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March 2012
August 2011
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25 Aug 2011
Suicides in India
Author: Amitendu Palit, Pratima Singh
Publisher:
Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Suicides in India have been rising steadily over the last couple of decades, with the number of suicides committed on economic grounds more than doubling between 1991 and 2009.
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July 2011
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Jul 2011
Negotiating Political Spaces
Author: Maria Bondes
Publisher:
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
With an empirical case study from the western Chinese countryside, this paper explores how social organizations both adapt to the restrictive authoritarian framework and negotiate the spaces opening up to society in the realms of environmental and so...
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June 2011
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Jun 2011
Child Labour in Global Production Networks
Author: Nicola Phillips, Resmi Bhaskaran, Dev Nathan, C Upendranadh
Publisher:
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
On the basis of an original study of the Delhi garments sector, this paper explores the evolving relationship between the nature and functioning of global production networks, the incidence of highly exploitative social and labor relations (including...
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May 2011
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May 2011
Transforming Terrorists
Author: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Hamed El-Said
Publisher:
International Peace Institute (IPI)
This paper draws lessons learned from case studies of deradicalization initiatives in eight Muslim-majority countries, which corroborate the experiences of countries in other regions that have grappled with violent extremist groups.
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April 2011
January 2011
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6 Jan 2011
Women Empowerment in Bangladesh
Author: M Shahidul Islam, Suvi Dogra
Publisher:
Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
Using statistical data, this paper compares Bangladesh vis-à-vis South Asia, China and Vietnam to see where it stands in the regional context as far as gender balance, more precisely women empowerment, is concerned.
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October 2010
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Oct 2010
What Makes a Leader?
Author: Fergus Hanson, Alex Oliver
Publisher:
Lowy Institute for International Policy
This empirical study draws on nearly 100 interviews with senior leaders in Samoa and Timor-Leste and maps the pathways leaders have taken and the role played by family, schooling, scholarships, custom and donors.
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August 2010
June 2010
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Jun 2010
Casting the Net Wide and Deep
Author: Peter Davis, Bob Baulch
Publisher:
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This paper reflects on lessons learned in developing a mixed-methods approach to the study of poverty dynamics in a three phase qual-quant-qual study of poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh.
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