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Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors
| Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9009172/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
MedhekarA |
| Collana | Readings in world development |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Developing countries
Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61324-958-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461476403321 |
| Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors
| Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9009172/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
MedhekarA |
| Collana | Readings in world development |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Developing countries
Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries |
| ISBN | 1-61324-958-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790459603321 |
| Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors
| Globalization and development [[electronic resource] ] : country experiences / / Kartik C. Roy, Anita Medhekar and Hemant Chittoo, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9009172/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
MedhekarA |
| Collana | Readings in world development |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Developing countries
Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries |
| ISBN | 1-61324-958-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Chapter 1 GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT ISSUES -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALISATION AND TRADE IN GOODS -- How Did this Situation Come About? -- Instruments Deployed -- 1. Most Favoured Nations (MFN) Agreement -- 2. FDI Inflow to China -- 3. Domestic Production and Trade Policy Reforms in China -- WTO MEMBERSHIP, EXCHANGE RATE AND DOMESTIC SAVINGS -- Exchange Rate -- Domestic Saving and Consumption Repression -- Rural-Urban Divide and Income Distribution: Meeting Their Basic Needs -- OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- OTHER CONSEQUENCES -- STRUCTURAL REFORM, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- BREAK DOWN OF THE NATION STATE -- APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- MAIN ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED -- Trade, Industrialisation and Development -- Food Supply -- Development and Environment -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR CORRECTING INFRASTRUCTURE BOTTLENECK IN INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- COORDINATION OF ROAD AND RAIL -- INFRASTRUCTURE BOTTLENECKS -- FIVE YEAR PLANS AND ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE -- PPP POLICY FOR ROAD-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 GLOBALISATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF INDIA'S KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY -- INTRODUCTION -- KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- KNOWLEDGE, GLOBALISATION AND GROWTH -- ICT GROWTH UNDER GLOBALISATION -- THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OF INDIA -- ROLE, GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE OF ICT SECTORS IN INDIA -- (a) The Share of IT Industry in India's GDP -- (b) Share of IT in Domestic and Export Markets.
(c) Decomposition of Earnings of the Indian IT Sector: -- (i) From Export Markets -- (ii) From Domestic Markets -- (d) Employment Generation and its Distribution in India's IT Sector -- PROBLEMS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 GLOBALISATION AND THE GENESIS OF THE ICT/BPO SECTOR IN MAURITIUS -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW: GLOBALISATION AND ICT -- ICT /BPO IN MAURITIUS: SOME KEY FACTS -- IT/BPO SECTOR: OTHER BASES OF DEVELOPMENT -- THE OUTCOME TO DATE -- ENSURING SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT OF ICT/BPO SECTOR IN MAUTITIUS -- CHALLENGES OF THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 TERTIARY EDUCATION AS HUMAN CAPITAL IN PHILIPPINES DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION -- CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT THEMES -- FACULTY (DIS)ORIENTATION TO THE RESEARCH FUNCTION -- CASE STUDY OF CARLOS HILADO COLLEGE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 6 MODERNISATION OF INSTITUTIONS FOR RURAL WATER PROVISION IN CAMBODIA'S DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT GAP -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT -- IMPROVING RURAL HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO SAFE WATER -- CLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES -- WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND ACCESS -- CONCEPTS, INDICATORS AND INDEXES OF ACCESS TO WATER -- SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND WATER ACCESS -- WATER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION -- GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NGO RURAL WATER PROJECTS -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: RESOURCE CURSE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM -- POPULATION AND LABOUR MARKET -- THE 'RENTIR STATE' AS AN ALTERNATIVE -- STIMULATING PRIVATE SECTOR/NON-OIL BASED INDUSTRIES -- WHY IS DIVERSIFICATION SO DIFFICULT? -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. Chapter 8 TRADE LIBERALISATION IN BANGLADESH UNDER GLOBALISATION -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS IN BANGLADESH -- TRADE POLICY TRENDS IN BANGLADESH -- EXCHANGE RATE POLICY -- A CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF THE TRADE REGIME -- 1. Tariff Protection -- 2. Non-Tariff Protection -- 3. Contingent Protection Measures -- 4. Export Incentives -- 5. Export Restrictions -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 TRADE RELATED EVENTS AND EMPLOYMENT TRADE RELATIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Benefits from Trade -- Exports, Imports and Employment -- Employment Arguments of Free Trade -- Research Gap -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- AUSTRLIA'S TRADE PATTERN AND PRIOR STUDIES -- Government's Trade Policy -- Australia's Major Trading Partners -- Prior Studies on Australian Trade -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- Data for the Analysis -- Methodology -- THE EFFECT OF TRADE ON EMPLOYMENT -- Investigation of the Stationary Behavior of the Model Variables -- VECM Model Specification -- Determination of the Order of the VECM -- Determination of the Number of Long Run Relationships -- Model Selection -- Discussion of the Model Estimates -- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION -- General Perspective of the Study -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- Chapter 10 TRADE, DEVELOPMENT AND UGANDA'S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITIONS OF GLOBALISATION, TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WORLD TRADE OGANISATION (WTO) -- The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) -- The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the European Union (EU) -- Everything, but Arms -- WHY UGANDA IS COMMITTED TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIBERALISATION -- AN OVEVIEW OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN UGANDAS LOCATION DISTRIBUTION. Location Distribution of Firms in the Textiles Industry in Uganda -- THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIAL SECTOR/ECONOMY OF UGANDA -- THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION ON ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA: THE SHAMBA SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- FOOD SECURITY -- FOOD INSECURITY -- FOOD INSECURITY IN KENYA -- AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA -- ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN KENYA -- FOOD SECUTITY AND THE SHAMBA SYSTEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 PARTICIPATION IN STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR GENDER EMPOWERMENT: MAURITIAN WOMEN -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Political -- Socio Economic -- Socio Cultural -- GENDER AND DEMOCRACY IN MAURITIUS -- METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS -- Woman's Interest in Politics -- Barriers of Entry to Mauritian Woman in Politics -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 MINIMISING THE IMPACT OF GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- INTRODUCTION -- Effects of Global Emission and Adaptation Measures -- GREEN BUILDINGS OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- METHANE EMISSIONS AND ITS REDUCTION MEASURES -- OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING WORLD UNDER KYOTO PROTOCOL -- MARKET EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- CAPITAL INFLOW -- CLEAN PRODUCTION -- International Trade and Institution Building -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 PRECARIOUS CONSOCIATIONALISM: LEBANON'S PREDICAMENT IN PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- GEO-ECONOMICS -- GEOPOLITICS -- FAILD POWER-SHARING -- EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE -- Assessing Lebanon's Power Sharing Failure Empirically: Variables -- ASSESSING LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE EMPIRICALLY: METHODOLOGY -- ASSESSING LEBANON'S POWER SHARING FAILURE EMPIRICALLY: RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. Chapter 15 ADOPTION OF PERFORMANCE LINKED REWARD SYSTEM IN INDIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: EFFICIENCY, SCOPE AND PROBLEMS -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Size of Sample -- Suggested Performance Linked Reward System -- PROPOSED PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS -- BENEFITS AND REWARDS BASED PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT -- TRAINING BASED ON PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT -- SUCCESS OF PERFORMANCE LINKED REWARD SYSTEM IN INDIAN RAILWAYS -- Communication of Adverse Comments to the Employees -- Communication of Favourable Comments to the Employees -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 ADDRESSING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES: EXPERIENCES GAINED AND LESSONS LEARNT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIENCES GAINED -- COUNTRY EXPERIENCES -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. |
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| Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 | ||
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Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Foreword; Institutional Affiliations of Contributors; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1. Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Development; 3. The Views of Young Marx on Development; 4. Gandhi's Ideas on Development; 5. Background to Understanding Sen's Development Philosophy; 6. Sen's Concept of Development; 7. The Link Between Young Marx, Gandhi, and Sen; 8. Institutional Implications of Sen's Theory of Development
9. Sen's Theory of Exchange Entitlement, Endowment, and Poverty10. The Essence of the Theory; 11. Decomposition of the Theory of Exchange Entitlement; 12. Poverty and Gender Empowerment; References; Chapter 2. Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Access and Returns to Markets; 3. To Cope with Vulnerability; 4. Gender Empowerment: Discrimination Against Women; 5. Dowry and Women's Bargaining Power; 6. Theories of Household Economy; 7. The Institution of Marriage; 8. The Institution of Dowry 9. Reasons for Dowry-Giving10. Women's Reproductive Decision; 11. Education, Health, and Employment; 11.1. Education; 11.2. Health; 11.3. Employment; 11.4. Vulnerability of female labor; 12. Ownership of Property; 13. Technological Development, Transfer, and Adoption; 14. Violence Against Women; 14.1. Powerlessness, voicelessness, helplessness, and peacelessness; 14.2. Physical violence against women; 15. Women's Participation in Political Governance; References; Chapter 3. Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment? Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark 1. Introduction2. The State and its Institutions; 3. The Role of The State as the Formidable Institution; 4. The Demise of the Neo-Classical State; 5. The New Institutional Economics and Gender Empowerment; 6. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Institutional Non-Compliance Score (INCS); 7. Deprivation Scores; 8. Enforcer of Gender Discrimination: Patriarch or Matriarch; 8.1. Within the household; 8.2. Outside the Household; References; Chapter 4. Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India Kartik C. Roy; 1. Introduction; 2. Property Rights, Economic Freedom, and Empowerment 2.1. Women's socio-economic status and land rights: Historical perspective2.2. Issue of land rights in post-independence India; 2.3. Women and the current state of inheritance rights; 2.4. Women in the total population in need of land rights; 2.5. Granting land ownership to landless women: Ground realities; 3. Women's Employment and Income; 3.1. Other aspects of women's employment status; 3.2. Income and assets in household bargaining; 4. Dowry, Assets, and Violence against Women; 4.1. Dowry-related torture and murder; 4.2. Infanticide, abortion, and missing women 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453826203321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Foreword; Institutional Affiliations of Contributors; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1. Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Development; 3. The Views of Young Marx on Development; 4. Gandhi's Ideas on Development; 5. Background to Understanding Sen's Development Philosophy; 6. Sen's Concept of Development; 7. The Link Between Young Marx, Gandhi, and Sen; 8. Institutional Implications of Sen's Theory of Development
9. Sen's Theory of Exchange Entitlement, Endowment, and Poverty10. The Essence of the Theory; 11. Decomposition of the Theory of Exchange Entitlement; 12. Poverty and Gender Empowerment; References; Chapter 2. Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Access and Returns to Markets; 3. To Cope with Vulnerability; 4. Gender Empowerment: Discrimination Against Women; 5. Dowry and Women's Bargaining Power; 6. Theories of Household Economy; 7. The Institution of Marriage; 8. The Institution of Dowry 9. Reasons for Dowry-Giving10. Women's Reproductive Decision; 11. Education, Health, and Employment; 11.1. Education; 11.2. Health; 11.3. Employment; 11.4. Vulnerability of female labor; 12. Ownership of Property; 13. Technological Development, Transfer, and Adoption; 14. Violence Against Women; 14.1. Powerlessness, voicelessness, helplessness, and peacelessness; 14.2. Physical violence against women; 15. Women's Participation in Political Governance; References; Chapter 3. Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment? Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark 1. Introduction2. The State and its Institutions; 3. The Role of The State as the Formidable Institution; 4. The Demise of the Neo-Classical State; 5. The New Institutional Economics and Gender Empowerment; 6. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Institutional Non-Compliance Score (INCS); 7. Deprivation Scores; 8. Enforcer of Gender Discrimination: Patriarch or Matriarch; 8.1. Within the household; 8.2. Outside the Household; References; Chapter 4. Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India Kartik C. Roy; 1. Introduction; 2. Property Rights, Economic Freedom, and Empowerment 2.1. Women's socio-economic status and land rights: Historical perspective2.2. Issue of land rights in post-independence India; 2.3. Women and the current state of inheritance rights; 2.4. Women in the total population in need of land rights; 2.5. Granting land ownership to landless women: Ground realities; 3. Women's Employment and Income; 3.1. Other aspects of women's employment status; 3.2. Income and assets in household bargaining; 4. Dowry, Assets, and Violence against Women; 4.1. Dowry-related torture and murder; 4.2. Infanticide, abortion, and missing women 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782224703321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy / / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark
| Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy / / editors, Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist, Cal Clark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.4209/0511 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
BlomqvistH. C (Hans-Christer) ClarkCal <1945-> |
| Collana | World Scientific studies in international economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Economic conditions
Women - Social conditions Women - Employment Women - Government policy Social institutions |
| ISBN |
1-281-94821-7
9786611948214 981-279-808-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Foreword; Institutional Affiliations of Contributors; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1. Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Development; 3. The Views of Young Marx on Development; 4. Gandhi's Ideas on Development; 5. Background to Understanding Sen's Development Philosophy; 6. Sen's Concept of Development; 7. The Link Between Young Marx, Gandhi, and Sen; 8. Institutional Implications of Sen's Theory of Development
9. Sen's Theory of Exchange Entitlement, Endowment, and Poverty10. The Essence of the Theory; 11. Decomposition of the Theory of Exchange Entitlement; 12. Poverty and Gender Empowerment; References; Chapter 2. Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark; 1. Introduction; 2. Access and Returns to Markets; 3. To Cope with Vulnerability; 4. Gender Empowerment: Discrimination Against Women; 5. Dowry and Women's Bargaining Power; 6. Theories of Household Economy; 7. The Institution of Marriage; 8. The Institution of Dowry 9. Reasons for Dowry-Giving10. Women's Reproductive Decision; 11. Education, Health, and Employment; 11.1. Education; 11.2. Health; 11.3. Employment; 11.4. Vulnerability of female labor; 12. Ownership of Property; 13. Technological Development, Transfer, and Adoption; 14. Violence Against Women; 14.1. Powerlessness, voicelessness, helplessness, and peacelessness; 14.2. Physical violence against women; 15. Women's Participation in Political Governance; References; Chapter 3. Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment? Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark 1. Introduction2. The State and its Institutions; 3. The Role of The State as the Formidable Institution; 4. The Demise of the Neo-Classical State; 5. The New Institutional Economics and Gender Empowerment; 6. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and Institutional Non-Compliance Score (INCS); 7. Deprivation Scores; 8. Enforcer of Gender Discrimination: Patriarch or Matriarch; 8.1. Within the household; 8.2. Outside the Household; References; Chapter 4. Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India Kartik C. Roy; 1. Introduction; 2. Property Rights, Economic Freedom, and Empowerment 2.1. Women's socio-economic status and land rights: Historical perspective2.2. Issue of land rights in post-independence India; 2.3. Women and the current state of inheritance rights; 2.4. Women in the total population in need of land rights; 2.5. Granting land ownership to landless women: Ground realities; 3. Women's Employment and Income; 3.1. Other aspects of women's employment status; 3.2. Income and assets in household bargaining; 4. Dowry, Assets, and Violence against Women; 4.1. Dowry-related torture and murder; 4.2. Infanticide, abortion, and missing women 4.3. Vulnerability to other risks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828728803321 |
| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Readings in world development [[electronic resource] ] : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor
| Readings in world development [[electronic resource] ] : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
ChatterjeeSrikanta |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Asia |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61470-733-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457661603321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Readings in world development [[electronic resource] ] : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor
| Readings in world development [[electronic resource] ] : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
ChatterjeeSrikanta |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Asia |
| ISBN | 1-61470-733-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781956103321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Readings in world development : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor
| Readings in world development : growth and development in the Asia Pacific / / K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6095 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyK. C <1941-> (Kartik Chandra)
ChatterjeeSrikanta |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Asia |
| ISBN | 1-61470-733-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- READINGS IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC -- READINGS IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Poverty And Development in the Asia Pacific: An Overview of Issues -- Poverty and its Dimensions -- Social Poverty and Women -- Measurement of Poverty -- Causes of Poverty -- Poverty Alleviation Measures -- Concluding Remarks -- Refernces -- Poverty Alleviation and Development in East and South-East Asia: Some Comments -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Involvement of International Financial Institutions in Poverty Alleviations -- Poverty Reduction During Reforms - A Trend Analysis -- Actual -- Percentages -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: -- Energy, Environment and Poverty Nexus in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- The Dimensions of Poverty -- Poverty and Environment -- Poverty Environment and Development -- CPRs as Source of Livelihood -- Energy Poverty Nexus -- Biomass Consumption -- Energy Carriers -- Environmental Aspects of Biomass Consumption -- Conclusion -- References -- Community Development and Citizens' Participation in Governance -- Broad World Scenario in Socio-Economic Reconstruction -- Community and Community Development -- State And Community Development -- Public Versus Private Efforts in Community Development -Some Methodological Issues: The Case of India -- From Community Development to Participation in Governance, the Ascension -- Peoples' Participation: Development-Governance Interface -- Citizens' Participation in Governance: What Would it Really Mean? -- Checks and Balances in Governance: The Case of India -- Conclusion -- Social Sector Development in India in the New Millennium with Special Reference to Poverty Alleviation -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Health -- Nutrition -- Education.
Concept of Poverty -- Causes of Poverty -- Social Sector Development and Poverty Alleviation -- Employment Generation -- Agriculture and Rural Development -- Displaced Concerns, Misplaced Priorities -- Poverty Reduction: Not by Income Alone -- Poverty Eradication by 2005 and Beyond (Future Promises) -- Conclusion -- References -- Social Security and Development in India -- References -- Performance of Manufacturing and Services Sector in India in Post - Reforms Period: Issues and Experiences -- Introduction -- Section I -- Section 2 -- Performance of Manufacturing Sector -- Section 3 -- The Rise of the Service Sector in India -- Section 4 -- Manufacturing and Service Sector Linkages -- Inter Relationship Of Manufacturing - Service Sector In India (1991-2000) -- Conclusion -- References -- Development of Agriculture and Rural Finance in Vietnam -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Agriculture's Low Equilibrium Trap -- The Importance of Property Rights in Vietnam's Agrarian Transformation -- Rural Financial Markets -- The Reform and Performance of Vietnam's Rural Financial Sector -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Poverty and Environment: A Review of Issues and Evidences of Malaysia -- Introduction -- Poverty in Malaysia -- Incidence of Poverty and its Impacts on Livelihood -- Linking Poverty and Environment -- Conceptual Framework -- Case Studies -- Urban Poverty: Squatters -- Rural Poverty -- i) Artisanal Fishermen -- ii) Shifting Cultivators -- iii) Orang Asli -- Constraints Faced by the Poor in Employing Environmentally Sustainable Livelihood -- Importance of Environmental Sustainability in National Policies and Plans -- National Programmes to Promote Environmental Sustainability -- Natural Resources Management -- Land Resources -- Water Resources -- Biodiversity -- Forest Resources -- Energy and Mineral -- Coastal and Marine Resources. Existing Barriers to Promoting Environmental Sustainability -- Developmental Pressure -- Capacity to Implement Regulatory and Market- Based Instruments -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- i) Strengthening Mechanisms -- ii) Integrated Environmental Sustainability and Poverty Eradication -- References -- Policy Failures and Environmental Externalities: Case of Oil Palm in Malaysia and Indonesia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Linking Trade Expansion and Haze Externalities: Theoretical Framework -- The Formal Framework - Hertel's Comparative Static Model -- Simulation Results -- Summary and Policy Implications -- Endogenous Variables -- Exogenous Variables -- Ad-Valorem Policies -- References -- Searching for A Better Credit System to Help Improve Farmers' Income: A Reflection from Study on Agricultural Credit Users in Lombok, Indonesia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Current Credit Demand and Actual Borrowing -- Farmers Did Not Always Allocate Credit to Farming Activities -- To What Extent Could Credit Assist Farmers? -- Improving Credit Systems -- Credit Distribution -- Credit Monitoring -- Repayment Collection -- Education and Extension for Credit Clients -- Conclusion -- References -- Gender Inequality and Poverty: The Kenyan Case -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Gender Inequality in the Allocation of Agricultural Resources -- Culture and Allocation of Resources -- Allocation of Resources and Bargaining Power -- Human Development Index -- Criticism of the Human Development Index -- Gender Related Development Index (GDI) -- Gender Empowerment Measure (Gem) -- Criticism of the Gender Empowerment Measure -- Education and Literacy Levels -- Female/Male Ratios in Decision-Making Institutions -- Life Expectancy -- GDP Per Capita Levels -- Poverty Rates -- Conclusion -- References. Indonesia, ASEAN and the ASEAN Regional Forum: Convergent Trends in Regional and National Development -- Introduction: Indonesian 'Centrality' -- National and Regional Diversity -- Transnational and Transboundary Effects -- Human Security at The Regional Level -- Conclusion -- References -- Experiences Gained in Poverty Alleviation and Lessons Learnt -- Introduction -- Policy Requirements for Poverty Reduction -- Poverty and Environment Relationship Issues -- Importance of Manufacturing, Services and Agricultural Sector for Poverty Alleviation -- Gender Related Poverty -- Social Sector Development -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822260403321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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