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Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid

Johan Von Schreeb, a surgeon who has worked for the group Medicins Sans Frontieres, is a public health scholar with the Karolinska Institutet, …

"Sometimes, cost is not at all an issue"

The World Bank pumps in US $1 billion into Asia for environmental purposes every year. In India, the bank has been financing projects to control …

Saving the World Bank

The new Inspection Panel, whose first brief is Nepal's Arun III dam, is most certainly a radical step towards self-examination. It may cure …

Science slash protested

Federal funding for scientific researches take a plunge as Republicans plan a cut in the budget

Still in the bind

Least developed countries (LDCs) are caught in a vicious cycle of debt and aid. Stiff and biased trade barriers by industrialised countries helps …

Alternative approaches to poverty alleviation

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Will the deserts retreat?

The first conference of parties for the Convention to Combat Desertification held in Rome took some important decisions to save the parts of the …

Soft target

The Orissa government makes a move to wrest control of some 2,000-odd non-governmental organisations operating in the state

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

Ground zero within

What was the social yield of the nuclear tests conducted by India? As the sensitive electronic devices measured the output of the blasts, Down To …

Move to leash NGOs

Government and political parties see NGOs with suspicion. Arm-twisting has already begun

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Aid cuts will defeat objectives of Agenda 21

WITH HUGE reductions in aid already under way and further cuts to follow soon, transfer of resources remains the most contentious issue in …