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The State Of Language, Endangerment, And Policy In India: A Forking Path, Samantha Immidisetti
The State Of Language, Endangerment, And Policy In India: A Forking Path, Samantha Immidisetti
Honors College Theses
The Indian subcontinent is one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the world. The 2011 Census of India reports over 1,950 languages and 720 dialects are spoken in India. Although India itself has speakers of four distinct language families, its people have a shared culture, genetics, and history that spans thousands of years. The languages spoken in India have grown, stymied, and influenced each other before reaching their current state. The multiplicity of languages led to implementation of institutionalized language protection measures during the Independence period. Despite these efforts, many languages remain at risk for endangerment and extinction. Language …
Microfinance And The Decision To Invest In Children’S Education, P.V. Viswanath
Microfinance And The Decision To Invest In Children’S Education, P.V. Viswanath
Faculty Working Papers
Although one of the primary objectives of microfinance has been the reduction of poverty through the provision of credit for income-generating purposes, evidence of its impact on poverty has been mixed. Even if there is no direct impact of microfinance, there may be an indirect positive impact through the effect of microcredit availability on families’ decisions to invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some determinants of the demand for …
China And India: Globalization With Different Paths, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Satish K. Kolluri, Pan Zhen
China And India: Globalization With Different Paths, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Satish K. Kolluri, Pan Zhen
Global Asia Journal
This occasional paper has three essays written by professors from Pace University and Nanjing Normal University that address a host of structural challenges facing China and India in pursuit of sustainable development in the early twenty-first century. Pan Zhen gives a critical overview of China’s economic policies, and finds the top-down development model to be fraught with tensions. Joseph Tse-Hei Lee argues that the ability of China to pursue sustainable growth and social betterment is largely contingent upon many circumstantial factors, especially the negative attributes of globalization and the rise of domestic discontents. Satish K. Kolluri shifts the focus of …
Indian Business Through Film, Collaborative Project
Indian Business Through Film, Collaborative Project
Dyson College- Seidenberg School of CSIS : Collaborative Projects and Presentations
This entry adheres to the use of the quad chart template to provide a succint description only of the current research project undertaken by the participants. It provides for the following information
1. Participants and Affiliations 2. Overall Project Goals 3. Illustrative picture 4. Specific research/artistic/pedagogic foci
Impact Of India's Economic Growth And The Changes Within Its Food Retail Landscape, Sunil Sharma
Impact Of India's Economic Growth And The Changes Within Its Food Retail Landscape, Sunil Sharma
Honors College Theses
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