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  Gender budgeting analysis: a study in Maharashtra’s agriculture

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper analyses the impact that state budgets of Maharashtra, India had on women in agriculture between 1998 to 2002.
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  Seasonal labour migration in rural Nepal: a preliminary overview

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper discussesthe development of rapid appraisal mechanisms through an examination of seasonal labour migration in rural Nepal.
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  Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines (vol. 2)

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004

  This study is a comparative analysis of gender sensitive assessments undertaken in the Ghana, Ecuador and the Philippines focusing on agriculture, domestic labour and prostitution. It analyses underlying factors of gender disparities in child labour and the consequences of those differences.
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  Reaching Millennium Goals: How well does agricultural productivity growth reduce poverty?

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  In the context of only modest growth in agricultural output in recent years and current doubts over the achievability of the Millennium Goals on poverty reduction, this ILO paper makes a broad case for reinstating the role of agriculture in the internal poverty reduction strategies of developing countries.The paper sets out to show that agricultural growth is critical for poverty reduction both
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  Trends and prospects for poverty reduction in rural India: context and options

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper lays out the macroeconomic and structural contexts for poverty reduction in India and discusses opportunities and constraints in relation to public investment and service provision that have a bearing on rural livelihoods.
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  Rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary debates and implications for Kenyan urban workers in the 21st century

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion.
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  Child labour in the tea sector in Malawi: a pilot study

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2003

  This report provides an overview of exisiting knowledge of child labour practices in the Malawi tea sector and explores the needs and priorities for further research.The findings of the paper include:there is clear evidence that child labour does exist in the tea sector in Malawi, contrary to the opinion of the Tea Association of Malawi and the most dominant tea sector owner in Malawi
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  Informal employment in Siberian villages

  Economic Sociology Electronic Journal, Russian Federation, 2001

  The decade of agrarian reforms in the post-Soviet Russia has failed to develop an efficient multilayered structure of the agricultural sector and has also led to the deterioration of living standards of most agrarian workers.
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  Child farm labor: the wealth paradox

  Economics department, University of Bristol, 2003

  This paper is motivated by the observation that children in land-rich households are often more likely to be in work than the children of land-poor households.The vast majority of working children in developing countries are in agricultural work, predominantly on farms operated by their families.
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  Significance of rural non farm sector in enterprise development

  Eldis Document Store, 2001

  This paper argues that the Indian government could be more actively involved in creating the necessary environment for effective public-private partnerships.

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