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Microlending in India: An Equal Access Possibility
Thompkins, Allison V. - In: Applied Economics and Finance 2 (2015) 1, pp. 76-90
People with disabilities are disproportionately represented among the poorest of the poor in developing countries. An increasingly common method of combating poverty in developing countries, microlending, has been largely unavailable to those with disabilities. This paper reports on one of the...
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Microlending in India: An Equal Access Possibility
Thompkins, Allison V. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2015
People with disabilities are disproportionately represented among the poorest of the poor in developing countries. An increasingly common method of combating poverty in developing countries, microlending, has been largely unavailable to those with disabilities. This paper reports on one of the...
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Health at Old Ages in India: Statistical Exposition of Its Socio-Cultural and Gender Dimensions
Bakshi, Sanjeev; Pathak, Prasanta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This work attempts to develop a conceptual framework to model health of older adults (OA) in India in association with various socio-economic and cultural (SEC) factors. For this purpose, four different populations of OAs are considered namely rural male (RM), rural female (RF), urban male (UM)...
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Adults with autism in India: A mixed-method approach to make meaning of daily routines
Daley, Tamara C.; Weisner, Thomas; Singhal, Nidhi - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 142-149
Although individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have been diagnosed in India for over fifty years, virtually nothing is known about the social circumstances of adults, their daily lives, and their families. Where are adults with autism? How do they spend their time? Who are they with,...
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Intersectionality and gender mainstreaming in international health: Using a feminist participatory action research process to analyse voices and debates from the global south and north
Tolhurst, Rachel; Leach, Beryl; Price, Janet; Robinson, Jude - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 11, pp. 1825-1832
Critiques of gender mainstreaming (GM) as the officially agreed strategy to promote gender equity in health internationally have reached a critical mass. There has been a notable lack of dialogue between gender advocates in the global north and south, from policy and practice, governments and...
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Forgotten Youth: Disability and Development in India
Singal, Nidhi - eSocialSciences - 2008
In 2001, it is estimated that 270 million Indians belonged in the 12-24 years age group. While attention is being focused on these young people’s potential for social transformation, some of them – such as those with disabilities – remain alienated from mainstream debates on...
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Caste, Social Stigma and Identity Processes
Jaspal, Rusi - In: Psychology and Developing Societies 23 (2011) 1, pp. 27-62
within village contexts. It is argued that socio-psychological insights into caste identity and caste-based stigma may … complement ongoing sociological and anthropological research into caste. Drawing upon identity process theory, this article … impinge upon identity processes among both groups. It is argued that caste group affiliation and caste-based stigma have …
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Economic Comparison and Group Identity: Lessons from India
Fontaine, Xavier; Yamada, Katsunori - HAL - 2012
The caste issue dominates a large part of India's social and political life. Caste shapes one's identity. Furthermore …
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Women and Migration: Creating New Identities
Davin, Delia - eSocialSciences - 2006
The cultural demands made of women by migrant communities struggling to establish a new identity and the stereotypes of …
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Women's Autonomy and Subjective Well-Being in India: How Village Norms Shape the Impact of Self-Help Groups
De Hoop, Thomas; Van Kempen, Luuk; Linssen, Rik; Van … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
feelings of identity for self-help group members. Identity losses loom larger when women’s enhanced autonomy implies a stronger …
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