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variable in the construction of the wealth index for rural India. Third, we have equated the cutoff
point of the poor to the Planning Commission, Government of India estimates of poverty in
... Pradesh and Kerala.
The extent of abject poverty and the overall poverty is maximum in the state of Bihar followed
by Jharkhand and minimum in the s...
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THE STATE OF THE MARKET IN 2012
Prepared by Climate Bonds Initiative. Commissioned by HSBC.
Bonds will play a crucial role in financ-
ing the transition ... and forestry. Only bonds
issued since 2005 were included as
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... reduced
[17,18].
The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous
advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves
as the working tip at the end of the handpiece. The
use of flexible, length-adjustable ... unprofessional salespeople that "these intelligent
machines" can replace " ;the brain and hand, skill and
experience" of the speciali...
... saving the most vul-
nerable infants and children without first ensuring the health
of their mothers.
The reason is simple: It is the mothers who do the work of rais-
ing their children, feeding ... 2015 and beyond.
Delivering for mothers and
newborns
In examining the global situation
of mothers and newborns, and the
diverse and sometimes complex tasks
for i...
... contrasting
the
personally liberating
and em-
powering
aspects
of
affairs
with
the
damage they
inflict
on
society
as a
whole
and the
lives
of
individuals
and
families.
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... life
and a
growing incidence
of
couples
and
individuals
remaining childless. Concern
and
debate over these remarkable
transfor-
mations
in
family
life
have
poi...
... OF THE INDICATORS
Government funding of vaccines – Percentage of vaccines that are routinely administered in a country to protect children and are financed by the national government (including ...
The imperative of investing in adolescence
The arguments for investing in adolescence are fivefold.
The first is that it is right in principle under existing human
righ...
... 2006–2010*
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
% of population using improved drinking water sources – Percentage of the population using any of the
following as their main drinking water source: drinking water ... ratio.
Share of household income – Percentage of income received by the 20 per cent of households with the
highest income and by the 40 per cent of househ...