Essays about: "Andhra Pradesh India"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Andhra Pradesh India.
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1. Dialling up women farmers’ empowerment vis-à-vis agriculture: Exploring the effects of mobile phones in rural India
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Despite women being the backbone of the agricultural sector in India, the patriarchal agrarian system poses major obstacles and challenges specific to women farmers with consequences well beyond the individual. This research aims to explore how mobile phones can empower rural women vis-à-vis agriculture. READ MORE
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2. The Impact of Public Employment on Child Labour and School Attendance: Evidence from a Social Protection Programme in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : To address child labour, research discusses the potential of social protection programmes. This thesis therefore examines the unresolved impact on child labour and children’s school attendance of its household members’ participation in the public employment programme MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. READ MORE
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3. Female Education and Gender Inequality - A study of Indian children´s enrolment and future outcomes
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The objective of this thesis is to investigate the educational gender inequality and the differences among boys’ and girls’ educational attainment and outcomes in India. India is considered to be the most fast growing economy in the world but there are still major gaps between men and women, already apparent at young ages. READ MORE
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4. Women’s perception of participation in NREGA, empowerment as a process of change. : A comparative Minor Field Study between two villages in Andhra Pradesh, India
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis between two villages in India, examining personal accounts from participants in the world’s largest anti-poverty programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The analysis is based on an eight-week field-study in Andhra Pradesh, which was financed through a Minor Field Study Scholarship by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). READ MORE
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5. Socio-Economic Sustainability of Rural Energy Access in India
University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECSAbstract : Rural energy access has been a persistent issue in India causing the country to become one of the most energy poor nations of the world. Despite the launch of several heavily funded programs for the provision of electricity and modern fuels to rural areas, majority of the country‘s village households remain neglected and deficient in energy. READ MORE