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If Technology is like Word, Institutions are like Grammar: Institutional Context of Technological Innovations and Knowledge Systems at Grassroots
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2009)
Many developing countries have taken interest in learning from the Honey Bee Network experience for replicating the model. In a UNESCO conference, the author was asked to identify the key steps that national governments ...
Creation of a Single National ID: Challenges & Opportunities for India
(2009-07-25)
A National ID for all citizens and residents of India has long being considered a critical necessity, albeit the related projects have been in pilot mode for the past several years and no distinct road ahead seems to be ...
India’s agrarian crisis and smallholder producers’ participation in new farm supply chain initiatives: a case study of contract farming
(2009-08-03)
Indian agriculture is at crossroads and one of the major challenges is to reverse deceleration in agricultural growth. Main reason for deceleration in agricultural growth is declining investment particularly public investment ...
Dynamics of Team Teaching and Research in a Management School: Learning and Imperatives
(2009-08-13)
This paper discusses the experience of team teaching to address the issues of integration of academic inputs by bringing multi-disciplinary perspective together and thereby enhance learning experience of participants. The ...
Directions for Reforms in the Health Sector: Reflections from a State in a Developing Country
(2009-09-04)
Meeting the health care needs of population goes beyond mere budget allocations. The organisation of programmes and commitment of people working in the health sector has significant bearing on sector performance and its ...
Maternal Health Financing – Issues and Options A Study of Chiranjeevi Yojana in Gujarat
(2009-08-08)
Government of Gujarat announced a “Chiranjeevi Yojana” in April 2005 to improve access to institutional delivery and at the same time provide financial protection to poor families in Gujarat. The scheme covers below poverty ...
Contracting-out of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Services through Mother NGO Scheme in India: Experiences and Implications
(2009-08-13)
Partnership with NGOs in delivering and provision of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) services through mother NGO (MNGO) in the un-served and under-served regions is one of the important initiatives in India. The scheme ...
Implications of Human Resource Practices and Other Structural Factors on Commitment of Public Medical Professionals in India
(2009-08-03)
In this paper we focus on often neglected issue and inadequately studied area of commitment of public sector health professionals and some of the issues surrounding human resources as its determinants. The paper argues ...
Provision of Reproductive Health Services to Urban Poor through Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of Andhra Pradesh Urban Health Care Project
(2009-08-13)
Andhra Pradesh had initiated the Urban Slum Health Care Project to provide basic primary healthcare and family welfare services to urban poor living in slums in 2002. As of now, the project has established 192 Urban Health ...
Challenges in sustaining a hospital: lessons for managing healthcare institutions
(2009-09-03)
One of the important components of the private health care sector has been health care facilities set up by corporate sector. The financial sustainability of these facilities is closely linked to the financial performance ...