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What does the State do for Indian women?
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004
The Indian state has always had policies specially targeted at women, such as family planning policies which included measures to reduce maternal mortality, literacy and education policies, and help for widows, tribals, Muslim women, and working women.
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Safety nets and opportunity ladders: addressing vulnerability and enhancing productivity in South Asia
Overseas Development Institute, 2002
This paper aims to review literature on social protection measures in the context of India and Bangladesh. It explores whether some of the lessons learned from responses to vulnerability lend themselves to the notion of 'investment' in broader development goals.