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The Policy of Free Electricity to Agriculture Sector: Implications and Perspectives of the Stakeholders in India 农业部门免费电力政策:印度利益相关者的影响和观点

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/24551333211025203

Jin Kathrine Fosli, A Amarender A. Reddy, Radhika Rani

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引用次数: 7

Empowerment Through Genuine Participation: Giving Voice to the Neglected Majority 通过真正参与赋予权力:让被忽视的大多数发出声音

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/24551333211035181

Liberatus J. Rwebugisa, Janet Usinger

引用次数: 1

The Functions of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS): An Assessment of Existing Policy and Practice in Odisha 综合儿童发展服务(ICDS)的功能:对奥里萨邦现有政策和实践的评估

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/24551333211025112

Jagatabandhu Mohapatra, R. Dehury, Parthsaratathi Dehury, Ranjan Pattnaik

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引用次数: 4

Human Development, Per Capita Income Differentials and English as Source of Demographic Dividends Among the Youth in India 人类发展、人均收入差距和英语作为印度青年人口红利的来源

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455133321998807

A. Shariff, A. Alam

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引用次数: 0

Infrastructure for Delivery of Integrated Child Development Services and Uptake of Pre-school Education Services: Insights from Palghar, India 提供综合儿童发展服务和接受学前教育服务的基础设施:来自印度帕尔加的见解

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455133321999852

W. Joe, Abhishek Kumar, S. Rajpal, Archa Misra, R. Alambusha, Smriti Sharma, S. Subramanian

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引用次数: 1

Competitiveness, Manufacturing and Infrastructure: The Asian Paradigm 竞争力、制造业和基础设施:亚洲范例

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455133321994210

Jyotsna Joshi

引用次数: 1

Inclusive Business for Smallholders’ Household Food and Nutrition Security: Disconcerting Results from an Analysis of a French Bean Agri-investment in Kenya 小农户家庭粮食和营养安全的包容性业务:对肯尼亚法国豆类农业投资分析的令人不安的结果

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455133321994209

J. Wangu, E. Mangnus, A. V. Westen, A. D. Vocht

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引用次数: 4

Policy Life Cycle Analysis of Three Australian State-level Public Policies: Exploring the Political Dimension of Sustainable Development 澳大利亚三项国家级公共政策的政策生命周期分析:探讨可持续发展的政治维度

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455133321998805

K. Goswami, R. Gerritsen

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引用次数: 2

The World After COVID: Bootstrapping Development Policy 《新冠肺炎后的世界:自主发展政策

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/24551333211002341

Bobby John, Amir Ullah Khan

引用次数: 0

Ingrid Robeyns, Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined Ingrid Robeyns:《幸福、自由与社会正义:能力方法的再检验》

Journal of Development Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/1018529120948154

Rahul Kundal

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