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Economic Causes of Tropical Deforestation - A Global Empirical Application

Scrieciu, Silviu S. - eSocialSciences - 2006

The paper investigates the complex system of causes affecting tropical deforestation at a worldwide level. There is no generally accepted theory in the deforestation literature to indicate which variables should be included in a model of deforestation at an aggregate global level. The paper...

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AT Times When Limbs May Fail: Social Security for Unorganised Workers in Karnataka

Rajasekhar, D.; Suchitra J.Y.; Madheshwaran S.; … - eSocialSciences - 2006

Policy makers, therefore, often encounter the following questions while formulating the social security schemes. What are the priority social security needs of unorganized workers? What existing mechanisms and strategies do they use to meet the social security needs? Do social security needs and...

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Review of Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Recent Evidence

Ranjan, Sharad - eSocialSciences - 2007

During the period 1972-73 to 2004-05 in rural India, the total number of workers expanded more in the non-farm sector than the farm sector with the rise in male workers being sharper than that of female workers. This enquir,y primarily based on NSS data, throws up ample evidence of the...

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Making the Punishment Fit the Crime or Taliban Justice? Optimal Penalties without Commitment

Ghosh, Parikshit - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper argues that graduated penalties observed in most legal systems may be an attempt to direct law enforcement efforts towards crimes that are socially more harmful, thereby achieving better deterrence overall. The critical assumptions are: the state cannot commit to monitoring strategy,...

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Sexual Assault Evidence Kit: Institutionalising a Model for Addressing Care and Evidence-Linked Issues

Pitre, Amita - eSocialSciences - 2005

There is sufficient evidence to show that early and good quality documentation of evidence is associated with positive legal outcome and hence this area of reform in medico-legal services need to be actively pursued. Good quality training and motivation building will be the mainstay of success...

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Natural Resource Conservation, Use and Sustainability in Drylands

Alagh, Yoginder - eSocialSciences - 2007

This keynote address of the conference on Natural Resource Conservation Use and Sustainability in Drylands, focuses mainly on some new concepts of resource assessments in dry areas, some recent debates on organizational ideas on communities and their institutions; larger issues to place the...

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Tamil Nadu Budget 2008-09

Government, Tamil Nadu - eSocialSciences - 2008

Speech of Prof. K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2008-2009 to the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2008.

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Sustainability of Indian Agriculture: Towards an Assessment

Rao, V.M. - eSocialSciences - 2007

This paper presents a systemic framework to look at the prospects for sustainability of Indian agriculture. The … shaping the growth, efficiency and stability of agriculture. The domains are: Natural resources covering land, water, climate … prospects for agriculture are seen to depend in the final analysis not so much on nature or factors beyond control as on …

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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001

Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011

migrants. [Working Paper No. 442]. URL:[http://www.cds.edu/]. …

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Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China

Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - eSocialSciences - 2012

national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their … earnings and the sector (formal vs. informal) they work in with those of urban residents and urban migrants. Exploiting … rural migrants compared with urban residents, contrary to popular belief. In contrast, it is found that urban migrants in …

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