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مارك تولي، أسطورة الإذاعة في الهند
عبر قوفي ام ةليط ،ليوت كرام ناك في ةعومسلما تاوصلأا رثكأ نم ،نرق ةعاذإ لسارم هتفصب ،ّللىوت هنأ كلذ .دنهلا ثادحلأا عيمج ةيطغت ،.سي .يب .يب ثيدحلا خيراتلا في ترّثأ يتلا ةماهلا .تانيعستلا فصتنم ىتح كلذو ،دلابلل لثمت تناك ةبقح لىع ادهاش ناك امك لاصتلال ةليسو نسحأ ةعاذلإا اهيف زجنُت تلايجستلاو ،ةعساولا يرهامجلاب لىإ لسرت ةيسيطانغم ةطشرأ لىع.ريرحتلا بتاكم
Марк талли: Легенда индийских частот
века голос Марка Талли был одним из самых узнаваемых и авторитетных во всей Индии. Этот репортер «Би-би-си» освещал все важнейшие события, произошедшие в стране в последнюю треть XX столетия вплоть до середины 1990-х годов. За свою долгую карьеру он застал и то время, когда репортажи, ввиду ненадежности телефонной связи, приходилось записывать на магнитную ленту и отправлять в редакцию почтой, а основным средством массовой информации было радио.
The importance of husbands’ engagement in family planning discussion to promote contraception use for birth spacing in rural India
The objective of this study is to assess whether recent marital discussion on family planning is associated with contraceptive use among young couples residing in rural Maharashtra, India. The study methods used involved analysis of baseline data collected from 867 couples participating in the CHARM Family Planning evaluation trial. Participants were surveyed on demographics, contraceptive behaviour, and a six-item scale on marital discussions concerning family planning (including family size and contraceptive use) over the preceding six months. Multivariate logistic regression analysis assessed associations between marital family planning discussions and current modern contraceptive use for birth spacing, adjusting for demographics.
Scenarios of population change in the coastal Ganges Brahmaputra Delta (2011-2051)
The contribution of age-specific mortality towards male and female life expectancy differentials in India and selected States, 1970-2013
The extent of female unpaid work in India: A case of rural agricultural households
This study analyses the extent and nature of female unpaid work in the context of rural households in India. In particular, the study looks at the relationship between land ownership and the extent of domestic duties performed by females, adjusted by family size, in rural agricultural households. Further, the study considers the role of socioeconomic and socio-religious class and the engagement of women in domestic duties. The study uses the Indian National Sample Survey quinquennial round of employment and unemployment survey data for the period 2011-2012. To find out the relationship between various land ownership modalities and domestic duties performed by females, the study makes use of the fractional logit regression model. The empirical result suggests that there is a greater probability of more women workers getting involved in unpaid work as the land-ownership size of the household increases. Further, it is seen that the probability that females engaged in unpaid work is greater for those in casual agricultural households with large land cultivated than for those who are in self-employed households. The study finds that the proportion of rural women engaged in domestic duties is 34 per cent, and the majority of them want to work either on a regular or part-time basis (74 per cent) as well as be able to attend to domestic duties. These results suggest that more effective labour market policy, which will encourage women to participate in paid work, is needed. Moreover, family-friendly policies and initiatives that encourage a more equitable sharing of the burden of care and household chores between males and females are required.
L’Inde au défi du pillage
Confronté à un engouement mondial pour ses antiquités, le pays a adopté des lois strictes pour juguler lexportation illicite de son patrimoine archéologique et culturel. Mais la mise en oeuvre de ces lois reste un défi majeur en raison de la pauvreté qui alimente le pillage et de linsuffisance du personnel de surveillance des sites.
Mark tully, una leyenda viva de la radio en la India
Durante más de 25 años, la voz de Mark Tully fue una de las más oídas por los radioescuchas de la India. Este reportero radiofónico, corresponsal de la BBC, cubrió todos los acontecimientos importantes que acompasaron la historia reciente del país hasta mediados de la década de 1990. Fue testigo de una época en que la radio era un medio de comunicación de primer orden para llegar a las masas, y en que las comunicaciones telefónicas eran aleatorias y las grabaciones se hacían en cintas magnetofónicas que se enviaban luego a las redacciones de las emisoras.
E-commerce implementation in India: A study of selected organizations
Electronic commerce is a vital part of India’s trade facilitation policy. Following major initiatives in liberalization in 1991 the need to facilitate international trade through policy and procedural reforms has become the cornerstone of trade and fiscal policies. Electronic commerce, including electronic data interchange (EDI), has been implemented in various organizations in India, in particular those that are closely involved in international trade. It is known that the level of electronic commerce development in the organizations has been either facilitated or inhibited by various factors. In order to identify these factors an empirical study comprising a questionnaire combined with case studies and in-depth interviews in selected organizations was carried out. The results indicate that factors primarily intrinsic to the organizations and organization-driven strategies have been more significant causal factors than either network-driven strategies or factors extrinsic to the organizations in the implementation of e-commerce in India.
Air pollution and income distribution in India
Concern over the environmental effects of fossil fuels in India has been growing as domestic consumption levels increase. Along with industry, households are major consumers of commercial energy and, consequently, major contributors to the total energy use in India. Emission levels in the country are gradually increasing.
Stock price behaviour in India since liberalization
The study investigates the behaviour of Indian stock price indices for the 12-year period 1990-2001. This period coincides with major changes in the Indian capital market and the opening up of the Indian economy. The stock market witnessed unprecedented swings and volatility during this period, which have had severe repercussions for investors, both individual and institutional. The study also explores other important issues facing the Indian stock market such as return volatility, including its time varying pattern, tests of market, efficiency, impact of foreign capital inflows on the volatility of the indices and correlation of Indian indices with those of some Asian and developed country markets.
Groundwater depletion and coping strategies of farming communities in hard rock areas of southern peninsular India
Banking sector reforms in India and China: Does India’s experience offer lessons for China’s future reform agenda?
India and China both carried out banking sector reforms in the 1990s. Despite taking a gradual approach, India’s reforms have been the more comprehensive and have been implemented at a faster pace than in China. India’s experience suggests that the following four issues would be relevant in China’s future reform agenda: (1) privatizing the wholly state-owned commercial banks (WSCBs) and introducing measures to improve corporate governance; (2) removing Government intervention to make WSCBs more commercially oriented; (3) reducing the dominance of WSCBs by rationalizing weak banks and downsizing large WSCBs; and (4) if adopted, relaxing the stringent statutory liquidity requirement, which seems to discourage banks from lending. There are also lessons to be learned from India’s reforms. First, the entry of new banks should be promoted provided they are sufficiently capitalized and are technology-oriented. Second, diversification of banks’ business should accompany interest rate liberalization in order to compensate for the expected decline in net interest income and prevent banks from taking excessive risks. Third, strict regulations should be introduced to prevent connected lending.
What explains regional imbalances in public infrastructure expenditure? Evidence from Indian states.
Literature on regional growth suggests that divergences in infrastructure is a major factor behind the wide and persistent imbalances in regional growth in India. Using a state infrastructure expenditure function, possible factors that determine infrastructure expenditure and its role in the regional imbalance in infrastructure creation across 14 major Indian states are examined in the present paper. The study indicates that such factors as lagged expenditure, resource mobilization and per capita income may cause varying amounts of infrastructure expenditure across states. It also indicates that spending by the infrastructure-deficit states, political stability and positive spatial dependence in infrastructure expenditure have a balancing effect on infrastructure creation across regions. Those results suggest the need to do the following: (a) harness the favourable factors influencing public expenditure that include improving the financial capacity of the infrastructure-deficit states; (b) strengthen the positive spatial dependence among states through the creation of interstate infrastructure networks, such as railways and national highways; and (c) enable a conducive investment climate, which could boost competition among states for improved infrastructure creation.
L’Afrique se soigne en Inde
Tourmentée par une vive douleur au dos, Abidemi Ogbonna, de Lagos au Nigéria, décide il y a trois ans de consulter dans un hôpital voisin du nom d’Apollo. Loin de se douter de la gravité du problème, c’est abasourdie qu’elle apprend du médecin qu’elle nécessite d’urgence une greffe de rein, opération qui ne peut être pratiquée sur place. Prendre un avion pour l’Inde est alors sa meilleure chance de guérison. La famille de Mme Ogbonna, une famille de la classe moyenne, peut supporter les coûts, et fait donc immédiatement une demande de visa.
Is liberalization of trade good for the environment? Evidence from India
A policy of trade liberalization is often suggested as a means of stimulating economic growth in developing countries. Given the potential benefits of trade liberalization policies, it is important to examine whether such policies are in fact in conflict with the environment as they accelerate economic growth.
Fiscal decentralization in China and India: A comparative perspective
The paper analyses trends in fiscal decentralization in the two largest countries of the world — China and India. Both countries are in transition from a planned to a market system. The paper identifies the emerging challenges in achieving fiscal decentralization in the two countries. The challenges arise firstly from the transition to the market economy and secondly from the replacement of the old command and control systems with institutions developed to administer market-based policies and instruments. The paper argues that the approach to meet the emerging challenges has to be holistic and should deal with the sub-national budgeting system underpinning central fiscal control and not just the various components of the sub-national systems. The overall approach should ideally encompass all levels of government.
Growth interdependence among Indian states: An exploration
The objectives of this paper are to test whether there are any significant trickling down effects of economic growth across the Indian states and to identify the factors influencing the existence of such effects. Using data from 1971 to 1998, and the standard statistical test of causality, this study suggests that the transmission of growth impulses across states have been limited. The results indicate that the structure of the economies, the growth rates of the states and the quality of state-specific institutions appear to raise the potential for significant trickle down growth effects across states.