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    Rural non-farm employment in India: macro-trends, micro-evidences and policy options

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    Towards the end of the 1990s, the incidence of unemployment on the basis of CDS (current daily status) exceeded seven per cent. There are also evidences of deterioration in the quality of rural employment; casualization of rural workers for instance, increased many-fold. Real wages of rural workers however, increased and the disparity in rural and urban wages also reduced during the 90s.
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    Commercialization of shrimp trade, environment and rural poverty: a socio-ecological exploration in coastal Orissa

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2006
    The potential of aquaculture to improve the nutrition and incomes of the poor has been ignored by the current emphasis on the cultivation of high-value, carnivorous species destined for markets in industrial nations. The primary motives are profit for producers and input suppliers, and export earnings for national treasuries.
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    Fertility transition in India: 1985-2003

    2007
    Fertility in India continues to remain well above the replacement level although it is decreasing.
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    Imbalance in child sex ratio: trends, causes and emerging issues

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2007
    Various social, economic and demographic indicators provide evidence of a gender bias as well as deep-rooted prejudice and discrimination against women and girl children. A century old Indian demographic history records that in the matter of sheer numbers, the female ratio in total population had always remained unfavourable.
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    Looking inside marriage: lived experiences, notions of love and kinship support amongst working women in New Delhi- wp285.pdf

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2007
    In the anthropology and sociology of India much emphasis has been placed on interpreting kinship rules, norms, structures, alliances, marriage prestations and rituals. While the institution of marriage is recognised as crucial to women’s lives, little is known about their experiences of marital relationships, love, commitment and intimacy.
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    Comparative analysis of population transition in India and China

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2007
    India and China are the only two billion plus countries in the world today. According to the 2004 revision of the world population prospects prepared by the United Nations, the two countries accounted for more than 37 per cent of the world population as of 2005 which suggests that population growth trends in the two countries have strong bearings on the world population growth.
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    Dash for gas: opportunities and challenges

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2012
    The signals from the three major demand centres for LNG-Asia-pacific, Europe and the Atlantic Basin shows that demand for LNG remains robust. Europe is embracing gas following the decision to show down on nuclear power.
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    India's Coal supply security: pushing iImports at the expense of domestic reforms?

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has not been able to supply the committed quantity of coal to the power producers, forcing them to source coal from other countries. Apart from this, many coal blocks which should have been in operation by now are yet to come on-stream. If these blocks come into operation, India’s coal imports would reduce substantially.
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    Understanding Mountain Poverty in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas : Regional Report for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    Around 211 million people reside in the greater Himalayan region, but there is a lack of cohesive information on their socioeconomic status. In general, issues such as whether, how, and why mountain poverty differs from national poverty remain unaddressed. This report attempts to identify, understand, and statistically substantiate the specificity of mountain poverty.
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    Pro-Poor Value Chain Development for High ValueProducts in Mountain Regions: Indian Bay Leaf

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    Production of high value products and services can help reduce poverty in mountain regions. Value chains can be used to describe the activities and benefits involved in bringing such a product from the producer to the market, and analysed to identify improvements along the chain which, if addressed, yield the highest positive outcome for small producers, traders, and processors.

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