Living problems

HOUSING THE URBAN POOR POLICY AND PRACTICE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Edited by Brian C Aldrich& Ravinder S Sandhu-Vistaar Vistaar Publications …

Dodgy exports

Riding the wind

The Polclaw windpump set is a boon to developing countries

Going under

"Water is a national resource"

GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there …

Managing freshwater resources

Industrial vibes

Will solutions of the North work in the South?

Water in foreign policy

The global community is slowly waking up to the growing paucity of water

A parched waterworld

Not just humans, nature also needs water

Countdown to Cancun: Agricultural subsidies

why should four per cent of the agricultural workforce (mostly affluent) in high-income countries reap the rich harvest of an international trade …

G strings

Or, what nations do to make themselves heard, internationally

Employment enigma: India’s high rate of self-employment gets reflected as a decrease in unemployment rate

The number of self-employed has increased in India, a trend usually seen in poor and developing countries with low per capita income

UN funds insufficient to help victims of climate disasters: Oxfam

UN humanitarian aid appeals increased 819% in 20 years  

Business in Bali: The science is clear, it's high time to sort out the politics

Protecting the pocket: The impact of inflation and how we can fight it

Not just nations, individuals also have to mull over protecting their pockets given the severity of economic issues

COP27 enters loss and damage alley; finance facility issue to make or break it

Countries accepted the operationalisation of the Santiago Network, which talks about providing technical assistance on loss and damage, November …

Climate on a skid

Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction …

The change of a lifetime

Global food crisis: causes and implications for India

Is there a global crisis unravelling? World food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years and the prices of most food crops are at a record high. …

World's biggest trade fair

The US used partnerships to counter multilateralism

Battle of the brackets

The Plan of Implementation is a list of vague expressions

'Let's put our cards on the table'

Veteran UN negotiator and head of the UNEP during the Rio summit, Mostafa Tolba, reasons why developing countries always suffer at the hands of …

WSSD: dialogue of the deaf

The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self-interest and …