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Maternal health in Gujarat, India: A case study
(International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, 2009)
Gujarat state of India has come a long way in improving the health indicators since independence, but progress in reducing maternal mortality has been slow and largely unmeasured or documented. This case study identified ...
Social Entrepreneurship in India: an exploratory study
(UNIV NOVE JULHO, 2015)
Social Entrepreneurship is an all-encompassing nomenclature, used for depicting the process of, bringing about social change on a major and impactful scale compared to a traditional Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). It ...
Credit off-take from formal financial institutions in rural India: quantile regression results
(SpringerOpen, 2014)
Extending financial services to unbanked population in India has remained a central part of the policy thrust of the Indian government for decades. To that effect, a widespread formal credit delivery mechanism has been ...
Institutional structure, participation, and devolution in water institutions of Eastern India
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The paper examines the nature and development of the participatory water institutions in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India, focusing on the aspects of structure, participation, and devolution. Though the physical ...
Ground truthing the cost of achieving the EAT lancet recommended diets: Evidence from rural India
(Elsevier B.V., 2021)
In this paper, we quantify the divergence in the cost of current diets as compared to EAT Lancet recommendations at the subnational-level in India. We use primary data on food prices and household food purchases, and ...
Macroeconomic assessment of India's development and mitigation pathways
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2020)
Although a rapidly growing economy, India faces many challenges, including in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Moreover, post-2020 climate actions outlined in India's Nationally Determined ...
Where there is no anesthetist - increasing capacity for emergency obstetric care in rural India: An evaluation of a pilot program to train general doctors
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2009)
Objective: The lack of anesthesia providers in rural public sector hospitals is a significant barrier to providing emergency obstetric care. In 2006, the state of Gujarat initiated the Life Saving Anesthetic Skills (LSAS) ...
Digital integration to enhance market efficiency and inclusion of smallholder farmers: A proposed model for fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2020)
High-value agriculture in India is witnessing a transformation, specifically in fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV). Supply chain stakeholders, mainly small and marginal farmers, receive a very minimal share in consumer rupee ...
Performance behavior of participatorywater institutions in Eastern India: A study through structural equation modelling
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The paper examines the nature and performance of participatory water institutions in eastern India using structural equation modelling. There is a crisis in the management of water in India, and this is often not about ...
Gender perspective in water management: The involvement of women in participatory water institutions of Eastern India
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The paper examines the extent, nature, and factors affecting women's involvement in participatory irrigation institutions of eastern India. Effective participatory water institutions are urgently needed to improve water ...