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Applying an Equity Lens to Maternal Health Care Practices in Pakistan
Mahmood, Naushin; Bashir, Saima - eSocialSciences - 2012
The focus of this study is to see how equitable the access and utilisation of health services are among married women … in Pakistan. It examines the changes in the pattern of maternal health care practices and the extent to which inequities … in access to those services have changed over the past two decades. Using two datasets—the Pakistan Demographic and …
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Initiatives of NGOs in Kutch Region
Satija, Kalpana C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Many NGOs occupy a space between public and private sector organisations, and the papers in this special issue demonstrate that the mechanisms required for effective accountability by these NGOs are usually be different to mechanisms suited to discharging the accountability duties of other forms...
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Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers
Moss, Todd - eSocialSciences - 2011
Many of the world’s poorest and most fragile states are joining the ranks of oil and gas producers. These countries face critical policy questions about managing and spending new revenue in a way that is beneficial to their people. At the same time, a growing number of developing...
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CRISP Framework for Post-Project Evaluation
Gupta, Bikram; Seth, Aparna - eSocialSciences - 2010
Development projects do not continue for infinite duration. Funding and implementing agencies withdraw from the program area after a certain point of time. Phasing out of programs is a critical phase fraught with several challenges. Most of the agencies and donors do not have a mandate for...
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Awareness as an Adaptation Strategy for Reducing Mortality from Heat Waves: Evidence from a Disaster Risk Management Program in India
Das, Saudamini; Smith, Stephen - eSocialSciences - 2013
Since 2002, the Indian state of Odisha has been undertaking a grassroots awareness campaign on “dos and don’ts†during heat wave conditions through the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program. The selection criteria for DRM districts were earthquake, flood, and cyclone incidence,...
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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].
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Toxicity and Profitability of Rice Cultivation under Waste- Water Irrigation: The Case of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Mukherjee, Vivekananda; Gupta, Gautam - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper reports the results of an empirical study on the profitability of rice cultivation in the East Calcutta Wetlands region where untreated sewage water from the city of Calcutta, India, is used for the purpose of irrigation during the winter/summer crop. [Working Paper, No 62 - 11]....
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Fiscal Developments and Outlook in India
Rajaraman, Indira - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper identifies those elements in the configuration of fiscal parameters confronting the country that give cause for concern, and examines whether the fiscal reform measures taken address these adequately. [Working Paper No. 15].
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Market Power and Industrial Performance in Pakistan
Ullah, Akbar; Ghani, Ejaz; Javed, Attiya - eSocialSciences - 2013
Using a panel of eight Pakistani manufacturing industries, We have examined the changes in price-cost margin (gross profitability) during 1998-2009. In this study the traditional industrial organization approach of Structure-Performance has been applied to analyze the effects of concentration...
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Vital Stats: Parliament in the Monsoon Session 2013
Malik, Kusum; Kala, Mandira; Vaishnava, Saumya - eSocialSciences - 2013
files related to the allocation of coal blocks, border security issues with Pakistan and China, and the current economic …
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