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Dynamics of Income in Bihar : Evidence from Village Studies
Kumar, Abhay - 2013
-fold during last two decades in Bihar but increase was higher during last five years mainly due to increase in crop and livestock …
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Dynamics of income in Jharkhand: evidences from village studies
Singh, K.M.; Meena, M.S.; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Abhay; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The study is undertaken in four sample villages of the two sample districts in Jharkhand state, namely, Ranchi and Dumka to track the changes in rural poverty in eastern states of India. The data pertains to these two representative districts, one representing socioeconomically developed...
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Dimensions of Rural Poverty in Bihar: A Village Level Study
Singh, K.M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Abhay; Meena, M.S.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
agricultural and socio-economic variables as explanatory variables. Despite annual growth of more than 10 per cent in Bihar … than developed villages in Bihar. Hence it may inferred that the level of development has direct influence on poverty … observation does not hold true in case of medium and small households because their land base is very low in Bihar. The highest …
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Rural Households Decisions Towards Income Diversification : Evidence from a Township in Northern China
Démurger, Sylvie - 2010
Economic reforms in rural China have brought opportunities to diversify both within-farm activities and off-farm activities. Participation in these activities plays an important role in increasing rural households' income. This paper analyzes the factors that drive rural households and...
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Impact investing and the fostering of entrepreneurship in disadvantaged urban areas : evidence from microdata in French banlieues
Boulongne, Romain; Durand, Rodolphe; Flammer, Caroline - 2020
We examine whether impact investing is more effective in fostering business venture success and social impact when investments are directed toward ventures located in disadvantaged urban areas (that is, areas with high crime, unemployment, and poverty) compared to similar investments directed...
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Emerging Law Addressing Climate Change and Water
Burleson, Elizabeth - 2015
The World Economic Forum recognizes that while restrictions on energy affect water systems and vise versa, energy and water policy are rarely coordinated. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that wet places will become wetter and dry places will become dryer. Transboundary water,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196020
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China in Context : Energy, Water, and Climate Cooperation
Burleson, Elizabeth - 2014
Climate resilient communities can be achieved with the support of global research, development, deployment, and diffusion of environmentally sound low GHG emission technologies and processes. Technology cooperation should lower emissions remaining mindful of biodiversity, ecosystem services and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045386
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Seasonal migration and feminization of farm management: Evidence from India
Chandrasekhar, S.; Sahoo, Soham; Swaminathan, Hema - 2017
This paper explores the association between short-term migration in the household and feminization of farm management in rural India. The analysis uses a nationally representative data set covering 35,604 rural Indian households in the year 2013. There is gender disaggregated information on who...
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Seasonal migration and feminization of farm management : evidence from India
Chandrasekhar, S.; Sahoo, Soham; Swaminathan, Hema - 2017
This paper explores the association between short-term migration in the household and feminization of farm management in rural India. The analysis uses a nationally representative data set covering 35,604 rural Indian households in the year 2013. There is gender disaggregated information on who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655697
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Seasonal Migration and Feminization of Farm Management : Evidence from India
Chandrasekhar, S.; Sahoo, Soham; Swaminathan, Hema - 2020
Using gender-disaggregated data on land operations from India, this paper contributes to the literature on agricultural feminization by showing a relationship between seasonal or short-term migration for work and feminization of farm management. Using a nationally representative data-set...
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