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sector. It also identifies ways of accelerating the achievement of gender equality. Progress for women in the world of work …This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral … gender lens, it examines employment, women's career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the …
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sector. It also identifies ways of accelerating the achievement of gender equality. Progress for women in the world of work …This paper includes information on some of the current issues faced by women in civil aviation. Through a sectoral … gender lens, it examines employment, women's career cycles and the main decent work opportunities and challenges in the …
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Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
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Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment …
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economic justification of biofuel promotion instruments and investigates their implications. Based on data from India and …
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We identify pertinent institutions governing the structure of payoffs with regard to female career progression. Drawing on recent insights in behavioral economics, we hypothesize that interactions between psychological mechanisms and the institutional setup may be important determinants of...
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We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the potential effectiveness of universal access policies in developing countries. We provide some empirical evidence on the supply and demand characteristics, using a small...
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Women fulfil a wide variety of roles on farms - farm manager, household manager, other family member work-ing on the … farm, partner, mother, cook, carer and many more. The majority of the women interviewed experience this variety of roles as …, long distances in rural areas and little free time are aggravating factors for many women. Despite their high motivation to …
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