Essays about: "India trade"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 essays containing the words India trade.

  1. 11. Brides For Sale : A Qualitative Analysis of Missing Women, Skewed Sex Ratios and Bride Trafficking in Haryana, Northern India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Åsa Lindén-Tunhult; [2021]
    Keywords : Development; population control; sex selective abortion; preference for sons; missing women; skewed sex ratios; bachelors; bride trafficking; marriage patterns;

    Abstract : Population control programs such as family planning and the introduction of sex identification technologies has helped to create skewed sex ratios in northern India and particularly in the state of Haryana. Due to a surplus of men and the numbers of missing females, an organized business of bride trafficking has emerged where poor women from eastern and northeastern states of India are bought and brought to Haryana for the purpose of marriage. READ MORE

  2. 12. More crop for every drop - A holistic analysis of Indian water stress through Virtual Water Trade and Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Artur Schlender; [2020]
    Keywords : India; water scarcity; virtual water trade; policy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : ndia ranges among the countries experiencing most water stress in recent years, while being a major virtual water net exporter. The country’s position relative to its water sources exacerbated since its trade liberalization in the early 1990’s, which calls for a future national water crisis. READ MORE

  3. 13. Gendered commodification of human body parts : A study of the trade with hair from Indian women

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Håkansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Commodification; Gender;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to illustrate how the phenomenon of trade with hair from Indian women, can be regarded as a case of gendered commodification of human body parts. It is illustrated with the assistance of postcolonial scholar Appadurai (1986), Scheper-Hughes (2001) and Sharp (2000) theories on commodification. READ MORE

  4. 14. Empowerment in the Garment Industry : A Study on Home-Based Workers in Delhi, India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Hellström; [2020]
    Keywords : Empowerment; global garment industry; home-based work; SEWA;

    Abstract : India is becoming one of the biggest garment producers in the world and at the bottom of the industry women can often be found working from their homes because of norms restricting them what to do and where to go. These women often work under middlemen who take advantage of their disempowerment. READ MORE

  5. 15. Does the export sector generate positive externality for the non-tradable sector? The case of Bangladesh, India & Pakistan

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Muhammad Bilal; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Pakistan, India and Bangladesh are part of the developing countries in the world. These countries are continuously working hard and discovering different alternates to overcome its problems. The main objective of these south Asian countries is to stand among those countries which are considered to be developed. READ MORE