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Cherry Picking in Bhutan [PDF]

, 2003
What this paper focuses on is the way that orthodox economic policies can erode and destroy the happiness of a society and its people. It also outlines a range of economic policies and ethics which have the potential to provide a structure within which ...
Rowbotham, Michael
core   +2 more sources

Measuring Precise TFP Growth Under Trade Liberalisation: Stripping Away Omitted Price Bias and Demand Shocks

The World Economy, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 321-345, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We address two important sources of bias that remain unaccounted for in most analyses of firm‐level productivity and trade policy; that is, omitted output price bias and demand shocks. Using firm‐level data that includes product‐level price and physical output measures, we mitigate the omitted output price bias typically encountered when using
Nida Jamil, Theresa Chaudhry, Azam Chaudhry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

E-Rupee: Unlocking India's Digital Economy, Challenges, and Opportunities

South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics
This paper explores the concept of digital currency, differentiating between digitization and digitalization, and analyzes its different forms, specifically centralized and decentralized digital currencies.
Shallu Sehgal, Mohd Yasir, Sukhleen Kour
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Discerning personhood through lena‐dena: Disability professionals, ethics, and communication

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 4, Page 647-657, December 2024.
Abstract This article looks at practices of discernment in disability spaces in India by analyzing (hierarchical) relational contexts in which disability professionals and disabled people in India interact. We argue that discernment, which we explore through lena‐dena (giving and taking), allows us to analyze the ethical stakes of processes of ...
Shruti Vaidya, Michele Friedner
wiley   +1 more source

Serum amyloid A protein has been undervalued as a biomarker of COVID‐19

Diabetes/Metabolism Research Reviews, 2020
A commentary on: Guo et al. Diabetes is a risk factor for the progression and prognosis of COVID-19. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2020. e3319. 10. 1002/dmrr.3319.
C. Gonçalves, P. Sesterheim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investorsʼ view of mandatory corporate social responsibility as a public policy: The case of section 135 of the Indian Companies Act 2013

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2024.
Abstract We investigate investor sentiment regarding mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a public policy. Using the event study methodology, we analysed the cumulative abnormal returns (AR) of companies impacted by Section 135 of the Indian Companies Act 2013.
LeRoy Tim Ruhupatty, Melisa Ann Ruhupatty   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The wages of peer recovery workers: underpaid, undervalued, and unjust

Critical Public Health
Peer-based recovery support services are evidence-based practices used to achieve long-term recovery. Fundamental to these services are peer recovery workers, who use their lived experience of long-term recovery to form trusting, supportive relationships
Kenneth D. Smith
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Underpaid, undervalued, and overworked: The working conditions of cooks in India's school lunch programme

Development Policy Review, Volume 42, Issue 4, July 2024.
Abstract Motivation School feeding programmes employ more than 4 million people globally and have the potential to contribute to the realization of multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including decent work and reducing inequalities. However, the working conditions and experiences of workers in these programmes have received little attention from ...
Lana Whittaker
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccine literacy is undervalued

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Despite weak health literacy is considered a concause of vaccine hesitancy, it is rarely taken into account when discussing about this subject. The association between health literacy skills and vaccine acceptance has been shown to be uneven when using ...
L. Biasio
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forensic Elemental Analysis of Five Rupee and One Pound Coin with EDXRF Technique

American Journal of Physics and Applications
Energy dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) technique using synchrotron radiation has been employed for elemental analysis of one pound and five rupees coins of two different countries- the UK and India. Total number of 12 coins - 4 one pound and 8 five
Richa null, Manoj Kumari, Rajive Kumar, M. Tiwari   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source