estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional … large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from …

grassroots organizations in India that find innovative, low-cost technological solutions to developmental challenges can help … understand the major actors, instruments, themes, and mechanisms that make up India's Development cooperation towards countries … grassroots organizations that have found localized solutions in India that then export their learnings to other geographies and …

functions in the transition and might substantially impact the future perceptions of society and the implementation of the …

ordinary people, local communities and society at large. As a remedy for this problem, this book proposes using action research … as a means of shaping collaboration between universities and their stakeholders, taking into account related benefits … cooperation process in which the university leaves its ""ivory tower,"" builds relationships with its stakeholders and, as a …

book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and … technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the …

The paper resumes the participation in PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) Summer School …

From 15-21 July 2018, the World Congress of Sociology, organized by the International Sociological Association (ISA … approaches to the relation of technology and work. The session on "Technology and Work: New Sociological Approaches?" provided …

than investor protection. Similar considerations also apply to other stakeholders who invest their resources in a firm and …, especially long-term lenders, are one such group of stakeholders who may also want to play a role in corporate governance … regarded as the standard example of an insider-controlled and stakeholder-oriented system. Moreover, only a few years ago it …