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Case studies of private sector programmes to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
Global Health Initiative, 2002Series of papers and background materials on private sector efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.DocumentCan information and communications technology applications contribute to poverty reduction?: lessons from rural India
Development Gateway, 2003This paper explores a number of case studies of initiatives using ICTs for poverty reduction in rural India. It details individual case studies as well as broader ways in which ICTs might contribute to poverty reduction.The authors then describe an economic model to explain the digital divide between rich and poor, that discusses costs in time and costs of access as impediments to ICT use.DocumentLaw, property rights, and social exclusion: a capabilities and entitlements approach to legal pluralism
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2002What are the effects of trends away from legal pluralism towards more uniform approaches to the law? This paper analyses the effects of legal changes in property rights for people's welfare and development in India.DocumentBreaking Rural Bonds Through Migration: the Failure of Development for Women in India
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, 1997Despite many five-year plans which have specifically focused on development in rural areas, the major focus and most rapid development has been in the urban centres.DocumentEffectiveness and Empowerment in Women's Shelter: A Study of Working Women's Hostels in Bangalore India
Wiley-Blackwell, 2001Policy debates on shelter for women have focused on family structure, gender roles and the importance of shelter in women's economic development. They emphasize the need for shelter that is generally effective and empowering for women.DocumentWomen and Migration
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1998The gender dimension and women's experiences are identified as a gap in migration studies. This Special Issue addresses that gap with an overview of material, selected articles, and an annotated bibliography on women and migration, primarily but not exclusively focussing on India.DocumentAutonomy in Child Labour Migrants
Overseas Development Group, East Anglia University (UEA) School of Development Studies, 2000The idea that children may be active decision-makers has received little serious attention from social scientists. New research on data from rural Karnataka, India, suggests that very young males leave for the city in considerable numbers often in direct conflict with parental preferences.DocumentThe direct and indirect impact of foreign direct investment on productivity growth in Indian manufacturing
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2002It is claimed that FDI augments investible resources and improves technological standards, efficiency, and competitiveness of domestic industry, but is this true irrespective of the source of the FDI and prevailing economic conditions?DocumentForeign control, financial structures and financial performance of Japanese and US firms in Indian manufacturing
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2001Do foreign companies in India adopt the corporate financial structures of their parent companies at home or do they ignore their financial advantages and follow local financing patterns? This paper attempts to compare the corporate and financial structures of Japanese, U.S. and Indian firms in the Indian manufacturing sector for the year 1997-98.DocumentDevolution as a threat to democratic decision-making in forestry?: findings from three states in India
Overseas Development Institute, 2003This paper looks at two interfacing trends shaping devolution of forest management in India: appropriation of space for forest management by diverse self-initiated community formations; and state-driven devolution where government policies define the scope of local authority in forest management.Pages