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    by Dr Charu Jain ...
    Corporations are slowly realizing the impact of their business on the environment and society. They are also facing increasing pressure from their stakeholders to follow responsible business practices. Many companies are looking to incorporate and manage a sustainable business. However, they are unaware on where and how to start this transition.This book explains the basics on how to incorporate ... Read more

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  • Quality of Secondary Education in India

    Concepts, Indicators, and Measurement

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides useful insights into quality issues in secondary education in India and addresses the important questions of why there is need to improve the quality of education; how one can measure the quality of education; and the ways to improve quality. The analysis in this book is conceptually designed at three levels: national level performance and linkages; state level progress, ... Read more

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  • Integrating Corporate Sustainability

    Handbook for understanding and implementing sustainability in any business

    Corporations are slowly realizing the impact of their businesses on the environment and society. They are also facing increasing pressure from stakeholders to follow responsible business practices. Many companies are looking to incorporate sustainable practices and manage a sustainable business. However, they are unaware of where and how to start this transition. This book explains the basics of ... Read more

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  • Right to Education in India

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    This book focuses on the failure of elementary education since Independence, which is usually seen as the result of simplified phrases like 'lack of political will', 'because of poverty', etc. This book looks at the system as a whole: infrastructure, quality of teaching, privatisation, nutritional incentives, curriculum. It contains samples from two states namely Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. ... Read more

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  • Poverty and Social Exclusion in India

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    Despite India?s record of rapid economic growth and poverty reduction over recent decadesrising inequality in the country has been a subject of concern among policy makersacademics and activists alike.Poverty and Social Exclusion in India focuses on social exclusion which has its roots in India?shistorical divisions along lines of caste tribe and the excluded sex that is women. These ... Read more

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  • The Challenge Of Youth Unemployment In Sril Lanka

    Sri Lanka has long been regarded as a model of a successful welfare state in a low-income setting, yet it has not succeeded in creating a suffi cient number of "good jobs" for the increasing number of young people. Hence, young Sri Lankans perceive their country as an unjust and unequal society, in which mainstream institutions have failed to address inequalities in the distribution of resources, ... Read more

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    Financial inclusion through microfinance has become a powerful force in improving the living conditions of poor farmers, rural non-farm enterprises and other vulnerable groups. In its unique ability to link the existing extensive network of India’s rural bank branches with the Self Help Groups (SHG), the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has covered up to 97 million poor ... Read more

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  • Efficiency of Social Sector Expenditure in India

    Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and facilitated in the alleviation of poverty. Hence, budgetary expenditure to be mobilized for such investments needs to be efficiently allocated and utilized to maximize the greatest good. This book focuses on the social sector in India and provides an overview of the sector. The book looks at ... Read more

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