Economy

25% people globally are insecure over property rights: study

Reasons range from fear of property seizure by governments, owners turning tenants out and lack of money among others

Economy

Empowering women lies at the centre of controlling population growth in Africa

The goal of family planning programmes is not to hit population targets but to empower women so they can choose the number of children they will have, when, and with whom

Economy

Human development index: India climbs one spot to 130

Rising economic inequalities and wide gender gap don’t let India achieve a faster ascent among 189 countries

Economy

Govt's share of spending on nutrition, public health reduces in the last four years

Even the outstanding liabilities of states have been growing at double digits

Economy

How to counter Trump on trade tariffs and climate inaction? Impose carbon charges on US imports

Trade and climate policy experts give a detailed roadmap for a carbon-based response to US tariffs

Economy

Economics of population

The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the use of Census 2011 instead of the norm of considering Census 1971, and this change has led to political protests and accusations of bias as many states that have done well in controlling population will end up receiving less money from the Central tax pool

Economy

Not all is well with WTO: growing protectionism, trade wars threaten its existence

Countries are now getting into bilateral or regional trade deals as opposed to global agreements

Economy

Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world

International trade rules are unfair, but even Trump’s tariff-centric trade policies won’t fix what’s broken about the global trading system

Economy

Green funds dry up for developing countries

With the US halving its contribution to the Global Environment Facility, the oldest green fund sees first budget cut in 27 years, hurting the Least Developed Countries the most

Economy

New business guidelines: A moral voice, not an execution tool

The absence of concrete measures gives the government space to shrug off all responsibilities

Economy

Centre hikes prices of ethanol to bail out sugar industry

The revised price will push more sugar mills to produce ethanol and increase their revenue

Economy

UK after Brexit: farm subsidy could be significantly reduced to comply with WTO rules

Being an EU member state, the UK had been insulated from WTO rules that dictate the size of subsidies and how they are paid

Economy

Rich nations should reduce trade-distorting farm subsidies by 2019: India, China tell WTO

The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced

Economy

The world will miss the SDG target 1, a poverty-free world

1.6 people should escape poverty every second but currently just 1.1 are doing so. Worryingly, by 2020, the rate of poverty reduction would further slow down

Economy

Venezuela: starved and stifled

As people hunt animals from zoos to feed themselves, the President, accused of extrajudicial executions, is busy blaming the US and the opposition party

Economy

Modi at 4: Where are the jobs? A question that haunts the government

As opposed to the promise of creating 2 crore jobs, the government now stands witness to a steady decline in job growth

Economy

War of words: why journalists need to understand grammar to write accurately about violence

An important but contested roles of journalism is the act of putting political violence into words. If they sound neutral, it’s likely you’ve avoided layin responsibility 

Economy

Be prepared for spike in food prices, if distribution of monsoon remains uneven this year

Spatial distribution of rainfall is one of the factors ensuring healthy agriculutral production that keeps food inflation under control

Economy

Poor land use can cost the world $23 trillion by 2050

If the world spends even a fraction of the predicted loss, it can reverse land degradation, which affects the poorest the most

Economy

Spread of non-violent strategies can empower civil societies in Middle East

The Arab Spring may not have put an end to re-colonisation of the Middle East and North Africa, but the fall of long-time dictators shows signs that democratisation is possible 

Economy

The road to the great regression

In the 21st century, counter reactions to globalisation have been taking radically different forms