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Migration and Wellbeing at the Lower Echelons of the Economy: A Study of Delhi Slums
Mitra, Arup; Tsujita, Yuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
estimate of the wellbeing (deprivation) index is derived from factor analysis of a large number of variables including … demographic and economic aspects of households. Empirical findings suggest that while duration of migration and the wellbeing … wellbeing index on average than those who migrated in the last ten years. This tends to support the view that migrants do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744788
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India Protection Index : An Objective Measurement of the Economic and Social Well-Being of the Indian Population
Shukla, Rajesh - 2019
constitutional obligation of enhancing social and economic well-being, particularly the common man. While developed economies use a … set of indices to measure well-being, a systematic and comprehensive empirical assessment of well-being is found wanting … in the most developing countries, including India. This paper discusses the status of social and economic well-being of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897029
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Role of Science & Technology, Higher Education and Research in Regional Socio-Economic Development
Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980012
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Bankruptcy prediction and stress quantification using support vector machine : evidence from Indian banks
Shrivastava, Santosh Kumar; Ramudu, P. Janaki - In: Risks : open access journal 8 (2020) 2/52, pp. 1-22
Banks play a vital role in strengthening the financial system of a country; hence, their survival is decisive for the stability of national economies. Therefore, analyzing the survival probability of the banks is an essential and continuing research activity. However, the current literature...
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Financial Management Focus on Debt-Ridden Farmers’ Problems at Grass Root Level : Prospects for Rural Poverty Alleviation Through Village Adoption Scheme: Methodological Approach
Swamy, M. R. K. - 2017
It is confirmed based on case studies that the problem of infectious disease of ‘Poverty' among the majority (75 per cent of debt-ridden farmers who are highly productive) has not been tackled with any success due to middlemen's collusive activities which have dwarfed and derailed organic...
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Majority Poor Indian Peasant Farmers -- Victims Of Middlemen Exploitation -- Are Rendered Perpetually Poverty - Stricken - Cum - Debt Ridden : Measures to Alleviate Perennial Rural...
Swamy, M. R. K. - 2016
Based on case studies, it is confirmed beyond doubt that the problem of infectious disease of ‘poverty' especially among the majority (accounting for more than 75 percent of rural population) of debt-ridden peasant farmers who are perpetually poverty stricken, has not been tackled with any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980366
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Re-evaluating RCTs with nightlights - An example from biometric smartcards in India
Stein, Merlin - 2021
traditional survey-based indicators. The usage of remotely collected data for evaluating RCTs is cost-effective, objective and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803567
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Re-evaluating RCTs with nightlights - an example from biometric smartcards in India
Stein, Merlin - 2021
traditional survey-based indicators. The usage of remotely collected data for evaluating RCTs is cost-effective, objective and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799296
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Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries
Gradín, Carlos - 2016
This paper compares the extent and the nature of the higher prevalence of poverty among disadvantaged ethnic groups in six Asian countries using demographic surveys. We first estimate a composite wealth index as a proxy for economic status, and analyze the magnitude of the ethnic gap in absolute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688647
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Childhood mortality and economic growth
Bhalotra, Sonia - 2006
This paper investigates the extent to which the decline in child mortality over the last three decades can be attributed to economic growth. In doing this, it exploits the considerable variation in growth over this period, across states and over time. The analysis is able to condition upon a...
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