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Diecraft Australia Pty. Ltd.
(2004-10-26)
On the morning of May 15, 2002 Mark Jackson, General
Manager of Diecraft, arrived at the premises of his firm in
Reservoir, a northern suburb of Melbourne, at 6.30 am.
There were several pressing matters that had brought ...
Labour market deepening in India's IT: an exploratory analysis
(2004-10-25)
The Indian Information Technology (IT) sector has seen significant growth in terms of
employment and revenue and is expected to provide quality employment to a large number of
workers in the coming years. A more ...
Legal responses to economic liberalization: the case of unfair trade practices
(2004-10-26)
This paper traces the evolution of law and practices in the past 20 years focusing on one
aspect of unfair trade practices — unfairness in holding of games, contests, lotteries, and
similar schemes for promoting sales ...
South Africa and AIDS epidemic diagnosis
(2004-10-25)
I
n summer 2002, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa wondered what
he should do to contain the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) epidemic that had engulfed his country. One out of every nine
South Africans ...
Agriculture insurance in India: scope for participation of private insurers?
(2004-10-26)
Government-run crop yield insurance scheme, procurement at minimum support
prices and calamity relief funds are the major instruments being used to protect the Indian
farmer from agricultural variability. The proposed ...
Review of Oxford history of Indian business
(2004-10-26)
S
hould the discourse of business history serve as
a guide to business policy? Or should it be studied
as an end in itself? This is the primary choice that
a business historian must make: it will dictate not only
his ...
A management information system to plan and monitor the delivery of healthcare services in government hospitals in India
(2004-10-26)
Governments all over the world are getting increasingly concerned about their ability to
meet their social obligations in the health sector. In this paper, we discuss the design and
development of a management information ...
Indian methane and nitrous oxide emissions and mitigation flexibility
(2004-10-22)
Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) contributed 27% and 7%, respectively, to India's CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2000, the remaining being the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Presently, agriculture ...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and India: firm responses, baselines, and development dynamics
(2004-10-26)
This paper provides an assessment of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from a developing
country’s perspective with specific reference to activities in India. The CDM has elicited considerable
interest from various ...
Emergency education: the missing dimension in education policy
(2004-10-26)
Large numbers of children regularly experience educational disruption because of natural
disasters. Donor and rehabilitation agencies, using an ‘emergency education’ framework,
have usually addressed the immediate needs ...