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Environmental and economic accounting for Indian industry
Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2001This paper attempts the valuation and accounting of industrial pollution in India.DocumentPrevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Asia: practical guidance for programs
US Agency for International Development, 2002In most countries in Asia, pediatric incidences of HIV/AIDS are increasing.DocumentExtension, poverty and vulnerability: the scope for policy reform. Final Report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative
Overseas Development Institute, 2002This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extension have focused exclusively on increased productivity of land, as opposed to enhancing labour productivity, employment creation and vulnerability reduction.DocumentBenchmarking early literacy skills: developing a tool
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002Current literacy rates are reported as a static state and do not take account of the massive variation in levels of literacy.DocumentGender Budget Initiative in India?Education Sector Insights
BRIDGE, 2002This presentation was given at a DFID seminar entitled 'Gender Budgeting' in July 2002. It outlines gender budgeting efforts in India at the National and State levels. Case studies from the education sector are provided.DocumentMinimally invasive education for mass computer literacy
NIIT, 2000In two experiments conducted in India, PCs connected to the Internet were provided on the roadside and turned on without any instructions or announcement.DocumentWomen's Health and HIV: Experiences from a Sex Workers' Project in Calcutta
Oxfam, 2000The current rate of HIV/AIDS infection in India is very high. For most Indian women it is almost impossible to contemplate assertiveness in a sexual relationship with a man and negotiate safer sex. However there is a movement of sex workers in Sonagachi who are successfully negotiating safer sex relationships with clients as well as better treatment from society including from the police.DocumentSafety nets and opportunity ladders: addressing vulnerability and enhancing productivity in South Asia
Overseas Development Institute, 2002This 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.DocumentTeacher education through distance learning: technology, curriculum, costs, evaluation
Education Sector, UNESCO, 2001Distance and open learning has been identified by UNESCO as a way of increasing teacher numbers and capacity. This document synthesises case studies commissioned in order to find how best this form of learning might be used.Each of the ten case studies is presented separately and findings and recommendations for further research are synthesised.