Villages

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, …

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RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 26 July 2024 English

As per to Grossmann (2001), the first set of literature has concentrated on the impact of capital accumulation and technological change on the distribution of income and wealth, whereas the …

energy efficient, lessen the burden of women in villages and hence suggests that they can be perceived survey, NIAEM contacted around 3000 farmers in 200 villages in 16 states and found that cultivation cost has


RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 24 July 2024 English

As per to Grossmann (2001), the first set of literature has concentrated on the impact of capital accumulation and technological change on the distribution of income and wealth, whereas the …

energy efficient, lessen the burden of women in villages and hence suggests that they can be perceived survey, NIAEM contacted around 3000 farmers in 200 villages in 16 states and found that cultivation cost has


23 July 2024 French

Les « Directives volontaires visant à assurer la durabilité de la pêche artisanale » de la FAO de juin 2014 mettent en avant la création et la protection de zones …

l’une des principales sources de revenus pour 186 villages côtiers et permet de faire vivre près de 10 % opèrent près du rivage, à deux pas des villes et des villages des pêcheurs. Légale ou non, la pêche à la palangre


NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English

The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …

envision an India in which women working from villages, small towns and urban homes, provide more than available in Urban areas. Digital connectivity in all villages coupled with availability of expert systems for companies, (ii) Provision of Company transport from villages to factory premises, (iii) Provision of company educated children across the country including remote villages. These could also direct training of workers on are subject to oppressive social traditions in villages and rural areas. Social constraints have worked


NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 19 July 2024 English

Predicted Probability of using any contraception for eligible women in waves 1 and 2 of the IHDS panel 2005 and 2011-2012 (n = 42,211) Read More About the Authors Megha …

intergenerational occupational mobility across villages in India. Using a nationally representative data 1 Social and human capital characteristics of villages (%). Source: India Human Development Survey, 2011-2012 multi topic survey of 41,554 households in 1503 villages and 971 urban neighborhoods across India. The


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 July 2024 English

The Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) project aims to enhance climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, and biodiversity protection in urban communities in …

implement NbS, focusing on urban and rural kebeles (villages) in flood-prone areas. NbS implemented under


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 French

communautaires, da ns les CSPS et dans des AEPS S dans des villages dans le c adre du volet résilience du P CE-LON réalisation de Forages communautaires dans les villages et dans les écoles et de forage pour les marchés


NCAER: National Council of Applied Economic Research · 18 July 2024 English

The development of the Punjab economy, as driven by the evolution of the GR and its impacts on the wider economy, has resulted in a mixed picture regarding growth of …

system, credit, and a paved road network connecting villages and towns (Singh and Kohli, 1997). As a result


World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English

EAPGIL’s mission is to generate evidence on what works—and does not—to promote gender equality in East Asia and Pacific and to translate evidence into better policies and programs. EAPGIL adopts …

Agriculture and Forestry are changing how they target villages for poverty reduction initiatives in the Community beneficiaries, the project targets the poorest villages for higher investment in basic infrastructure targets the less poor (but still vulnerable) villages for income diversifying activities and access works program, in which eligible women in rural villages were randomly admitted into road maintenance groups entrepreneurs in both the high incentive and low incentive villages. Status Country Themes Related Publications Completed


World Bank Group · 17 July 2024 English

Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk of …

enrolled into the study were selected from the villages and residential areas surrounding the ELA clubs


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