Squabbles thwart Third World projects

North vs South differences of opinion and the donor countries' control over funds has impeded the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances in …

Gruelling days ahead at WHO for Nakajima

Allegations of financial irregularities are likely to be highlighted at a crucial session scheduled shortly in Geneva.

Selling diarrhoea

MNCs increase R & D spending in Third World

Making the right choice

Support "fair trade"

Health and economy

SAARC gene bank yet to open an account

SAARC's proposal to set up a gene bank is still hanging fire though Northern countries have already started to privatise their genetic resources

Shortchanging the South

Funds, always a sticky subject, was an area of considerable debate at UNCED. What emerged was a weak compromise which left northern purses …

Bridging gaps

A simple procedure could save many villages from being off during the monsoons

Precarious perch

SUSTAINING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Anne Lafond Earths Publication Ltd

Need to know

RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT-SAREC 20 YEARS India Book House & SAREC

IN FOCUS

Leaving the poor aside

Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …

Cocoa capers

Crowded house

Flushed into the open

Costly populism

SUBSIDIZING UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNDERMINING THE EARTH WITH PUBLIC FUNDS· Andre de Moor & Peter Calamai·Commissioned by …

Ozone protection

Shortage of funds may prevent developing countries from phasing out CFCs

UNITED NATIONS

Equity first

The only way to a lasting international climate treaty is to accept equal rights of all human beings to release greenhouse gases, acknowledges a …

Public property

It is good to hear Western leaders say the genetic secrets of human life should be used for public good

Drug-resistant HIV

Anti-HIV drugs could soon fail

Managing biodiversity

An encounter

AMERICAN HEAT . By Donald A Brown . First edition . Published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. . Maryland . USA . 2002