The female face of environment

GENDER, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE Heleen van den Hombergh Publisher: International Books Price: Not stated

Building self-reliance in children of the street

Butterflies, a non-government organisation, is helping street children to organise themselves and operate a restaurant in the Capital's main bus …

From miracle cures to holistic development

A doctor whose aim once was to treat poor patients, now helps Soliga tribals to assert their rights and choose their own way of development.

UN falls victim to its inherent weaknesses

There are several reasons why the UN finds itself bereft of power today. Part of the crisis results from the cash-strapped organisation's own …

'Values of our society lead to disaster'

In 1972, Dennis Meadows had co-authored the well-known report, Limits to Growth, along with Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers. Recently, the …

A case of computer breakdown?

India and the Computer: A Study of Planned Development C R Subramanian Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: Rs 250

IMF package leads Pakistan to disaster

A short-term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation

Did Riocentro learn anything from Flamengo park?

While heads of state deliberated on the future of the world at the Riocentro, social activists and NGOs expressed their sense of frustration …

Stockholm and Rio: Bigger, but was it better?

Stockholm wasn't as big as Rio, but I think it had a soul. I expect Rio's soul was there too, somewhere

Developmental dilemmas

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN POOR COUNTRIES - NEGLECTED ISSUES Edited by Kartik C Roy and Cal Clark Oxford University Press Rs 290

Watershed deals

Indo-Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case

Urban anxieties

TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES FOR CITIES: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Carl Bartone & …

Clean and profitable

Pollution control methods are an investment that ensure long-term profits for the corporate sector

World Bank in a new avatar

While the World Bank launches its 'development gateway', critics gear up to counter the 'caring sharing knowledge bank' that it strives to portray

Website Review: http://www.wotr.org

The concept of water harvesting is catching like wild fire across the length and breadth of the nation. For those interested in knowing more …

A Bang for the Buck: Leveraging flexible seed money to improve impact

A mix of integrated financial approaches is needed to bring about transformative change

Half-hearted democracy

UNDP's Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

Mining industry makes all-out bid to send right signals before WSSD

Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

Down To Earth completes 15 years

Is social sector revenue or capital expenditure?

Dussehri's entrepreneurs

Village women emerge as successful entrepreneurs thanks to NEED an organisation with a difference

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

Need public spending to fund Sustainable Development Goals: UNCTAD

'Fund poor, developing countries; lend easy to low-income economies'

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world