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World Bank sets up commission on poverty

Commission to present its report by April 2016

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Imbalance of footprints

Resource-rich countries remain poor, and they spend most of their income on food. Developed countries conitnue to increase their appetite

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Breaching the threshold

How do we sustain our consumption patterns? And how can we feed the 1.2 billion living in poverty?

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How to plant trees for development

There is no economic value seen in forests, but there is value seen in the development project for which forestland is required

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Act locally, benefit globally

This is a real life story of the world’s three wicked problems, one opportunity and a new way to confront global challenges

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World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report

The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets

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Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does …

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It’s about the poor

Poverty line figures hide people’s aspirations

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Flat in 20 days

Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February …

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Last ditch attempt

UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections

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Prices rise, not hunger

People prefer to eat less nutritious food than go hungry, says FAO

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