, and appropriate health services. The impact that these factors have on adolescent health and development is clearly seen … traditional and harmful gender stereotypes. The objectives of the study were to understand the impact that structural and proximal …

example, the 1994 International Conference on Population in Development), young people consistently face high levels of unmet … needs and rights, impeding their ability to contribute to the country?s development. Within this context, the World Bank … SRHR, among 1,495 adolescents 10 to 19 years of age. The study was funded by the Nordic Development Trust Fund (NTF) within …

assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares … Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why … United Nations' approach for measuring human development, Morris's index breaks social development into four traits …

assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares … Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why … United Nations' approach for measuring human development, Morris's index breaks social development into four traits …

internal Socio-Economic development target units, Pumping money and strengthening the defense of the assisted nation only …

of these, the Millennium Development Goals, call for universal primary schooling and full gender parity by 2015. This …Raising school enrollment, like economic development in general, takes a long time. This is partly because, as a … nevertheless adopted a litany of utopian international goals for universal school enrollment and gender parity in education based …

policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …The low and declining female labour force participation rate in India despite strong growth over the past decade is … inclusive growth, and wellbeing. Assessing determinants of the labour force participation of women in India can open important …

and especially for women. <P>Specific gender policies will be needed to enlarge economic opportunities for women and to … policies. More and better jobs for women in India could raise growth by about 2 percentage points a year over time. This … Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of India (http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-india …

This paper examines the nature and determinants of female entrepreneurship in India based on survey data. The first … part assesses basic characteristics of female entrepreneurship in India, while the subsequent sections analyse key … determinants of female entrepreneurship based on the literature, and test their importance at the state level in India with the …