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We review the literature on the relationship between trade policy reform and poverty, and recent approaches in the … simulate the effect of the trade cooperation among the economies of BIMSTEC and Japan on aggregate welfare and poverty in the …
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There are severe inequalities in health in the world, poor health being concentrated amongst poor people in poor countries. Poor countries spend a much smaller share of national income on health expenditure than do richer countries. What potential lies in political or growth processes that raise...
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The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India – which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …
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We present an in-depth case study of GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute, an Indian public–private partnership (PPP), which successfully brought emergency medical response to remote and urban settings. Drawing insights from the case, we investigate how the organization established...
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levels of nutrition and rural poverty in the state, and finds a slowdown in these parameters. We contend that the neoliberal … agenda of uncontrolled, outward-looking growth does not result in reduction of poverty or malnourishment. The policy …
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of the impact the growth has had on poverty alleviation during India's sixty-year history. The remainder of the article … poverty alleviation. The article argues that India needs to walk on two legs – manufacturing and services – and requires …
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During the world food crisis of 2007-08, the price of staples soared rapidly. Higher food price impacts poor households more as they spend approximately three quarters of their income on food. Together rice and wheat provide more than 50% of the calorific intake in India. Apart from providing...
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Economic theories of the family, of gender discrimination and deprivation within the family are examined in the context of three Kondh-dominated tribal villages, relying on a survey. Background information about the groups surveyed, the study area and nature of the survey are provided and the...
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The present paper reviews origin, development and growth of the micro credit programme in India. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in India launched its pilot phase of the Self Help Group Bank Linkage programme in 1992. Self Help Groups have been recognised by the policy...
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This paper compares the experience of poverty reduction in China and India. It finds that more than economic growth per …
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