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Robert Wilkinson
Robert Wilkinson
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1992-11-30
The success of various programmes initiated under a pilot project in Orangi, a Karachi slum, has inspired its leader to predict the squatter colony would become a thriving section of the city in a few years.
1992-7-31
In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social development wing of the country's family planning association
1992-7-31
A short-term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation
1992-6-30
Many economists now argue that nature cannot be the provider of a perpetual free lunch. It's time to account for natural resource degradation while drawing up balance sheets
1992-6-30
A worldwide initiative to save the ancient city is trying to lower the water table around it and bind back the Indus before it gets washed away
1992-5-31
Akhtar Hameed Khan is one of Asia's foremost social organisers. The Orangi Pilot Proiect, Karachi's outstanding slum development programme, testifies to his innovative approach in empowering ordinary people to transform their environment
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Congratulations, it is an eye opener to other states that are thinking of such schemes.
In Hyderabad, the government...
Thanks. You have raised a very pertinent issue. My family is a great lover of Makhana and we use it in different ways. Slowly...