool of land so that every family's right to land is … fully honoured. The policy proceeds to suggest a just and equitable method of allotting land on a priority basis to the … marginalized, especially marginalized women. Policy provisions are also made in Draft for Discussion Purposes and Comments such a …
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Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan
Badkar, Sabeeta - eSocialSciences - 2013
Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan on taking office on September 4, 2013. [RBI Press release].
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The Role of Mineral Fertilizers in Transforming Philippine Agriculture
Briones, Roehlano M. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Fertilizer policy in the country has evolved from pervasive interventionism in the 1970s to today's market … disparities in prices across regions. Priorities for research and policy are therefore understanding the behavior of farmers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945306