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CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CREDIT AND PRODUCTIVE ASSETS KEY TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD [Women's mobilisation in Nellore and Anantapur Districts of Andhra Pradesh]
Ramachandran, Vimala - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper tell the story of women in Nellore, Anantpur districts of Andhra Pradesh who came together, saved one rupee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699368
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Effects of current education on second- and third-birth rates among Norwegian women and men born in 1964: Substantive interpretations and methodological issues
Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 17 (2007) 9, pp. 211-246
corresponding effects for men are also positive, but not more strongly positive than those for women. These results may suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700068
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Cracking the Glass Ceiling and Raising the Roof (Innovations Case Narrative: Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence)
Merlino, Nell - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 8 (2013) 1-2, pp. 89-99
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734298
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Reducing Poverty by Employing Young Women: Hathay Bunano's Scalable Model for Rural Production in Bangladesh (Innovations Case Narrative: Hathay Bunano)
McKague, Kevin; Morshed, Samantha; Rahman, Habibur - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 8 (2013) 1-2, pp. 69-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734306
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: SEWA: supporting village-level organization to improve rural livelihoods:
Desai, Raj M.; Joshi, Shareen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736366
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Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality:
Doss, Cheryl; Kovarik, Chiara; Peterman, Amber; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
landownership between women and men in African countries. The first section of the paper engages in a conceptual discussion of how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736399
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Liberia.s gender-sensitive police reform: Starting from scratch? Improving representation and responsiveness
Bacon, Laura - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013
After its 14-year civil war, Liberia worked with multiple donors and partners to restore security. This paper explores the Liberia National Police.s innovative efforts to create a more gender-sensitive police service and describes the international and do
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739514
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Women Workers and Unions
Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
a union has on the wages and benefits of women in the paid workforce. Even after controlling for factors such as age … female workers in unions relative to their non-union counterparts. The effect is particularly strong for women with lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741286
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Women in Science and Technology: What Does the Literature Say?
Tacsir, Ezequiel; Grazzi, Matteo; Castillo, Rafael - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
STEM disciplines throughout the world. Although the participation of women in higher education has increased, they are … still underrepresented. Latin America is no exception. The untapped potential of fully trained and credentialed women … represents an important lost opportunity not only for women themselves but also for society as a whole. Although there is growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741867
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Female Employment in Formal and Informal Sectors of the Serbian Economy
Markovic, Mirjana Radovic; Beraha, Isidora; Jasko, Ana - In: Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (2010), pp. 18-27
With the economic crisis acknowledged in 2008, unemployment strongly increased – mostly due to the fall in the industrial sector – which indicates the possible emergence of a new poor and extremely poor population, alongside the decrease of trade deficit and foreign direct investment. Serbia...
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