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Individuelles Umwelthandeln und Klimaschutz (IndUK) – Sach- und Schlussbericht
(kassel university press, 2016)
„Es ist absehbar, dass sich aus naturwissenschaftlichen Forschungsergebnissen allein keine Handlungsstrategien ableiten lassen, wie dem Klimawandel zu begegnen ist. Wie Menschen diesen wahrnehmen, welche Folgen er für sie hat und ob und in welcher Weise sie bereit sind, entsprechende Strategien tatsächlich umzusetzen, hängt stark von dem jeweiligen sozialen und kulturellen Umfeld ab“ (BMBF 2015; http://www.fona.de/de/9874). Vor diesem Hintergrund wurden im Rahmen der Sozial‐ökologischen Forschung im Themenschwerpunkt ...
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Politics of public policies in India
(kassel university press, 2016)
The focus on poverty and inequality in development discourse has generally been an acknowledgement of the gaps between the poor and the affluent. This is seen as an economic condition linked to livelihoods and employment deprivation, or a condition rooted in the broader socio-cultural moorings of the society creating entitlement and capability deprivations. However, the issue here is how inequality concerns impact and are reflected in public policies. What are the drivers that determine the interests and structural ...
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Economic growth and employment generation nexus: Insight from Ghana
(kassel university press, 2016)
Ghana is undoubtedly regarded as one of the leading lights in Africa in terms of strong growth performance since the wind of economic reforms blew across Africa in the 1980s.The challenge has, however, been the effect of this remarkable growth story on the creation of sufficient jobs for the increasing working age population. This paper uses arithmetic computation and econometric estimation to measure and assess the employment effect of the level and sources of growth on the employment generation. It further shows ...
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Microfinance through Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for Grass-root level Empowerment: An Empirical study of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
(kassel university press, 2016)
Microfinance, as a concept, involves providing financial services, particularly small credit, fund transfer, and insurance to the unemployed, low-income group, and those who do not have easy access to the banking system. It has emerged as an active agent of financial inclusion, ensuring economic, and social upliftment of the unprivileged. Microfinance is being operated through two channels Self-help Group-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) and Micro-finance Institutions (MFIs). The special characteristic of SBLP is its ...
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Crop Insurance and Risk Mitigation: Experiences from India
(kassel university press, 2016)
Crop losses due to various reasons, particularly because of extreme weather situations, is a common phenomenon in agriculture and can prove to be catastrophic in the numerous rain fed fields of backward regions. It is against this backdrop that the development of sustainable mitigation strategies, one of them being crop insurance, comes into picture. It is worth noting in this context that agriculture insurance is under developed in developing countries and a World Bank study (2010) reveals that many state sponsored ...