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  Political Economy of Growth and Reforms in South Asia

  Global Development Network, 2000

  This paper attempts to examine the political economy behind the economic policies in South Asia and to draw lessons from them. Specific reform measures that India and Sri Lanka undertook are analysed and the political economy rationale of such policies are examined.The political history and economic performance of South Asian countries are first briefly described.
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  Meeting “felt aspirations”: globalization and equity from an anthropological perspective

  Global Development Network, 2003

  What’s new about globalisation other than just trade? The standard answer is that globalisation is international trade backed by high speed transaction of information, communication, and capital flow. It is this entire package that makes a difference. If this is what globalisation is about, and if this trend is now sweeping the world then social relations would be of little or no consequence.
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  A Study of Technological Change in the Small Enterprises of a Developing Economy: Analytical Framework and Empirical Examination

  Global Development Network, 2002

  What firm level processes of diffusion of new technologies are there for small enterprises in a developing economy?
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  The Differential Impact of Japanese and U.S. Foreign Direct Investments on Exports of Indian Manufacturing

  Global Development Network, 2001

  One of the most fiercely debated issues in the literature of development economics is the role played by the inward foreign direct investment in export performance of developing countries. This study aims to find whether FDI from different source countries have differential impact on the exports of Indian industries.
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  Supporting workers in the informal economy: a policy framework

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This paper argues that the informal economy is here to stay and requires appropriate regulations, laws and policies to correct biases in the existing regulatory, legal, and policy environment that favour formal enterprises and workers to the disadvantage of informal workers and enterprises.
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  Backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education

  Indiasocial.org, 2003

  This is an overview of a collection of 10 case studies on backward and forward linkages that strengthen primary education.The case studies describe efforts, both voluntary and governmental, to address the reasons that specific groups and communities stay away from education.
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  The body [chapter in ‘Voices of the poor: crying out for change’]

  World Bank, 2000

  While it is recognised that poverty and poor health are closely linked, it is rare that the poor have the opportunity to voice their own experiences with respect to health issues. Poor people from across the world described their own health experiences in the World Bank's 'Voices of the Poor', a multi-country study of poor people's experiences of poverty.
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  Reaching the unreached: how can we use ICTs to empower the rural poor in the developing world through enhanced access to relevant information?

  World Summit on the Information Society, 2002

  This paper responds to the questions often asked of funding agencies and donor governments: should they support ICT activities in their development projects? Should the money be invested in computers and communication devices or will it be better spent on food, shelter, health, and education?This paper argues that the choice need not be 'either or'.
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  Assessment of rural poverty: Asia and the Pacific

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2002

  This report argues that land reform, both tenancy reform and redistribution of ceiling surplus lands to the landless, is important to poverty alleviation.The paper argues that in addition to production benefits, land reform helps to change the local political structure by giving more voice to the poor.
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  Warana: the case of an Indian rural community adopting ICT

  Information Technology in Developing Countries, 2002

  This paper argues that information and communications technology (ICT) can be used as an effective tool for rural development, citing the example of the adoption of ICT by a rural community is the Warana “Wired Village” project, in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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