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Direct linkMukherjee, Diganta; Das, Saswati – Social Indicators Research, 2008
This paper uses household level data from National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) of India, the 55th (1999-2000) and the 61st (2004-05) rounds, to show that even with a significant wage incentive for schooling of urban children, the school drop out rate and child labour incidence are not small over this period. The parents' level of education…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Incidence, Child Labor, Foreign Countries
Download full textKhan, Seemin Anwar – 1976
Conducted in the Punjab in Jhok Sayal, a predominantly Muslim village, this narrative study described: the environment and living conditions of women in this rural village (comprised mainly of tenants and landless labourers); the attitudes of the women toward education, marriage, family planning, and skills; and the woman's daily and annual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developing Nations, Education, Environmental Influences
Africa Leadership Forum. – 1989
This document summarizes discussions at an invitational workshop on labor development in Nigeria. The discussion centered on the need to promote an individual work ethic and to improve the quality of life of the average worker. The following broad topics were discussed: (1) the negative effect of colonialism on individual productivity and the lack…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Baidya, Bhuchandra P. R.; Chaudhari, Gayatri – 1991
An evaluative study was conducted of the Training for Rural Gainful Activities (TRUGA) project and methodology in Nepal regarding women's participation and benefits. The study analyzed TRUGA as a project and as a training methodology, assessed the effects of TRUGA activities on women, and evaluated project investment in and benefits to women.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Umo, Joe U. – 1991
Nigeria's National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) is aimed at giving vocational skills to unemployed youth and helping them to be self-employed or get gainful employment. NOAS is targeted at Nigerian men and women aged 15-25. Minimum educational requirements vary by trade; course duration ranges from 2 months to 3 years. The number of trainees…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Developing Nations, Economic Development
