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Author: Judy L. Baker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: mumbai, case, transport, poverty, urban
Number of Pages: 81
Published: 2005
eBookDB-ID: GGKEY:YLRR
The poor who live in zones 1-3 (central Mumbai) live closer to the non-poor than do poor households in the suburbs. They also live closer to higher-paying jobs for unskilled workers. Workers in these households, on average, commute short distances (less than 3 kilometers), although a non-negligible fraction of them (one-third in zone 2) take public transit to work. It is true that the cost of housing for the poor is higher in central Mumbai than in the suburbs, but the quality of slum housing is at least as good in central Mumbai as in the suburbs. The poor who live in the suburbs of Mumbai, e
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Author: K. Alan Kronstadt
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: implications, interests, india, mumbai, attacks, terrorist
Number of Pages: 22
Published: 2010-10
ISBN-10: 1437918387
ISBN-13: 9781437918380
On Nov. 26, 2008, well-trained militants came ashore from the Arabian Sea on small boats and attacked numerous high-profile targets in Mumbai, India. By the time the episode ended, about 165 people, along with 9 terrorists, had been killed and hundreds more injured. Contents of this report: Attack Overview; U.S. Response; Suspected Culprits; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Suspected Links with Pakistanżs State Apparatus; Indigenous Indian Suspects; Motives; Indian Terrorism; Kashmir Issue; India-Pakistan Relations; New Delhiżs Response; Islamabadżs Response; Outlook for Bilateral Relations; Implications f
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Author: K. Alan Kronstadt
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: implications, interests, india, mumbai, attacks, terrorist
Number of Pages: 22
Published: 2011-01
ISBN-10: 1437929532
ISBN-13: 9781437929539
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. On Nov. 26, '08, a number of well-trained militants came ashore from the Arabian Sea on small boats and attacked high-profile targets in Mumbai, India, with automatic weapons and explosives. 62 hours later, 165 people, along with 9 terrorists, had been killed and hundreds more injured. Contents of this report: (1) Attack Overview: Suspected/Accused Culprits; Lashkar-e-Taiba; Suspected Links With Pakistan; Indigenous Indian Suspects; (2) Domestic Indian Terrorism; India-Pakistan Tensions; Kashmir Issue; (3) Implications for India-
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Author: Un-habitat
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Keywords: youth, inequality, opportunity, field, leveling, urban, state, playing
Number of Pages: 86
Published: 2010
ISBN-10: 9211320100
ISBN-13: 9789211320107
"This report is based on data from UN-HABITAT's Global Urban Indicator Database, as well as surveys of, and focus group discussions with, selected representative groups of young people in five major cities located in four developing regions: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Mumbai (India), Kingston (Jamaica), Nairobi (Kenya) and Lagos (Nigeria)"--p. ix.
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Author: K. Alan Kronstadt
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: implications, interests, india, mumbai, attacks, terrorist
Number of Pages: 22
Published: 2009-12
ISBN-10: 1437920365
ISBN-13: 9781437920369
Contents: (1) Introduction; (2) Attack Overview: (a) U.S. Response; (b) Suspected/Accused Culprits: Lashkar-e-Taiba; Suspected Links With Pakistanżs State Apparatus; Indigenous Indian Suspects; (c) Possible Motives; (3) Background: Domestic Indian Terrorism; India-Pakistan Tensions; The Kashmir Issue; (4) Implications for India-Pakistan Relations: New Delhiżs Response; Islamabadżs Response; Outlook for Bilateral Relations; (5) Implications for India: Political Recriminations; Anti-Terrorism Law and Capacity Reform; (6) Implications for Pakistan; (7) U.S. Policy: U.S.-India Relations; U.S.-P
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