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considerations in a country’s development strategy to promote rapid and sustained economic growth, full employment, poverty reduction … and unmet needs for family planning and reproductive health services in relation to poverty. A sidelight on pressing …, this paper argues that the growth rate of population, its age structure and spatial distribution should be key …
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Indian states and the overall achievements and failings of India in terms of poverty alleviation. In the second half, the … article identifies what seems to be the lack of a ‘politics of poverty' in India and the various cultural, historical … perceptions of India's new economic policy. The article first situates itself within the context of new theoretical literature on …
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. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … activated either of these mechanisms. I analyze structural changes from 1982/83 to 2011/12 to show that India's high-growth … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …
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growth model with endogenous fertility. I propose a redistribution scheme and show that refugee resettlement from a more … resettlement policy to stimulate human capital accumulation and hence economic growth in both economies. …
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This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention … households who are poor, and iii) rural households who are undernourished. The paper then singles out five disconnects in India …
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This paper surveys the status of food security in the South Asian countries, particularly India. Particular attention … households who are poor, and iii) rural households who are undernourished. The paper then singles out five disconnects in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014132566
This is a policy paper which examines the development challenges of the Caribbean island of Barbados against the backdrop of the government's decision to enter into a structural adjustment agreement with the International Monetary Fund in 2018. The paper gives an overview of Barbados' trajectory...
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assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a …
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-run. Likewise, growth in GDP affects population growth positively and significantly-both in the short-run and long-run. The …, and poverty, the population is not expected to bring economic development in general and economic growth in particular …Purpose: The link between population growth and economic growth has been becoming of most significant interest for …
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policies. More and better jobs for women in India could raise growth by about 2 percentage points a year over time. This … the past decades despite strong growth. The gap with men is over 50%--the largest among key emerging markets … work if conditions improved. Availability of jobs is also an issue as the high growth has not created enough jobs for men …
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